Elementary enrolment at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) fell 1,700 below projections this fall, with kindergarten-age kids accounting for more than half of the shortfall. "As a result of the late shift of enrolment it's been more difficult this year than other years to confirm actual enrolment," superintendent Janice McCoy told trustees. Not a normal yearWith fewer students than expected, the board suddenly has less provincial money than it was banking on. "Reconciliation of staffing and enrolment is normally achieved through reorganization, either to add classes where the enrolment is higher than projected, or to reduce or combine small classes where the enrolment is lower than projected," OCDSB staff wrote in a memo. Carson said the OCDSB isn't the only board facing an enrolment shortfall: the Toronto District School Board has 6,000 fewer students than anticipated, he said.

Source: CBC News November 11, 2020 17:48 UTC