Students and families of Queen Elizabeth Elementary will benefit from more classrooms with an addition now under construction.

Ten communities will soon have more student spaces as part of the government’s actions to expand schools quicker.

Following discussions with the board of education and local police departments, the Minister of Education and Child Care has issued an administrative directive for an updated student safety plan in School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria).

More Métis families will benefit from increased access to culturally based child care with more than 200 new child care spaces opening or on the way.

Dozens of families will benefit from new culturally relevant child care spaces through the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) program.

Starting on Oct. 1, 2024, applications will be accepted from child care providers to join the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program, which will create more low-cost child care options for families throughout B.C.

Just in time for the return to school, more families in the Nanaimo region are benefiting from an initiative creating new child care spaces on school grounds.

School District 91 Nechako Lakes will introduce a new program to reduce the burden on busy families by opening early child care on school grounds.