SD 53

• COVID-19: Okanagan school districts discussing staff vaccine mandates

  The Okanagan's five school districts have not yet decided whether they will require vaccination for staff.

  Education

  Oct 18, 2021
  
• Okanagan Similkameen school board chair calls for ‘immediate action’ on youth vaping

  School District 53 chair Rob Zandee penned a letter to B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix on Oct. 15 urging him to take “immediate action” on youth vaping.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2019
  
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• Back to school for students in Okanagan, Shuswap, Similkameen

  Tuesday was the first day of the 2018-19 school year. There are approximately 45,000 students in the region, from Salmon Arm in the north to Osoyoos in the south.

  Education

  Sep 4, 2018
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• School district has questions about Osoyoos Secondary funding

  It's still up in the air if provincial funding will keep the doors of Osoyoos Secondary School open.

  Jun 17, 2016
• Most waiting to hear decision on Osoyoos school closure won’t find seating

  The most anticipated meeting, where a final decision will be made on the future of the local schools, will be held at a venue that will fit 264 people.

  Apr 6, 2016