Students, families and staff are one step closer to a replacement for Carson Elementary School.

Students in Quesnel are a step closer to having a new Carson Elementary school, now that a site has been purchased.

The new Quesnel Junior school has opened, giving students and families a new, modern space to learn.

Quesnel’s grade 8 and 9 students will soon be learning in a safer, more secure environment by moving to Maple Drive Junior school.

Work clothes? Check. Books? Check. Tools? Check. A place to stay? Check. Students in the Quesnel School District are packing their bags and traveling to other B.C. communities for enhanced skills, technical, and trades training opportunities thanks to $5,000 for the school district from the Province’s Skills Training Access Grant.

Students, teachers and staff at Riverview Elementary school in the Quesnel school district will benefit from $279,400 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.  

To help rural schools in British Columbia stay open, Premier Christy Clark announced a new Rural Education Enhancement Fund.

More students in B.C.’s north will connect with the skills and experience they need for the jobs of the future through an expanded $4.9-million Shoulder Tappers program.