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Vol. 131 No. 25 Friday, August 30, 2013




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RRSD hopeful enrollment trend continues

By JENNIFER PAIGE t is that time of year again, the time that parents eagerly anticipate and children dread. September 4th the streets will be full of children with saggy backpacks once again as summer comes to a close and fall classes begin. The Rolling River School Division has been busy preparing for back to school and is hoping to see steady enrollment numbers continue again this year. Th ere are a couple of pockets within our division where we are seeing higher enrollment than in the past, which is quite exciting because our enrollment for the last 20 years, besides last year, has been dropping quite dramatically, explains Reg Klassen, Superintendent of Rolling River School Division. Th e fi nal enrollment numbers wont be in until the official Government of Manitoba cut off date of September 30th, but Klassen is hopeful that last years trends in enrollment will continue. We dont have the kindergarten numbers but those are always the most exciting. Last year we had a fabulous number with 160 students and we had a graduating class of 147, so we had a few more new students than graduating students. Th at is the fi rst time that has happened in almost 20 years. A steady decline in enrollment for the past number of years has seen Rolling River School Division wrestle with a surplus of teaching staff , especially in area high schools where the largest drops are seen. Anywhere from 1-3 of our high schools have experienced a surplus in staff for the past number of years. Th at has been hard because when you lose a staff member where the school has 10 or 12 staff, that is a large percentage, and it makes a big difference in extra curricula and course offerings, says Klassen. The division has been working to maintain as much staffing as possible within the high schools

Beating the heat

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Above, Karen Sobchuk and Scott Sherb managed scorching temperatures and high humidity by lounging and catching some minnows at the campground beach on Wednesday afternoon. Others, such as Helen and Floyd Harrison chose to relax and read under the trees along the main beach (inset).
Photos by Jennifer Paige

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