EDITORIAL – Re-opening Westsyde elementary should be a no-brainer
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES for School District 73 will make a million-dollar decision tonight — whether or not to re-open Westsyde [Continue]
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SCHOOLS – Alleged threat ‘has been managed and our schools are safe’
The following message was emailed to all parents and guardians with children enrolled in School District No.73 (Kamloops-Thompson) on behalf of Alison Sidow, Superintendent [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Politicians should not be immune from tax increases
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULDN’T IT BE NICE if we could all receive a magic pill for Christmas that would make us immune from tax increases? After all, income [Continue]
EDITORIAL – ‘ Our kids are more important than potholes’
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS AN ENCOURAGING turnout at Tuesday night’s school board election forum. That is, if you consider 50 or 60 people out of a population [Continue]
PETERS – Time for Kamloops MLAs to turn their attention from TRU to SD73
THE LAST SCHOOL TO BE BUILT in the Kamloops-Thompson School District was Pacific Way Elementary in 2000. In the 18 years that have passed since then, there has been a [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Report on sexual misconduct in schools short on details
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REPORT ON sexual misconduct in district schools says all the right things while at the same time saying very little at all — at least [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Better policies needed, says task force on sexual misconduct
By MEL ROTHENBURGER Better communication with parents, improved reporting, staff training and new policies and procedures are needed to address sexual misconduct in schools, [Continue]
SCHOOLS – 1,000 students to graduate from 15 local schools and programs
June will be a busy month for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) as nearly 1,000 students from 15 schools and programs mark the end of their secondary school careers. [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Sustainability isn’t just a catchword in School District 73
By KATHLEEN KARPUK Trustee, School District 73 ENSURE THE the sustainable uses of our resources. Seven words that have a very big impact on how School District 73 operates. [Continue]
BEPPLE – Real solution for Westmount school is bus service from Batchelor
INDUCED DEMAND is the phenomenon where traffic gets worse, not better, when roads are improved. Build more roads, get more traffic. Make traffic more efficient, get more [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Community partnerships are crucial to good education
By SHELLEY SIM Trustee, School District 73 “Partnership is not a posture but a process – a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Teamwork, collaboration are key parts of local education
By JOE SMALL Trustee, School District 73 IT GOES WITHOUT saying, providing education to more than 14,000 students in several communities across hundreds of kilometres of the [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Aboriginal perspective recognizes learning is not linear
By DENISE HARPER Trustee, School District 73 TEN YEARS AGO, while attending a regional school trustees meeting in Lillooet, I was treated to a tour of a traditional fish camp [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Time SD73 got a fair shake on funding for school upgrades
THIS BOOKLET tells an interesting story — it was announced by the School District 73 board of education this week and makes for some fascinating reading about how Kamloops [Continue]
