BC Gov News

After over a decade of waiting, thousands of Cowichan students can look forward to a new, seismically safe Cowichan Secondary school that will benefit the community for generations.

Students in B.C. are continuing to benefit from increased investments, more teachers and more funding to support Indigenous education and students with special needs, with additional funding for B.C.’s public school districts in 2019-20.

Families in Chilliwack can look forward to more than 1,500 new student seats that will provide the learning environments that students deserve.

Comox Valley students can look forward to better learning environments with a brand-new school coming to Hornby Island and work set to begin on a partially replaced Lake Trail Middle school. 

Hundreds more students in Surrey have a better learning environment now that an eight-classroom addition at Panorama Park Elementary school has been completed.

Students at West Sechelt Elementary school will soon be out of portables and have a better learning experience with six brand-new classrooms.

The Office of the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation has released its annual report, which includes a statistical review of educator-related complaints, reports and investigations from 2018-19.  

A $2-million provincewide investment in school-based student mental health will help ensure kids can access support when they need it and that they feel safe and connected at school.