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Central Okanagan School District
Advice on how to handle questions from children about the Abbotsford school stabbing
LETTER TO PARENTS FROM KELOWNA SCHOOL DISTRICT KELOWNA – After two students were stabbed, one…
Enrolment jumps in Central Okanagan school district
DISTRICT UP OVER 500 STUDENTS AT LAST COUNT BUT NUMBER COULD DROP CENTRAL OKANAGAN –…
Kelowna school speed zones to kick in half an hour earlier this fall
KELOWNA – Motorists next week must be aware of the resumption of school speed zones…
Central Okanagan school district bucks provincial enrollment trends
ENROLLMENT PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY SEVERAL HUNDRED CENTRAL OKANAGAN – It’s the kind of slow…
Central Okanagan school district could lose money under new school bus funding formula
NEW FORMULA COMES UP $400,000 SHORT CENTRAL OKANAGAN – She doesn’t want to sound ungrateful,…
School speed zone times extended in Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA TO CONSIDER REQUEST FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT LATER THIS MONTH CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Your…
New earlier start times proposed for school speed zones in Kelowna
CHANGES WILL BE ADVERTISED SHOULD THEY BE APPROVED KELOWNA – You had better be paying…
Central Okanagan school board figures out how to ‘uncut’ a million dollars
PRICE INCREASE FOR YELLOW BUS PASSES TO STAND CENTRAL OKANAGAN – School trustees have agreed…
Pressure building for decision on French immersion in the Central Okanagan
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Lots of people have lots of ideas about what the Central Okanagan…
Central Okanagan school district narrows down French immersion options
DEMAND FOR IMMERSION IS OUTSTRIPPING CLASS SPACE IN CENTRAL OKANAGAN CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Just about…
Million dollars is nice but stable funding would be better, Central Okanagan school board chair says
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – They’re happy not to have to cut so deep but the chair…
Elevated lead levels found in nine Kelowna-area schools
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Officials in the Central Okanagan school district have tested for elevated lead…
Wage freeze holds down costs for Central Okanagan School District reorganization
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES WON'T COST ANYTHING UNTIL FREEZE LIFTED CENTRAL OKANAGAN – A long-planned reorganization of…
Budget cuts for Central Okanagan becoming annual battle
INCREASE TO SCHOOL BUS FEES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLMENT JUST PART OF REVENUE INCREASES PLANNED…
Kelowna principal named one of Canada’s best
KELOWNA – Maybe it's not quite like being named 'Best Actor' but in the world…
Condoms now available at some Kelowna high schools
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – A three-month pilot project providing students at local high schools with access…
Former Central Okanagan schools superintendent signs on with UBC Okanagan
KELOWNA – Former superintendent of schools for the Central Okanagan school district Hugh Gloster didn’t…
Curriculum change the first challenge for new Central Okanagan superintendent
KELOWNA - The incoming superintendent of the Central Okanagan School District praised his predecessor Hugh Gloster even as he acknowledged some of the challenges the district is facing. Top among them is the province-wide introduction of the new curriculum, something Supt. Kevin Kaardal acknowledged today, Dec. 16, at a media event with school board chairperson...
High school condoms decision left to Kelowna parent advisory councils
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - They’ve got the kids on board and the principals but a pilot project which would see condoms made available at local high schools still has to get by the toughest critics of all — parents. Superintendent of schools Hugh Gloster says a proposal by the Interior Health Authority to supply condoms and...
Kelowna could see first new high school in decades
KELOWNA – The Central Okanagan school board is making a pair of big ticket capital…
More than 30,000 Kelowna students find their seats this week
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Thousands of students found their way to new classrooms this week as school resumed at all levels. UBC Okanagan says some 8,400 students began classes this week, while several thousand more started at Okanagan College and another 22,000 started grade school in the Central Okanagan School District. In a press release, UBCO says...
Crush of students puts the pressure on Kelowna Transit
KELOWNA - They’re not yellow but considering how many students they carry, regular transit buses could almost be considered school buses. Jerry Dombowsky, the City of Kelowna’s regional programs manager with responsiblity for transit, says moving students is a big part of what Kelowna Regional Transit does. "Students of all ages make up a significant...
Superintendent school awaits new top teacher
KELOWNA - There’s a change in command coming at the Central Okanagan school district but outgoing superintendent Hugh Gloster says his successor will be well supported during the transition. “The plan is for me to continue to manage operational issues of the district until close to the end of the year," he says. "There’s a...
School bus fees double but service still heavily subsidized
KELOWNA - Those big yellow school buses will be back on the road next week, ferrying some 5,500 students to classes in the Central Okanagan school district. Each one of those kids will be paying $200 to get to and from school, double what it cost last year, as the school board found ways to...