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...

Kindergarten-to-Grade 12 students in some of B.C.’s rural and remote communities are learning this year from 50 new teachers who were recruited through the Province’s new hiring incentives.

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.

Francophone students and families in Sechelt are a step closer to having a permanent French-language school now that land has been purchased for a future K-12 school.

Francophone families in Pemberton will have a new school for K-12 students and a permanent home for École La Vallée to support existing and forecast enrolment growth.

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, has released the following statement regarding the first day of school: