School District No. 8 administration has decided to reduce the number of staff at the board office on Johnstone Road by eliminating the Assistant Secretary Treasurer position, effective Wednesday. “This particular (decision) aligns with our intent that all of our resources as much as possible go directly to the classroom,...

Government is investing more than $28.5 million for the new Mar Jok Elementary in West Kelowna and the expansion of Okanagan Mission Secondary in Kelowna. The new Mar Jok Elementary will help address district enrolment growth by creating space for 460 students in kindergarten to Grade 6. The new school is part of a joint...

Several concerned parents and a teacher told the Boundary School District 51 trustees their staffing issues have got to change at Christina Lake Elementary and Beaverdell Elementary schools during a regular board of education meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 11. Less than two weeks into the 2012-2013 school year and SD51 is facing...

Election nominations will soon be opened for a new school trustee to represent the Slocan Valley/Bonnington area. The current trustee, Barb Lindsay, is leaving so that she may pursue a volunteer opportunity in Zanzibar. So a new trustee is needed to represent the interests of Regional District Central Kootenay electoral Area...

Tuesday the first day of the 2012-13 school term in Nelson. Always an exciting time for children, motorists must be aware that children, young and old, will be occupying the streets and roadways for the next ten months, give or take a few days. Which is why drivers must pay extra attention as, on average according to ICBC, ...

North Vancouver primary teacher Ian Cunliffe spent the past weekend running through the Boundary as part of his 22 Marathons Against Bill 22 campaign across BC. He is running the width of the province over 22 days as a public protest against Bill 22, which was recently introduced in the provincial legislature in response to...

There's a new post-secondary school in the West Kootenay. Well, technically, it's an upgrade of Selkirk College as the local school has brought together three program areas that reflect different aspects of the arts. The new School of the Arts includes Digital Arts and New Media, Contemporary Music and Technology, and Craft...

Beginning this September parents who choose to send their children to a school outside of the catchment area where they live will have to pay $20 a month or $200 a year for busing expenses, said school district superintendent Jeff Jones. Last year the district had 500 students, or roughly 10 per cent of the student population,...

The School District 8 Kootenay Lake Education Board faced a room of more than 60 concerned teachers, parents and students demanding they review their budget priorities during the regular meeting, Tuesday, June 19. “A lot of teachers voiced concern about the way in which the board has handled the budget,” said Nelson and...

Science camps offering a fun, interactive learning environment with some basic electricity, chemistry, physics, and biology will be running this summer in Grand Forks and Christina Lake. The three camps, running through Selkirk College, are for youth ages six - 12 years-of-age.  Camps are three days in duration with two taking...