A Richmond elementary school will soon have room for 150 more students, as part of the provincial government’s plan to expand schools quicker in growing communities.

Additional funding for early childhood educators (ECE) is helping recruit and retain staff in the child care sector, leading to a more supported workforce and better outcomes for children and families.

Hundreds of elementary school students in Richmond will soon have safer classrooms as work begins on a full seismic upgrade at Howard DeBeck Elementary School.

Students and staff in Richmond are learning and working in seismically safer schools now that upgrades are complete at James Whiteside Elementary and William Bridge Elementary schools.

More students in Richmond will benefit from a seismically safer school now that funding has been approved to upgrade Howard DeBeck Elementary school.  

More families in Richmond will save thousands of dollars per year as eight local child care spaces convert to the $10-a-day program, helping familes get ahead and building high-quality, affordable and accessible child care as a core service in B.C.

Students and staff are heading back to safer classrooms now that seismic upgrades are complete at James McKinney Elementary school.