Northern Hills residents upset over new elementary school

Residents in north-central Calgary are pushing back against the construction of a new elementary school in the area.

The Northern Hills Community Association said the population in that section of the city will surpass 100,000 this year and as a result, the area is in desperate need of a place for high school students.

David Hartwick, the vice-president of the Northern Hills Community Association, said kids are commuting 45 minutes to class and it can be an even longer trip home.

“If you need assistance from a teacher or extracurricular activities after school, you leave the school and you go out to Centre Street to try and catch the 301, well they’re all coming out of downtown full, so these kids are waiting five or six buses in order to just get on one, to try and come home,” Hartwick explained.

Hartwick also said the province’s education minister understands how important a new high school is to the community.

“Our MLA made it very clear that when he was campaigning two years ago, the high school was the biggest thing he heard at the door, not a second elementary school. It seems that the government isn’t even listening to their own ministers and they’re certainly not listening to the voters,” he added.

The community association has launched a new website for its campaign to get a new public high school built and for all the details click here.

 

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