Tag Archives: Education
Trustees endorse draft changes to Nanaimo elementary school catchment boundaries
NANAIMO - With Rutherford Elementary School scheduled to re-open in the fall of 2025, local district officials are on board with proposed new catchment zones. At a Wednesday, May 15 special school boa...
May 16, 2024
Nearly 100 new childcare spaces coming to SD68 schools
NANAIMO - Additional childcare spaces at District 68 school sites will be available this fall following a funding announcement from Premier David Eby. Of the 180 new licensed childcare spaces pledged ...
May 15, 2024
Shelter in Place disrupts operations at Nanaimo school
NANAIMO - Operations returned to normal at a north Nanaimo elementary school following disruptions for most of the day.Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (NLPS) stated a Shelter in Place designation app...
May 13, 2024
Revised road scoring system to adjust Nanaimo school zones
NANAIMO - The City is looking for better consistency and a more data-driven approach in determining where school zones are placed and managed.Councillors supported a new school zone policy at the comm...
Feb 13, 2024
'I like making people feel happy:' huge care package delivery made to Nanaimo's homeless population
NANAIMO - Life without a stable home is hard, particularly over the Christmas holidays. Several schools in Nanaimo converged for the annual Everybody Deserves a Smile campaign to brighten the spirits ...
Dec 21, 2023
SD68 to examine prefab/modular expansion options to ease capacity crunch
NANAIMO - Local school district trustees and senior staff are expected to investigate cheaper and faster ways to combat capacity issues within Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (NLPS). During a Wednesd...
Dec 14, 2023
Nanaimo teacher fired for sexting former student
NANAIMO - Sexually charged messages between a Nanaimo high school educator and a former female student resulted in him losing his job and later being handed a five year teaching ban.A consent resoluti...
Nov 28, 2023
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 t...
Oct 12, 2023
VIU trimming academic & admin budgets amid $20m deficit
NANAIMO - Reduced enrolment is the primary reason behind a projected tightening of the purse strings at Nanaimo based Vancouver Island University over the next three years. A budget shortfall of $20.2...
Oct 06, 2023
John Barsby Secondary School evacuated after 'unspecified threat'
NANAIMO - A local high school has been evacuated following what Nanaimo RCMP described as an unspecified threat.Police say the threat made to John Barsby Secondary School was made on Wednesday, Oct. 4...
Oct 04, 2023