Childcare pay offered if schools don’t open
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — A plan by the provincial Liberals to pay parents $40 a day for child care if the teachers’ strike goes past the start of school in September isn’t [Continue]
Schools
Last day on job for Terry Sullivan
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Superintendent of schools Terry Sullivan is working his last official day today but he has a few things to get done before he can look forward to skiing and [Continue]
BCTF, lead gov’t negotiator talk tentatively on ‘end game’
By MIKE YOUDS The great divide between B.C. public school teachers and the provincial government may not be as wide as widely thought. “What we’re trying to find is the [Continue]
District cites progress on achievement
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — If not an A, then maybe School District 73 can take credit for a B+ in its achievement contract, a broad, long-term measure for improving academic [Continue]
Literacy programs face funding shortfall
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Kamloops-Thompson school board heard a lengthy list Monday of accomplishments from a team of literacy outreach workers, but there is concern that the future [Continue]
‘It’s not our intent to make schools fortresses’
NEWS/ SCHOOLS — A school district review of safety and security practices has made 20 recommendations after pinpointing areas of vulnerability to a human threat. The review [Continue]
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