Parents, mark Monday Nov. 7, 2016, on your calendars and get ready to share your thoughts on student progress reporting, including report cards, for an upcoming community meeting hosted by the Ministry of Education.

Students from Lord Tennyson Elementary school will have a seismically safe new home, thanks to the provincial government’s $24.5-million replacement of the school in the Kitsilano neighbourhood.

Families throughout the province will soon benefit from improved transportation services in their communities, thanks to $14.7 million in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Vancouver Island West school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $57,593 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Bulkley Valley school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $163,737 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Alberni school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $71,717 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Campbell River school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $316,860 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Haida Gwaii school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $149,851 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Kootenay Lake school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $419,602 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Sunshine Coast school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $380,465 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.