Families in the Powell River school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $91,754 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Peace River North school district will no longer pay fees for students riding school buses within their schools’ catchment areas thanks to $425,785 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Vancouver school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $53,423 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Qualicum school district will no longer pay fees for students riding school buses within their schools’ catchment area thanks to $426,341 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Stikine school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $51,181 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Coast Mountains school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $557,786 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows school district will no longer pay fees for eligible bus riders thanks to $185,990 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

The Province, the Burnaby school district, Simon Fraser University (SFU) Childcare Society and SFU Community Trust are tackling community and student enrolment growth with $3.9 million to expand University Highlands Elementary school.

At only 18 years old, Jaymee Lynn is already framing her way to success. Jaymee just graduated from high school in Port Coquitlam in June and is already working full-time as a carpentry apprentice for a local construction company.

With the final phase of the $15-million Okanagan Mission Secondary school expansion now complete, students are kicking-off the new school year in an environmentally friendly and updated school.