N.B. news: Parents concerned over school overcrowding [Video]

It’s a sign of the times at some schools in the Greater Moncton area.

Rows and rows of portables with more to come.

Anglophone East School District Superintendent Randy MacLEAN said they’re maxed out at a lot of their schools.

“We’ve had to convert extra learning spaces into classroom spaces just to ensure we have kids in classrooms,” said MacLEAN.

During Tuesday’s budget, the province announced $18.6 million would be spent addressing challenges resulting from enrolment growth across New Brunswick.

“We are, in Anglophone East, of the x-thousands of new students in the province, we’ve had the majority of them. So we will benefit from the new monies,” said MacLEAN.

Anglophone East School District

• 21/22: 16,766 students
• 22/23: 18,349 students
• 23/24: 19,550 students
• 24/25: 20,062 projected students

The district keeps growing and growing.

During the 2021/22 school year there were 16,766 students.

The projected enrolment for the 2024/25 school year is more than 20,000 students.

Nowhere is the growth of the district more apparent than at …