Premier David Eby has issued the following statement marking Pink Shirt Day:

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 are returning to safer classrooms now that the seismically safer replacement of Burnaby North Secondary school is complete.

The Province has approved funding for a new Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF) kindergarten-to-Grade 6 elementary school to meet the growing enrolment needs of the region’s francophone community. 

Twelve new school additions will mean more student spaces as early as the 2024-25 school year in fast-growing communities across the province.

Students at Brentwood Park Elementary will soon be getting more space with a new addition and seismic upgrade on the way.

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care; Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley; BC School Trustees Association; BC School Superintendents Association; BC Association of School Business Officials; BC Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association; BC Teachers’ Federation; CUPE BC; BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils; Federation of Independent School Associations; First Nations Education Steering Committee; First Nations Schools Association; and Métis Nation BC have...