The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is enjoying a bit of a population boom.

Numbers are up in a couple of schools this fall.

Director of Education Jack McMaster says Beaver Brae is enjoying a bit of rebound in student numbers.

McMaster says they have 261 students enrolled in the Junior Kindergarten program, which is 21 more than they expected.

The public school board has just over 53 hundred students this fall.