ADSB enrolment is higher than expected

Algoma District School Board welcomed nearly 260 more students than projected to its classrooms this fall.Elementary enrolment climbed 223 compared to numbers projected in March.Eight classes were added the second week of September to handle the larger student numbers totaling 6,381 compared to 6,158 anticipated, superintendent of human resources Frank Palumbo told trustees during a meeting on Tuesday night.Kindergarten numbers “increased quite significantly,” said Palumbo in an inte