DAVID THOMAS KING (SECORD) K-9
Slated to open in the fall of 2017, the new school in Secord (Lewis Farms) will accommodate:
– Kindergarten to Grade 9
– 900 students
DAVID THOMAS KING
The new school in Secord will be named after David Thomas King, a former politician and outspoken public education advocate who served as MLA, education minister and minister of technology, research and telecommunications. As the first executive director of the Public School Boards Association of Alberta, King lobbied for increased public-education funding and spoke regularly about education policy.
LOCATION
Lewis Farms is a collection of neighbourhoods in west Edmonton. David Thomas King School will be built in the Secord neighbourhood, on the northeast side of the site, on Secord Blvd.
There is a lack of capacity to accommodate students in west Edmonton. Although a junior high is currently being built in the Webber Greens neighbourhood, nearby Winterburn School is currently the only school in the Lewis Farms area. It was built to accommodate 455 students, but as of September 30, 2014, 1007 K-9 students live in the Lewis Farms area. This newly announced school construction project is needed to alleviate these enrolment pressures.
