Friday, September 9, 2016 • Vol.27 No.46 • Neepawa, Manitoba
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‘Tis the season
PHOTO BY NEILS MACK
Last Friday, harvest was underway at de Koning Farm as they opened up a field of oats. Across the province, harvest of cereal crops and canola are well underway.
School enrolment numbers holding steady, increasing By Tony Eu The Neepawa Banner With school having just started up again on Wednesday, now is a perfect time to take a look at what’s new with our school divisions. In the Beautiful Plains School Division (BPSD), expected enrolment is up
from last year’s division wide total of 1,793. According to BPSD superintendent Jason Young, they expected to start the year with an enrolment number of about 1,820, though as with the other divisions, the numbers are being confirmed over the first few days of school. Young also commented that they expect enrolment to in-
crease throughout the year. “The majority of growth is occurring in Neepawa, with some growth in our colony schools as well. Enrolment in Carberry schools and small schools is fairly stable,” Young said. As far as physical changes go, BPSD is adding three portable classrooms to the Neepawa schools. “Two
are being added at HMK in order to maintain current grade configurations and work towards the 20K3 (provincial requirement that kindergarten to grade 3 classes have 20 students or less) class size initiative. One is being added to NACI to house the additional middle years classroom,” Young elaborated. He added that HMK
has also had an upgraded grooming room constructed. “The grooming room is a room for students with exceptional needs that is utilized for hygiene and specialized programming needs, such as physiotherapy,” he explained. Young added that, “We have purchased approximately 175 additional iPads in the past couple
months as we continue to work towards a more portable learning environment for our students.” He elaborated, stating, “We have now completed phase one of the rollout, which has all middle years classrooms in BPSD with portable technologies at a ratio of one device for every two students.” Continued on page 9