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EDUCATION – B.C. system performs well while holding line on spending

February 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

B.C. financially supports parents who choose independent schools with per-student grants of up to 50 per cent By ANGELA MacLEOD Analyst, The Fraser Institute WHILE OTHER [Continue]

GINTA – Back to school should not mean a mountain of new debt

September 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

THERE WAS A TIME when back to school shopping meant purchasing a fair number of notebooks – one for each subject ideally, pencils, pens (a fountain pen too, but that was [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Rowdy behaviour and grad go together

June 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Some thoughts on grads ceremonies back in 1982, written by Mel Rothenburger, Chair, Kamloops School Board, published April 26, 1982. THE COMMENCEMENT ceremony season is fast [Continue]

Meeting to tell parents about impact of social media on kids

January 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — South Kamloops Secondary School gym is the setting tonight for a presentation aimed at telling parents about new social media technology and how to keep their kids [Continue]