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School District 83
Province receives report on School District 83 governance, budgeting practices
SALMON ARM – A special advisor’s report on the inner workings of School District 83…
Parent of North Okanagan-Shuswap student sues School District 83 over breach of duties
SALMON ARM – The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District is being sued by the parent of…
School District 83 to pay portion of special advisor’s review
SALMON ARM – The full cost of hiring a special advisor to review School District…
North Okanagan-Shuswap school trustees urged to submit ‘needs-based’ budget for increased government funding
SALMON ARM – The North Okanagan-Shuswap school board has been asked to take a stand…
Smaller budget transfer will allow School District 83 to avoid program cuts
VERNON – Instead of transferring $1 million into capital funds this year, the North Okanagan-Shuswap…
North Okanagan-Shuswap School District testing for elevate lead levels
NORTH OKANAGAN – The North Okanagan-Shuswap is joining school districts around the province in testing…
Special review in North Okanagan-Shuswap School District the eighth in B.C. since 2002
SALMON ARM – The appointment of a special advisor to review the inner workings of…
North Okanagan-Shuswap teachers’ association president declares loss of confidence in school board
SALMON ARM – Tensions continue to erupt in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District as employees,…
Province appoints special advisor to review North Okanagan-Shuswap school board
NORTH OKANAGAN – The province is sending a special advisor to review the activities of…
UPDATE: Third school trustee resigns in North Okanagan; encourages remaining board members to do the same
‘I BELIEVE THERE IS CLEARLY A GREAT DEAL OF DYSFUNCTION WITHIN THE BOARD’ NORTH OKANAGAN…
Parents call for resignation of North Okanagan-Shuswap school board, superintendent over money transfers
SALMON ARM – The entire board of education in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District, and…
‘I can no longer in good conscience maintain my seat on the board’: School trustee
NORTH OKANAGAN – Two trustees in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District no longer feel they…
North Okanagan-Shuswap trustees look at downsizing school board
NORTH OKANAGAN – Board of education officials in the North Okanagan-Shuswap are turning the subject…
HELSTON: Victory, or prolonging the inevitable? Here’s hoping school officials use the next year wisely
News this week that two elementary schools in the North Okanagan are being spared for…
Officials vote to delay school closure decisions in Armstrong and Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – Elementary schools in Armstrong and Salmon Arm will stay open for at…
Dates set for public consultation on possible Armstrong, Salmon Arm school closures
NORTH OKANAGAN – Community members can have their say on potential school closures at two…
As North Okanagan and Salmon Arm school closures loom, board chair says ‘nothing is set in stone’
VERNON – Feedback from the public will weigh heavily on School District 83 trustees over…
Process to close North Okanagan and Shuswap schools officially begins
NORTH OKANAGAN – School closures in the North Okanagan and Salmon Arm could be happening…
Armstrong fights to keep schools open
ARMSTRONG – A North Okanagan community fiercely opposed to a possible school closure is ramping…
Decision on North Okanagan school closures, reconfigurations expected next month
VERNON – A decision on school closures and reconfigurations in the North Okanagan is looming. …
Two North Okanagan-Shuswap school district properties up for sale
VERNON - The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District is putting two of its properties up for sale. The first is the former board office in Salmon Arm, which will be listed for $800,000, and the other is the old South Canoe School, on the market for $500,000. Board of Education chair Bobbi Johnson says Colliers International...
Town hall meetings to highlight North Okanagan-Shuswap school challenges
NORTH OKANAGAN – The North Okanagan-Shuswap school district will be casting about for feedback on…
North Okanagan schools get provincial cash handouts
VERNON - Local schools are getting a cash infusion from the provincial government. The money will go toward several capital projects at schools in Vernon, Salmon Arm and Armstrong. Okanagan Landing Elementary is getting $600,000 for a geothermal heating plant projected to save 72 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, and about $15,000 in operating costs....
Salmon Arm mom pulls son from school after learning he was placed in locked room
SALMON ARM - A Salmon Arm mother is still in shock after finding out her seven-year-old son was being locked in a room at school as part of a behaviour management plan she knew nothing about. Jackie Graham found out about the practice when the principal of South Broadview Elementary School in Salmon Arm called...