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Student enrollments are up at all schools in the Foothills School Division.

The increase in numbers year-over-year has been easily accommodated and reflect healthy grown in the communities in which the schools serve.  Foothills School Division is the public education body in the Municipal District of Foothills

The division recently reported that 129.5 more full-time students are registered in Foothills schools, with Okotoks schools experiencing the most growth.  The numbers reflect current student populations compared with the numbers from September 2014.

The assistant superintendent of the school division is pleased with the increase.  Allen Davidson told the Okotoks Western Wheel that finding more space for students is more desirable than

The wheels on the bus will soon go round and round in Okotoks.

The long-awaited public transit service in the Foothills Region, connecting Okotoks, High River, Black Diamond, Turner Valley and Nanton with Calgary, is coming next year.

The Calgary Regional Partnership recently confirmed that the two-year transportation pilot project is scheduled for Fall 2016 and will make living in the Foothills region a bit easier for thousands of Calgary commuters who live here.  The public bus service will take passengers to the most southern stop of the LRT in the city.

This project has been on the books for some time and with the launch next year comes renewed hope that it will be a permanent transit solution that will connect towns in the Foothills region