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B.C. outlays plan to bring K-12 students back to class full time

Enhanced safety measures and additional resources will enable most students in grades K-12 to return to school on Sept. 8, with full-time in-class learning as…

Province implements vaping action plan

The provincial government is bringing into force regulations to fully implement British Columbia’s vaping action plan, which was announced in November 2019. The regulations restrict…

SD5 Board passes balanced budget

School District No. 5 (SD5), Southeast Kootenay Trustees passed a balanced budget of $74,391,479 at a special meeting of the Board on June 17. According…

SD5 and SD6 preparing for part-time in-class instruction

The Southeast Kootenay School District (SD5) and Rocky Mountain School District (SD6) are preparing to re-open in-class instruction, part-time, on Monday, June 1. “We have…

K-12 students to have optional in-class instruction June 1

Parents will have the choice of bringing their children (in K-12) back to class on a part-time basis this school year (June 1) as part…

Virtual social, emotional well-being supports for students

New, free virtual educational programs for students, parents and educators are supporting social and emotional well-being as part of navigating the new world of remote…

Zoom available for K-12 continued learning

Educators will have an easy-to-use video-conferencing and collaboration platform to communicate remotely with their students while in-class learning is suspended to prevent the spread of…

Province helping essential service workers find child care

To support parents who are essential service workers during the response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the B.C. government is launching a new process. This process…

Steps being taken to keep kids learning during pandemic

A new level of reality is going to begin for school children and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Technically, students were supposed to head…