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CARVING A NEW PATH Work continues as crews widen Highland Drive and add a multi-use pathway. The $3.7-million project is seeing 2.2 kilometres of the road to Juniper Heights improved from Valleyview Drive to Qu’appelle Boulevard. Allen Douglas/KTW
Class-size averages in Kamloops on low end of scale Class sizes in the Kamloops-Thompson school district have firmed up since school began in September. In a report to the board of education on Monday, Nov. 4, assistant superintendent for education Karl deBruijn noted there are 1,467 classes in 43 schools (the report excludes Twin Rivers Education Centre and @ KOOL online and dis-
tance-learning school). Class size averages are: • Kindergarten, 18.1 students; • Grades 1 to 3, 21.3 students; • Grades 4 to 7, 25.9 students; • Grades 8 to 12, 23.1 students. There are no elementary classes with more than 30 students and 19 secondary classes that
exceed that number. Of those, 13 are music, band or physicaleducation classes. The others are in courses with limited sections and availability. They include one in choral music at Beattie School of the Arts, with 36 students; five at Brock Middle School in music/choir and sports academies, with class size ranging from 32
to 39; five at NorKam secondary in various academic courses, including Japanese and International Baccalaureate chemistry, with sizes of 31 or 32 students; five at Sa-Hal secondary, all but one in
physical education and all with 31 or 32 students; two at South Kamloops in music/band and physical education, with 37 and 31 students; and one at Westsyde secondary with 35 in instrumental music.
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