Calgary Girls' School

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Board chairs	Richard Weber, Julie Kearns
Superintendent	Ches Cowley
Principal	Judy Grey
School type	Public charter
Operated by	Calgary Girls' School Society
Location	6304 Larkspur Way SW (in the Lakeview neighbourhood) Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1011 Beverly Blvd SW (in the Bel Aire neighbourhood) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Grades	4-9
Religious affiliation	None
Founded	2003
Enrollment	600 (Year 2007/2008)

Calgary Girls' School in building formerly used by Lakeview School in the Lakeview neighbourhood

Calgary Girls' School (CGS) is an all female public charter school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It currently teaches grades 4-9.

Established in 2003, the school operates at two sites. Grades 4-5 are located at the Bel Aire campus, and students in grades 6-9 are located at the Lakeview campus. Students at CGS are required to wear a uniform, which is a plaid kilt and generally a plain white tee with a Calgary Girls' School emblem.

[edit] Charter

The CGS is administered by the Calgary Girls' School Society, a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to administering the one school. As one of 13 charter schools in Alberta, CGS operates with its own board of directors, and is accountable directly to the Minister of Education. As a public charter school, it receives the same provincial funding per student of any public school. With the public funding, comes the obligation to accept any female student, that it as able to accommodate, without charging tuition. Like any public Alberta school, it is allowed to charge fees, but they are not tied to the right of admission.

[edit] Opposition

The CBE and its main union are generally opposed to the idea of charter schools. Organizers of the CGS initially (as required by law) applied to get the same school run under the authority of the CBE. However certain policies of the CGS compelled the CBE to reject them. For instance, one CGS policy is to give parents a more significant role in evaluating teachers. This would have violated the collective agreement the CBE has with its union[1].