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Grade 1 teacher Brianna Clark stands in her new classroom at Maryland Park School, an hour before the start of the school’s student open house on Tuesday afternoon. Now in her second year of teaching, Clark says she is excited to have her own dedicated classroom space at the school just in time for the start of the new school year, which starts today within the Brandon School Division. The Manitoba government expanded the school by 14 new classrooms over the last year, increasing the school’s capacity to 900 students. Ms. Clark’s class will have 18 students this year. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)