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[Phyllis Hildebrand] said that it would cost only about $20,000 to convert the high school in Ashern to K-12, to handle all three schools. "The capacity is about 450," but there are just 340 children in the two Ashern schools.
"Our projections indicate a pretty significant loss of students over the next five years," about 10 per cent of the 2,000 kids in Rolling River. "Things don't look good for the future," [Neil Whitley] said.Lakeshore wants to close Fisher Branch Elementary School and convert Fisher Branch Collegiate into a K-12 school, and to close Ashern Early Years School and convert Ashern Central into a K-12, as of June 30, 2009.See the full content of this document
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Schools May Be Closed in Rural Areas
Plummeting enrolment means divisions face unpopular choices
By Nick MartinPLUMMETING enrolment could soon doom schools in Fisher Branch, Ashern, Moosehorn, Hamiota, Rossburn and Birtle to closure.The same sea of empty desks that has at least five Winnipeg schools facing likely closure within two years is also plaguing rural Man...See the full content of this document
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