Hanover School Division catchment areas redrawn

In light of the opening of Parkhill School in September, catchment boundaries in the City of Steinbach had to be redrawn as the school’s roster filled up quicker than expected.

“When we looked at the numbers for this coming fall we found some really rapid growth in the area of Parkhill school and that school being at capacity within the first year which isn’t really great…we talked about what we can do to revise these catchments,” said superintendent Joe Thiessen.

The new catchment area will see Southwood extending from Highway 52 West to Woodhaven Avenue and from Brandt Street and Main Street to Hespeler Street South and Hanover Road.

Regarding middle school boundaries, Parkhill and Southwood will feed into Stonybrook Middle School, while Elmdale and Woodlawn will feed into Clearspring Middle School. These boundary changes will not affect current middle school students.

Parkhill School is located on Parkland Drive in Steinbach. The two-storey school spans 62,304 square feet and will accommodate up to 500 kindergarten to Grade 4 students.