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By Jett Schwaier

Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education

Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Trustees approve capital plan and priorities on Tuesday

Mar 11, 2026 | 5:48 PM

The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Trustees has approved the 2027–2030 Three-Year Capital Plan and 2027–2036 Ten-Year Planning Priorities outlining school facility priorities for the coming decade at its meeting on March 10, 2026.

Trustees passed a motion to submit the documents to Alberta Education and Childcare before the April 1, 2026, deadline, as school divisions are required to submit a three-year capital plan to the province annually.

The division’s top priority is the replacement of St. Patrick’s School in Medicine Hat, as the current K-5 school operates above 90 percent utilization and relies on several classrooms, including six aging portables and five modulars.

A replacement school would provide permanent classroom space and modern learning areas designed to support current teaching approaches.

The second priority is the modernization of Mother Teresa School, as the project involves removing portable classrooms that are approaching 50 years old, reconnecting modular classrooms to the main building and upgrading aging building systems while adding flexible learning and gathering spaces.

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Third on the list is the potential acquisition of the YMCA facility attached to Notre Dame Academy.

The space would expand the school’s sports and gymnasium areas, support the school’s Sports Academy program and allow for the addition of four classrooms if the Young Men’s Christian Association relocates the operations in the future.

The fourth priority involves right-sizing and modernizing St. Mary’s School, with junior high programming expected to move to another facility.

The project would reduce the school’s capacity and address aging HVAC, electrical, and building systems while creating updated learning and gathering spaces.

The priorities are expected to address the aging infrastructure, improve learning spaces and better align school facilities with current enrollment and programming needs across the division in the coming years.