Students in the Chilliwack School District will benefit from over $2.6 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects, classroom supplies and new school buses, MLA John Martin announced on behalf of Education Minister Mike Bernier.

Students from the rapidly growing south-side community of Chilliwack will benefit from a new eight classroom addition at Promontory Heights Elementary Community school, thanks to a joint $6.1-million contribution from the Province and the Chilliwack School District.

Fraser Valley families are being encouraged to attend an open house on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, to share their ideas on how to transform rural education in British Columbia.

Students, teachers and staff at Little Mountain Elementary school in the Chilliwack school district will benefit from $187,318 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.  

Families in the Chilliwack school district will no longer pay fees for students riding school buses within their schools’ catchment area and will also benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $329,456 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

With the Cascade Mountains as a backdrop, Chilliwack MLA John Martin and Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness joined students, teachers as well as school district staff for the official opening of the new $56-million Chilliwack Secondary school.