Rainbow Schools welcomes 13,440 students on Tuesday, September 8

Rainbow District School Board welcomes 13,440 students

when classes resume on Tuesday, September 8, 2015

According to official predicted enrolment for the start of the 2015-2016 school year, Rainbow District School Board will welcome 13,440 students in Rainbow Schools when classes resume on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. There will be no early dismissal on the first day of school.

In the elementary panel, enrolment will total 8,407 students including 5,848 in the English Program and 2,559 in the French Immersion Program.

In the secondary panel, enrolment is expected to reach 5,033 students including 4,400 in the English Program and 633 in the French Immersion Program.

Enrolment is calculated as full-time equivalents.

This fall, 1,518 children are expected to be enrolled in Kindergarten in Rainbow Schools, a full-day program for four and five-year-olds.

A total of 1,021 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 35 elementary school buildings and 9 secondary school buildings in Sudbury, Espanola, Manitoulin and Shining Tree. The Board also offers educational programs at Barrydowne College (a re-engagement school at Cambrian College), the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre, the Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre, the Children’s Treatment Centre, the Ruth MacMillan Centre, Frank Flowers School and Cecil Facer Secondary School.

The first day of school is Tuesday, September 8, 2015 for all area school boards, including Rainbow District School Board, the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, le Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario and le Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario. There will be no early dismissal on the first day.

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Media Contact:

Nicole Charette, Senior Advisor,

Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning,

Rainbow District School Board, 705-674-3171, ext. 7217.