The Red Deer Catholic Regional School Board (RDCRS) will be hosting a virtual town hall meeting this Thursday, May 28th, to discuss the future of St. Gabriel Online School. 

The school, which offers online courses for grades 8-12 to anyone, will reach the end of their buildings lease on June 30th, 2020, and will be moving from St. John Paull II Outreach School to St. Benedict the Moor Centre, located on 39th st. between Maryview and St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School.

The school board is considering closing the school, in part due to the Alberta government changing the way education is funded, no longer making a fully online school a viable financial option for RDCRS. 

While the board is developing its 2020/2021 budget, they will consider moving the online courses offered at St. Gabriel to its two Red Deer high schools, Notre Dame and St. Josephs, as well as St. Dominic Catholic High School in Rocky Mountain House.

You can click here for more information, including how to register for the virtual town hall meeting on May 28th.