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Enrolment up in school district ARNE PETRYSHEN
School District 5 attendance has increased for the 2015/16 school year according to enrolment numbers released at the Nov. 10 school board meeting. The total number of Student Funded Full Time Equivalent spaces as of Oct. 2, 2015 was 5,349.5. The numbers include 19 schools and institutions. “We’re up 166,” Lynn Hauptman, School District 5 Superintendent, said. “That’s across the whole district, that’s not just Cranbrook. That includes Jaffray, Fernie, Sparwood and Elkford. Based on that, we do a preliminary budget every spring and we project what we believe
will be the amount of students every year.” A full time equivalent (FTE) of 1.0 equals one full-time student, while 0.5 would be a student enrolled in half the classes. Hauptman said it’s always good news when student numbers go up for the district, because their budget is based on student enrolment. The biggest change was Laurie Middle School increased enrolment by 48 students — from 298.5 in 2014, to 346.5 in 2015. Next was Kootenay Education Services, which went from 69.8 FTE in 2014, to 98.8 in 2015 — a change of 29 spaces.
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SPCA hoping to ID injured cat Good Samaritan saves feline abandoned at Elko Transfer station FOR THE TOWNSMAN
TREVOR CRAWLEY PHOTOS
Father Christmas himself made an appearance at the end of the annual Santa Claus Parade on Friday evening in downtown Cranbrook. The throng of parade floats also included an entry from the Grinch, however, it is unclear if he is planning on stealing Christmas, or if his heart has already grown three sizes. See the Daily Townsman later this week for a photo feature on the parade.
She was discarded at the dump, her legs tied together, bleeding from several wounds, not moving but alive. Her tail had been severed and she was extremely dehydrated and emaciated. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan found the black cat, named Malala, and took her straight to the East Kootenay BC SPCA Branch,
where she was immediately rushed to a veterinarian for emergency care. “She was bleeding a lot from her tail, which had been cut off, and she had several open wounds on her feet, legs and head,” says BC SPCA East Kootenay Branch manager Brenna Baker.
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