Montreal schools preparing for hundreds of asylum seekers

French school boards in greater Montreal are making plans to welcome between 800 and 1,000 new students whose parents have fled across Quebec’s border over the summer to seek asylum.
Several dozen children of asylum seekers have already enrolled at the Commission Scolaire de Montréal, said board president Catherine Harel Bourdon.
The board has identified about 10 schools in various neighbourhoods such at St-Michel, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the Sud-Ouest and the Centre-Sud that will be