The Central Okanagan School District is receiving a funding boost from the Province to expand schools in the fast-growing region.

Families in West Kelowna will have more than 165 more student spaces as part of the government’s plan to expand schools faster.

A new school addition is on track to deliver more student spaces as early as the next school year in the fast-growing Central Okanagan School District.

Families and children living in the Kelowna area now have access to child care at the Kelowna Airport YMCA Child Care centre, making pickup and dropoff easy for parents and caregivers working at the airport or living nearby.

A few hundred Kelowna families can now have their kids in child care conveniently located on school grounds, with more child care spaces opening in the coming months.

Students at École Dr. Knox Middle school will soon have an expanded place to learn now that funding has been approved for a 12-classroom addition.

Parents in Kelowna and Kamloops are encouraged to attend upcoming education sessions in their communities as part of B.C.’s school-based gang prevention initiative.

The Province is investing in community-based programs to help adult learners break down education barriers.

Students, teachers and staff at École K.L.O. Middle school in the Central Okanagan school district will benefit from $436,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.  

With the final phase of the $15-million Okanagan Mission Secondary school expansion now complete, students are kicking-off the new school year in an environmentally friendly and updated school.