More families in Chilliwack are benefiting from increased access to new child care centres on school grounds with more than 130 new spaces opening in time for the return to school.

Students and families in Chilliwack will benefit from a significant investment for 300 more seats at A.D. Rundle Middle school as part of government’s plan to expand schools quicker.

Students will benefit from a significant investment for Sardis Secondary school, which will create additional seats and expand the gymnasium.

Dozens of families in the Chilliwack area now have access to a new child care centre offering holistic, culturally inclusive and nature-based programming.

A new elementary school is on the way for families in the fast-growing community of Chilliwack.

Students at Sardis Secondary will soon have an improved and expanded place to learn with funding approved to build a two-storey addition at the school.

A 450-seat addition has been completed at GW Graham Secondary school, providing students and staff with a more connected school community.

More than 1,000 students will move into new school spaces this September as the new Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary-Middle school opens and a major expansion at Vedder Elementary is now complete.

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education, has appointed Lynn Smith, QC, and former Surrey school superintendent Mike McKay as special advisors to evaluate the Chilliwack Board of Education’s commitment to a school system that is safe, inclusive and welcoming to all students and staff.

Students at Vedder Elementary will soon see their school grow along with them, thanks to a 10-classroom addition that will get students out of portables and into classrooms.