BC Schools

• Several Burnaby schools to adopt staggered schedules

  Burnaby is joining Surrey in extending the school day at several high schools to increase capacity because of high enrolment growth.

  Education

  Dec 5, 2024
  
• 4 years later, where is the promised school in Vancouver’s Olympic Village?

  In 2007, the development plan for Olympic Village anticipated an elementary school for the neighbourhood. Parents in the area are frustrated it never came to fruition.

  Education

  Feb 7, 2024
  
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• Recruitment a ‘key priority,’ education minister says amid Vancouver teacher shortage

  Education Minister Rachna Singh acknowledged the labour shortage Friday, at the opening of the new replacement Burnaby North Secondary School.

  Education

  Feb 2, 2024
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• B.C. school district fined for failing to address student’s anxiety

  The ruling says the student had been diagnosed since kindergarten with anxiety and has been on medication since Grade 7 when she made the move to high school in fall 2018.

  Education

  Jan 3, 2024
• How are B.C. high schools dealing with AI writing tools?

  The Vancouver School Board and Prince George School District said it's early in the process of understanding and working with AI generators, and will be a learn-as-they-go process.

  Education

  Sep 22, 2023
• BC Greens call for province-wide ‘universal’ school food program

  A major factor pushing BC Greens to bring the food program to fruition is that one in three food bank users in B.C. are children.

  Education

  Sep 7, 2023
• No letter grades for K to Grade 9 in B.C. with proficiency scale being used instead

  The new reporting style is being implemented across all of B.C. after being tested and adopted by half of the school districts in the province.

  Education

  Sep 5, 2023
• ‘Getting worse’: Unions worried over possible B.C. teacher shortage ahead of school year

  Education Minister Rachna Singh said she's aware the sector has been hit by a labour shortage, and that her staff are working to secure 'resources on the ground' next week.

  Education

  Aug 30, 2023
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• ‘I was destroying lives’: Former B.C. high school drug dealer on the lure of gang life

  "We see our young people … usually (between) the ages of about 16 and 22 … that is where the bulk of our street-level drug dealers are in that range," an anti-gang official said.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2023
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• ‘Very upset’: Parent, student react to no letter grades for B.C. students up to Grade 9

  “I feel like I have had a hard time transferring between the two due to how vague the proficiency scale is," a student told Global News.

  Education

  Jun 25, 2023