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Picture of the Prairie Rose Public Schools Board of Trustees during their meeting on Tuesday.
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Prairie Rose Public Schools has an eye on the future as they approved their 2026-2029 capital plan.
Their number one priority in the near future is the Redcliff Replacement School Project, which is currently in the planning stage following the approval of the change of scope from the province, said Ryan Boser, chief financial officer with PRPS.
“The hope is to design that project by late spring, maybe April or May, and then go through the design process and hopefully construction funding after that,” said Boser.
“We have a year timeline on there that most things can take less than a year if you’re to use a different prototype of a design, but if you went through the full design from scratch, that’s kind of the timeline you’d be looking at,” said Boser.
The second priority in the capital plan is for Oyen, which is consistent from previous years. This project aims for a consolidation of Oyen Public School and South Central School to a potential K-12 school in Oyen, though this project is currently in value scoping to ensure the right fit.
A replacement for Burdett School and increased capacity for Eagle Butte High School are the following priorities, to help keep up with the education needs of the two spaces.
” We continue to see increases in our enrollment in Eagle Butte, and we are getting towards that capacity at Eagle Butte and maxing out there. And so we would love to be able to expand,” said Boser.
It was noted that while they have ordered their priorities, this may not necessarily reflect the order that the projects are done in, depending on various factors such as where provincial funding is allocated.
“There are times where, depending on budget availability and those types of things, they may look at other projects besides your order,” said Boser. “But what they’ve assured us is that they’re always going to have a conversation with us ahead of time if they were looking at a potential project that was prioritized lower down than what you had above that.”
