Expansion of the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education could be possible as the board moves forward with a census for surrounding rural areas outside their boundaries.

Currently there are nine students attending MHCBE’s schools who do not reside within the district’s boundaries, explained superintendent Clyde Pudwell at Tuesday’s board meeting.

Four of these families are asking if their historical school division – dubbed a 4×4 – can create a separate school board and then join up with the MHCBE as per the Education Act.

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