schools

RCMP investigating racist notes found near Vernon schools
Police are investigating to find whoever is responsible for distributing hundreds of racist notes near…

Vernon mayor ‘disheartened, deeply sorry’ racist notes found near schools
Hundreds of racist notes were found by parents scattered around several Vernon schools yesterday —…

Burnaby teacher chooses portrait drawing over lesson plans and gets licence suspension
A Burnaby teacher on call who was more inclined to draw portraits of his students…

Schools in B.C. set to re-open despite rising COVID-19 caseload
Schools will open as scheduled, despite B.C.’s COVID-19 caseload growing enough for the province’s top…

B.C. students to be back in classrooms Sept. 10 for orientation
B.C.'s education minister has offered parents further insight to what the beginning of this school…

B.C. teacher gets licence suspended for not following lockdown drill
For ignoring and ultimately deciding to teach through a lockdown drill two years ago, an…

Full-time in-class school to start Sept. 8 in B.C.
The provincial government announced today, July 29, that all students will return to school full-time…

B.C. teacher showed ‘age-inappropriate’ video to students, gets suspended
A Lower Mainland teacher who showed his Grade 6 students a video about the impact…

UPDATE: ‘FIND THE BOMB’ tag sparks evacuation at two Kamloops schools, nearby homes
Kamloops RCMP have allowed people back into their homes after evacuating the residences and two…

Dr. Henry sticking to school plans despite case of COVID-19 in Lower Mainland school
While there were only eight new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. in the last 24…

Kamloops school counsellor gets one day suspension for ‘suggestive and inappropriate’ messages to parents
A Kamloops school counsellor received a one-day teaching license suspension for sending “suggestive and inappropriate…

Vernon school buses won’t run when class resumes next week
Vernon students who do decide to return to school next week will be doing so…

B.C. kids can return to school June 1
Students can gradually return to classrooms beginning June 1 but only if parents make that…

Replacing Rutland Middle School becomes a district priority
It would be better to simply replace Rutland Middle School than expand on what’s there,…

2,000 Central Okanagan kids will still get schools breakfast and lunch program
Central Okanagan children who are reliant on public schools for breakfasts and lunches won’t go…