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Province announces funding for four new Division schools

Tue, 10 Mar, 2026

On Monday, the provincial government announced capital funding for 10 new school construction projects in Edmonton—including four new schools for Edmonton Public Schools—as part of Budget 2026.

Left to right: Martin Long, Minister of Infrastructure; Sandra Palazzo, Board Chair, Edmonton Catholic Schools; Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Education and Childcare; Etienne Alary, Board Chair, Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord; Saadiq Sumar, Board Chair, Edmonton Public Schools

Design funding has been approved for the following Division projects:

A new Kindergarten to Grade 9 school in Aster to support families in southeast Edmonton

A new Kindergarten to Grade 9 school in Stillwater to support families in west Edmonton

Planning funding has been approved for the following Division projects:

A new Kindergarten to Grade 6 school in Crystallina Nera to support families in north Edmonton

A new Kindergarten to Grade 9 school in River’s Edge to support families in west Edmonton

Edmonton Public Schools decides and prioritizes which projects go into the capital plan, and the government decides which ones get funded and when funding will be received. All four schools are listed as year one priorities in the Division’s Three-Year Capital Plan 2026–2029. 

Three of the school projects, Aster, Stillwater and Crystallina Nera, were added to the list of year one priorities in 2025 to address rapid growth in developing communities and because their sites are construction-ready.

View more Edmonton Public Schools school construction projects and learn about the stages of funding.