Public School Board approves French Immersion

Trustees with the public school board have approved a couple of significant changes to the schooling landscape in Kenora.

Beaver Brae will become a school for students from grades 7 to 12 starting in the fall of 2013.

Superintendant of Education Sean Monteith says they will spend the next year on the transition.

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board will also begin rolling out a french immersion program at Valleyview in the fall of 2013, but trustees were adamant that there had to be at least 16 students enrolled before the program would be allowed to proceed.