ICYMI: Huge influx of students returning post-pandemic: fall enrolment data yyc abed
Finalized enrolment data at the Calgary Board of Education for this school year shows 5,886 new students, four times more than the 1,500 that were expected, and bringing total enrolment up to 131,215.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“The primary driver for this influx is likely the return of students that chose alternative schooling approaches during the pandemic back to the CBE. Students that left in large numbers at the start of the 2020-21 school year resulted in the single largest enrolment drop experienced by the CBE.” At the same time, the Calgary Catholic School District saw 2,154 new students this fall, bringing total enrolment to 58,881. The spike is well up from the previous year’s addition of only 351 students, the loss of 1,578 students in 2020 and the slight increase of only 1,156 in 2019.
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