Modular classrooms have long been used as added space for schools. Provincial funding, through Alberta Education’s Annual Modular Classroom Program, is provided for the addition of new or the relocation of existing modular classrooms to ease enrolment pressures in communities where school divisions are experiencing high student enrolment growth.
One third of RVS’ capacity is in modular classrooms – the equivalent of 405 classrooms.
| School | Units |
| A.E. Bowers Elementary School | 8 |
| Banded Peak School | 4 |
| Beiseker Community School | 2 |
| Bert Church High School | 8 |
| Bow Valley High School | 10 |
| Chestermere High School | 4 |
| Chestermere Lake Middle School | 12 |
| Cochrane Christian Academy | 6 |
| Cochrane High School | 12 |
| Cooper’s Crossing School | 12 |
| Crossfield Elementary School | 8 |
| C.W. Perry School | 16 |
| École Edwards Elementary School | 8 |
| East Lake School | 16 |
| Elbow Valley Elementary School | 12 |
| Elizabeth Barrett Elementary School | 12 |
| Fireside School | 7 |
| George McDougall High School | 9 |
| Glenbow Elementary School | 14 |
| Heloise Lorimer School | 6 |
| Herons Crossing School | 11 |
| Indus School | 9 |
| Kathyrn School | 2 |
| Langdon School | 8 |
| Manachaban Middle School | 10 |
| Meadowbrook School | 6 |
| Mitford School | 12 |
| Muriel Clayton Middle School | 10 |
| Northcott Prairie School | 7 |
| Nose Creek Elementary School | 14 |
| Prairie Waters Elementary School | 8 |
| Rainbow Creek Elementary School | 14 |
| Ralph McCall School | 14 |
| RancheView School | 15 |
| R.J. Hawkey Elementary School | 10 |
| Sarah Thompson School | 12 |
| Springbank Community High School | 10 |
| Springbank Middle School | 4 |
| Westbrook School | 10 |
| W.G. Murdoch School | 4 |
| Windsong Heights School | 11 |
| W.H. Croxford High School | 8 |
Alberta Education requires school divisions across the province review their accommodation needs annually to determine the demand for additional modular classrooms. RVS submitted a request on Nov. 1, 2023, for 22 new modular units and the relocation of 12 existing units from RVS facilities. In March 2024, we received word we had approval for nine new units and the relocation of one washroom unit. After the Balancing Airdrie Student Spaces student accommodation decision, it was decided that the nine modulars and one relocation would be placed as follows:
|
School |
Units |
|
Northcott Prairie School |
1 new |
|
A. E. Bowers School |
2 new |
|
A. E. Bowers School, relocated from Herons Crossing School |
1 washroom |
|
Ralph McCall School |
2 new |
|
Herons Crossing School |
1 new |
|
Fireside School |
3 new |
Administration is working with Alberta Infrastructure and Alberta Education to determine if any of the units already in the division can be relocated from schools with low utilization to those with much higher utilization.