Central Okanagan School District 2021

Police charge woman accused of stealing from Kelowna school PAC
Andrea Marie Blanchard has been charged with defrauding the South Rutland Elementary School Parent Advisory…

Residents befuddled by flashing lights at Central Okanagan’s newest school
Neighbours of Ecole H.S. Grenda Middle School in Lake Country were befuddled by the flashing…

Central Okanagan schools ahead of provincial curve on staff vaccination status
With schools reopening next week in the midst of COVID’s fifth wave and the highly…

Former Kelowna student to attend Oxford University as Rhodes Scholar
A graduate of École Kelowna Secondary School has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Jesse Lafontaine…

Kelowna high school students’ plan for fight stymied by staff, RCMP
Teenagers from around the city were planning to gather at École Kelowna Secondary School to…

Nearly all students in Central Okanagan complying with new mask mandate
The vast majority of students in the Kelowna area are complying with the requirement to…

School board condemns anti-mask protest at district office in Kelowna
All across British Columbia, masks became mandatory for students in kindergarten to Grade 3 on…
Almost half of new students in Central Okanagan school district on Westside
The latest count of new students in the Central Okanagan this fall shows an increase…

No mask mandate for younger grades at Kamloops, Kelowna schools despite high rate of potential COVID exposures
Despite having more schools potentially exposed to COVID-19 than most other districts in B.C., the…

Memorial service will be held Sunday for former Central Okanagan educator Murli Pendharkar
Murli Pendharkar served as both a superintendent of schools and chair of the Board of…

Kelowna middle school expansion, land for new elementary school approved by province
Kelowna’s Dr. Knox Middle School will soon have a new addition to replace nine portables…

Schools in Kelowna, Kamloops, Vernon seeing fewer COVID-19 exposures
Schools throughout the Southern Interior are reporting fewer COVID-19 exposures — something that's most notable…

2,500 Central Okanagan teachers, school staff get their COVID-19 jabs
Thousands of teachers across the Central Okanagan have rolled up their sleeves and taken their…

Potential Kelowna school trustee candidate promotes anti-COVID-19 restrictions
A Kelowna woman vying for a seat on the Central Okanagan Public Schools Board of…
COVID-19 vaccinations for Central Okanagan teachers, staff underway
Teachers and staff in the Central Okanagan school district will begin getting COVID-19 vaccinations this…