I live in Cranston (I don't care what you say, I love it there) and I welcome any relief at this point. Both schools in my neighbourhood are now capped and there is a lottery system in place every spring for new students going into Kindergarten. Seriously. Cranston public school is grades K-4 and there are 620 students. It's a complete gong show with large hallways now being called "learning commons" and things like that.
As for the question about simply adding more and more portables on, the issue is that there are rules in regards to the number of washrooms, HVAC, etc. per student. There is a finite limit to how many portables can be attached to a facility.
I think this is decent stop-gap solution and, short of making developers pay for new schools, the only way to deal with the massive growth in Alberta.
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