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School District 20 (SD20) is quietly celebrating enrolment numbers that start at the kindergarten level. Since registration kicked off in February, 288 kindergarten students have enrolled in schools in the district, which is up from the 230 signed up around this time last year. SD20 forecasts up to a total of 310 in desks come September, compared to 257 this year. “This is great news, considering the last number of years our kindergarten numbers have been 240,
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