Okanagan Skaha School Board
Okanagan-Skaha school board and ministry priorities mesh as new school year looms
PENTICTON – Okanagan-Skaha school board Chair Linda Van Alphen says the board is moving forward…
French School Board interested in purchasing McNicoll Park Middle School
PENTICTON – The Okanagan Skaha School District may have found a buyer for a Penticton…
Hockey academy proposed for Skaha Lake Middle School
PENTICTON – Plans are in the works for a hockey program at Skaha Lake Middle…
Van Alphen returned as Okanagan Skaha school board chair
PENTICTON – The Okanagan Skaha school board met for their inaugural meeting of the school…
Okanagan Skaha school board chair responds to Summerland proposal
PENTICTON – A new concept for school administration put forward by the District of Summerland…
Okanagan Skaha school district announces childcare funding, new inclusiveness policy
PENTICTON – The YMCA in Penticton is getting a $500,000 grant provincial government to create childcare…
South Okanagan trustees get last word on school (un)closures
'MY FEAR IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY AFTER THE ELECTION?' PENTICTON – Okanagan Skaha…
Grant funding approved to help keep Okanagan Skaha schools open
PENTICTON – The Okanagan Skaha Board of Education is breathing a collective sigh of relief…
No decisions yet on school closures in South Okanagan following government funding announcement
PENTICTON – Okanagan Skaha school board has responded to the announcement by the province of…
Board refuses offer of special advisor to review school closure decision
PENTICTON – An offer to have the school district's decision to close three schools reviewed…
Summerland Secondary getting $1.2 renovation
SUMMERLAND – The province is spending $1.1 million to upgrade the aging Summerland Secondary School.…
Okanagan Skaha school district budget falls short despite school closures
PENTICTON – Even after taking into account the drastic spending cuts achieved by closing three…
Okanagan Skaha school district needs can’t be based on long term hopes: board chair
PENTICTON - The chair of Okanagan Skaha school board would like to believe there will be more students moving into the region to attend classes in the future, but won't gamble away potential opportunities for today’s students based on wishful thinking. Chair Linda Van Alphen says none of the proposals out for consideration by the...