Greater Victoria School Board

• Education minister sacks Victoria school board over police policy dispute

  B.C.'s education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan in which the board barred police from schools except in emergencies.

  Education

  Jan 30, 2025
  
• Victoria school board ordered to craft plan to target gangs, fix relationship with cops

  In February Victoria Police Chief Del Manak warned that gangs were actively recruiting students near school properties and cited the end of the program as a continuing factor. 

  Crime

  Sep 17, 2024
  
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• Victoria police chief warning parents, school board of gang recruitment near schools

  Chief Del Manak gave a presentation to the Greater Victoria School Board warning that gangs are prevalent in most schools in the region and are recruiting near school properties.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2024
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• School board lacked authority to suspend trustees over alleged bullying: B.C. judge

  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the Greater Victoria School Board lacked the authority to censure and suspend two elected trustees over allegations of harassment and bullying.

  Education

  Sep 26, 2022
• B.C. school board apologizes for 1922 segregation of Chinese students

  In 1922, the school board passed a “resolution to segregate all Chinese students up to Grade 7 for the upcoming school year.”

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2022