STUDENTS LAUNCH WEBCAST SERIES WITH GOLD MEDALLIST
Education Minister Shirley Bond joined students in B.C., Canada and abroad for an opportunity to interview Olympic gold-medallist Carol Huynh as part of the first Sharing the Dream webcast at Heritage Woods Secondary school in Port Moody. Students from Prince George led the first webcast with Huynh, while students from anywhere in the world could email questions during the live interview through the Sharing the Dream website. [News release] [More photos] [Webcast]
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$51M FOR NEW, GREENER, SEISMICALLY SAFER ALBERNI SCHOOL
VICTORIA – The Province will provide $51 million to replace Alberni District Secondary School with a new building on a new site, Education Minister Shirley Bond announced.
PROVINCE CONTINUES TO MAKE EDUCATION A PRIORITY
VICTORIA – Final operating grants to school districts confirm the $122-million increase in education funding announced in Budget 2008, despite an 11-year enrolment decline across the province, Education Minister Shirley Bond announced.
ALMOST $100M FOR SEISMICALLY SAFER CHILLIWACK SCHOOLS
CHILLIWACK – Four Chilliwack schools that require seismic upgrades will be replaced by three new schools with an investment of $99 million, Chilliwack-Kent MLA Barry Penner and Chilliwack-Sumas MLA John Les announced.
$70M IN SEISMIC RENOVATIONS FOR NORTH VANCOUVER SCHOOLS
NORTH VANCOUVER – The Province has approved more than $70 million for seismic renovations to Ridgeway Elementary and Queen Mary Elementary and a partial replacement to Carson Graham Secondary, North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Katherine Whittred announced.
$2.4 MILLION FOR DRINKWATER ELEMENTARY SEISMIC UPGRADE
DUNCAN – The Province has approved $2.4 million for seismic upgrades to Drinkwater Elementary in Duncan, Education Minister Shirley Bond announced.
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