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• Kelowna school closure prompts debate over possible vaccine mandate for staff

  After Mar Jok Elementary School in West Kelowna was temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of over 30 cases of COVID-19, a debate has been reignited over the possibility of implementing a vaccine mandate for staff. The debate prominent among Central Okanagan School Board members where this week trustees voted on requiring all district...

  Health

  Nov 12, 2021
  
• ‘We are losing time’; need for new high school in Kelowna becoming more urgent

  The Central Okanagan Board of Education has been applying for the funding to build a new school for eight years now but has been denied every year.

  News

  Jan 19, 2021
  
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• New COVID-19 cases announced at 3 Kelowna elementary schools

  Casorso Elementary, South Kelowna Elementary and North Glenmore Elementary all saw one person test positive within their school community, the school district said.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2020
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• North Okanagan teachers voice concerns as they return to class

  Two days ahead of their students, Okanagan teachers returned to school Tuesday to prepare for the start of classes.

  Sep 9, 2020
• Central Okanagan Teachers’ Association weighs in on back-to-school plans

  The Central Okanagan School district is spending nearly one million dollars on additional custodial staffing and more than $90,000 on reusable cloth masks for staff and students.

  Aug 14, 2020
• Coronavirus: Supporting essential-service workers, delivering food packages on Central Okanagan school district’s agenda

  “To reduce physical contact, our providers will deliver a week’s worth of lunches and breakfasts at one time.”

  Apr 4, 2020
• Coronavirus: B.C. teachers scramble to organize at-home learning as spring break ends

  School districts around the province trying to figure out remote instruction for kids of all ages, abilities and computer access, as spring break ends March 27 but in-classroom instruction remains on hold to help slow the spread of COVID-19. 

  Education

  Mar 27, 2020
• Delta teacher fired for lying about past suspensions

  He claimed on their hiring questionnaires he had never been suspended, but he had.

  Jan 28, 2020
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• Okanagan school officials worried about students vaping

  “Obviously we have rules in the school system that we have to follow through on, but we’re not going to punish our way out of this,” substance abuse prevention counsellor Doug Rogers said.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2020
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• Central Okanagan Public Schools releases early results from transportation review; public input sought

  The review will span three months, finishing in February, when the final recommendations will be made to a policy committee.

  Education

  Nov 22, 2019