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Article: Creating Schools Without Capital.(leasing of buildings as educational facilities by Edmonton Public Schools system)
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- School Administrator
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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A school district leases retrofitted facilities to house new academic programs
Adversity creates opportunity. Amid increasing student enrollments, calls for more personalized education and higher student achievement and political and economic realities that put a strain on education finances, some school organizations are finding new cost-effective ways to provide unique school facilities--and to do so without capital funding.
A shortage of capital and education facilities appropriate for some unique programs prompted the Edmonton Public School District in Edmonton, Alberta, to explore creative solutions to answer space and finance challenges but also ...