Rutherford Elementary confirmed for September 2025 re-opening
NANAIMO — There remains an extensive ‘to-do’ list, but the clock is now officially ticking on re-opening a north end school to combat school capacity.
School District 68’s business committee endorsed the re-opening of Rutherford Elementary School for the 2025/26 school year, a move which will force the re-drawing of catchment zones in the region to afford the school a population of students.
Mark Walsh, SD68 secretary-treasurer, told trustees on Wednesday, Oct. 11, the move makes a lot of financial and operational sense, but it’s imperative they do it right.
“Our own [action plan], which we can override, does say that we need to have our boundaries in place by January which seems fair if that’s registration time for communities, so to do that by [this] January, unlikely to do it right and do it with consultation.”