{"id":913445,"date":"2026-09-29T00:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913445\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:46:26","slug":"construction-begins-on-shared-public-catholic-francophone-school-in-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913445\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction begins on shared Public, Catholic Francophone school in Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction on a new shared Francophone school in Edmonton officially began on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Alberta says the facility will house two distinct high schools: one public and one Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>Around $91 million was invested to create modern, high-quality learning spaces for 1,260 students, while also allowing both schools to have their own distinct space and identity.<\/p>\n<p>The public school will be named \u00c9cole l\u2019Odyss\u00e9e, while the Catholic school will be named \u00c9cole l\u2019Envol\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlberta is growing, and we are building the school infrastructure communities need. This investment will deliver modern, high-quality spaces and lasting value for Edmonton families while supporting jobs and fostering economic growth,\u201d said Martin Long, Minister of Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Both schools will house Grades 7 through 12, and while operating independently, both schools will have shared amenities, including a library, gymnasium, and career and technology studies classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790642786_606_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction on a new shared Francophone school in Edmonton officially began on Monday. The Government of Alberta says&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-913445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}