Mayland Heights school - it's brutal!

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Mayland Heights Elementary School, a strong and unusual example of brutalist architecture by architect Gordon Atkins, is facing potential closure, along with other schools of mid-century vintage....

Parents fear closure of Mayland Heights school
Mayland Heights group seeks 'fair shot'
By Sean Myers, Calgary Herald January 6, 2011
Mayland Heights Elementary parents are worried a proposal to cut the school's regular English program could be a precursor to closing the facility altogether.

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Parents oppose school closures
CBE officials say enrolment too low
By Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald March 21, 2011
Parents in a northeast Calgary community are gearing up to fight to keep open their school's regular English program- and perhaps the entire facility.

The Calgary Board of Education is holding a public meeting for parents today to discuss trustees' recent move to consider the closure of the kindergarten to Grade 6 regular English program at Mayland Heights Elementary.

On Sunday, a public board official said while there are no plans to relocate the school's remaining French immersion students, if the opportunity arose, the school closure would be considered.

The discussions come as the public school considers shuttering two other schools in Calgary, due to dropping enrolment.

Montgomery School and Sir James Lougheed School are both being considered for closure next year...

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About the architect:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ ... RTA0009279

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CBE votes to keep the main programs at Mayland Heights open!

Mayland Heights parents cheer vote to save school
By Deborah Tetley, Calgary Herald April 20, 2011

In a vote that surprised parents - even bringing one to tears - trustees batted down a motion to close the kindergarten to Grade 6 English program at Mayland Heights School, despite an enrolment of only 55 students. "We've seen other instances where school councils have done wonderful things and built up enrolments," argued trustee George Lane. "It's worth taking the chance to let the parents pick up the challenge."...

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Lots of mid-century schools are currently underutilized and under closure threat... More on Mayland Heights too.

More aging Calgary schools face cuts, closure
Capacity grows as inner-city enrolement falls
By Sean Myers, Calgary Herald April 25, 2011

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Good news from our favourite mid-century brutalist school. Congrats to Principal, staff, and kids!

Mayland Heights School principal helps fashion turnaround in grades
By Richard Cuthbertson, Calgary Herald
March 26, 2012

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