Board welcomes 15,715 students when classes resume on September 3, 2008

According to official predicted enrolment for the start of the 2008-2009 school year, Rainbow District School Board will welcome 15,715 students in Rainbow Schools when classes resume on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 – one day later than usual.

Parents/guardians are reminded that the first day of school will end 30 minutes earlier.

In the elementary panel, enrolment will total 9,405 students including 7,010 in the English Program and 2,395 in the French Immersion Program.

In the secondary panel, enrolment is expected to reach 6,310 students including 5,600 in the English Program and 710 in the French Immersion Program.

Enrolment is calculated as full-time equivalents.

This fall, 740 children are expected to enter Junior Kindergarten in Rainbow Schools.

A total of 767 children have enrolled in Senior Kindergarten.

A total of 1,261 students have registered for Grade 9 classes in area Rainbow Schools.

Official enrolment data will be available at the end of October.

Rainbow District School Board is the largest school board in Northern Ontario with 39 elementary schools and 9 secondary schools in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin.

The Board covers a geographic area of more than 14,000 square kilometres in the heart of Rainbow Country.

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Media Contact:
Nicole Charette, Senior Advisor,
Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning,
Rainbow District School Board, 705-674-3171, ext. 7217.