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Accessible school playgrounds

School districts in B.C. are receiving funding, for the fourth year in a row, from a program first introduced in May 2018 to support building new and replacement playgrounds.

The following districts have been approved for $165,000 in funding for an accessible playground:

Southeast Kootenay School District (SD 5)

  • Amy Woodland Elementary

Kootenay Lake School District (SD 8)

  • Adam Robertson Elementary

Arrow Lakes School District (SD 10)

  • Burton Elementary

Kootenay-Columbia School District (SD 20)

  • Kinnaird Elementary

Vernon School District (SD 22)

  • Ellison Elementary

Central Okanagan School District (SD 23)

  • South Kelowna Elementary
  • Watson Road Elementary

Cariboo-Chilcotin School District (SD 27)

  • Dog Creek Elementary-Jr. Secondary

Quesnel School District (SD 28)

  • Dragon Lake Elementary

Chilliwack School District (SD 33)

  • East Chilliwack Elementary

Abbotsford School District (SD34)

  • Centennial Park Elementary

Langley School District (SD 35)

  • West Langley Elementary
  • Parkside Centennial Elementary

Surrey School District (SD 36)

  • T.E. Scott Elementary
  • Senator Reid Elementary

Delta School District (SD 37)

  • Jarvis Traditional Elementary

Richmond School District (SD 38)

  • Mitchell Elementary

Vancouver School District (SD 39)

  • Sir Richard McBride Elementary
  • Lord Tennyson Elementary

New Westminster School District (SD 40)

  • Herbert Spencer Elementary

Burnaby School District (SD 41)

  • Lyndhurst Elementary
  • Confederation Park Elementary

Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows School District (SD 42)

  • Davie Jones Elementary
  • Webster’s Corners Elementary

Coquitlam School District (SD 43)

  • R.C. Macdonald Elementary
  • Minnekhada Middle

North Vancouver School District (SD 44)

  • Lynnmour Elementary
  • Queen Mary Community Elementary

West Vancouver School District (SD 45)

  • Bowen Island Community

Sunshine Coast School District (SD 46)

  • Halfmoon Bay Elementary

Powell River School District (SD 47)

  • Henderson Elementary

Sea to Sky School District (SD 48)

  • Mamquam Elementary

Central Coast School District (SD 49)

  • Nusatsum Elementary

Boundary School District (SD 51)

  • John A. Hutton Elementary

Prince Rupert School District (SD 52)

  • Ecole Roosevelt Park Elementary

Bulkley Valley School District (SD 54)

  • Silverthorne Elementary

Prince George School District (SD 57)

  • McBride Centennial Elementary

Peace River South School District (SD 59)

  • Devereaux Elementary

Peace River North School District (SD 60)

  • Upper Halfway Elementary

Greater Victoria School District (SD 61)

  • Northridge Elementary
  • Lake Hill Elementary

Sooke School District (SD 62)

  • Colwood Elementary

Saanich School District (SD 63)

  • Children’s Development Center

Okanagan Skaha School District (SD 67)

  • Queens Park Elementary

Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District (SD 68)

  • Quarterway Elementary

Qualicum School District (SD 69)

  • Nanoose Bay Elementary

Pacific Rim School District (SD 70)

  • John Howitt Elementary
  • Ucluelet Elementary

Comox Valley School District (SD 71)

  • Huband Park Elementary

Campbell River School District (SD 72)

  • Georgia Park Elementary

Kamloops/Thompson School District (SD 73)

  • Vavenby Elementary

Gold Trail School District (SD 74)

  • George Murray Elementary

Mission School District (SD 75)

  • Edwin S. Richards Elementary

Fraser-Cascade School District (SD 78)

  • Coquihalla Elementary

Cowichan Valley School District (SD 79)

  • Alex Aitken Elementary

Fort Nelson School District (SD 81)

  • Toad River Elementary-Secondary

North Okanagan-Shuswap School District (SD 83)

  • South Canoe Elementary

Vancouver Island West School District (SD 84)

  • Ray Watkins Elementary

Nisga’a School District (SD 92)

  • Git’wink’sihlkw Elementary

Conseil Scolaire Francophone School District (SD 93)

  • École des Deux Rives