P.E.I.'s Western School Board says space will be tight at some of its schools when kindergarten is introduced in fall 2010.

Currently, kindergarten classes are held mostly in day centres, but as of the 2010 school year, they will be in schools.

'Our concern is do we have quite enough room?'— Dale Sabean, Western School Board

The Western School Board is already in the process of adding extra space to two of its schools this summer. Miscouche Consolidated is getting two portable classrooms, and another major renovation is underway at Elm Street School in Summerside.

At the latter school, there might not be enough room even with the new space, superintendent Dale Sabean told CBC News Thursday.

"Even adding two classrooms for kindergarten and then three others [might not be enough]," said Sabean. "The population at Elm Street continues to hover somewhere around the 500 mark, so it will be completely filled.

"Our concern is do we have quite enough room or not? We will be checking into that this fall."

Sabean said it will also be a tight fit at Greenfield School in Summerside. Options to make more room for kindergarten could include converting other space in the schools into classrooms or moving students to other schools.

In her report on moving kindergarten into schools, kindergarten commissioner Pat Mella recommended classrooms provide a minimum of 3.5 square metres of space for each student.