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It’s back to school in B.C. next week as planned
No changes were announced today by B.C. public health officials regarding plans for children in…
Sizeable loophole in B.C. mask wearing policy at B.C. schools
With elementary and secondary schools opening throughout B.C. on Monday, a key ingredient in keeping…
Armstrong teacher ‘depleted’ over mask exempt kids and school closure
It's clear from the exhaustion in the teacher's voice that deciding not to enter the…
3 Kamloops, 2 South Okanagan elementary schools attendance drop prompts Interior Health investigations
Interior Health is investigating three Kamloops elementary schools and two South Okanagan schools after attendance…
Threats continue after Central Okanagan school board approves vaccine mandate
After having to listen to dozens of sometimes abusive and obscene comments from the public…
Central Okanagan schools hit by severe bus driver shortage
Central Okanagan Public Schools is experiencing a severe bus driver shortage resulting in frequent school…
$34.8M Valleyview school expansion project finally complete
There was a great big reason to celebrate yesterday for members of the Kamloops-Thompson Board…
Vehicle-free school zone? Some parents skeptical of Kamloops pilot project
Some parents are skeptical about a new Kamloops and school district pilot project which will…
Public barred from Vernon school board meetings after protest
The Vernon school board is closing meetings to the public indefinitely after dealing with abuse…
Vernon school board has no plans to reopen meetings anytime soon
Abbotsford school board meetings are open the public again after being moved online in response…
Police charge woman accused of stealing from Kelowna school PAC
Andrea Marie Blanchard has been charged with defrauding the South Rutland Elementary School Parent Advisory…
North Okanagan-Shuswap budget cuts ‘gut-wrenching’
NORTH OKANAGAN - Literacy programs, grief counselling and class sizes are all taking a hit next year in what the North Okanagan-Shuswap school board chair calls some ‘gut-wrenching’ decisions to balance next year’s budget. The school board approved two pages of reductions totalling $1.7 million at its board meeting Tuesday, May 12. "We have tried...
Vernon School District will use reserves to bridge budget shortfall
VERNON - The Vernon School District will dip into its reserves to cover next year's budget shortfall, but it's already worried about what to do the year after that. Once again, School District 22 is facing a budget deficit, this time in the amount of $950,000 due to cost pressures and a $400,000 cut in...
Lavington gas leak forces school closures
LAVINGTON - Some Lavington schools are closed Friday due to a major natural gas leak on Highway 6. Superintendent of School District 22 Joe Rogers says JW Inglis and Charles Bloom Secondary schools will be shut down while Fortis B.C. completes repairs to the gas line. Lavington Elementary School remains open. Teachers and CUPE staff...
Former Vernon vice-principal punished for boosting student’s grades
VERNON - A former Vernon vice-principal has been reprimanded for boosting a student’s grades. The B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch is suspending former Vernon Secondary School vice-principal Tony Martin Dolinar’s teaching certificate for one month because he increased the grades “of a student whom he wished to favour” without the consent of the student’s teacher. Dolinar...