PENTICTON – Penticton MLA Dan Ashton announced today that the provincial government is providing the Okanagan-Skaha School District with $266,527 in funding and called for the funding to be used to save Trout Creek Elementary School and West Bench Elementary School. Ashton also revealed that the Ministry of Education has confirmed that the Okanagan-Skaha School […]

Was the school board advised of this funding announcement and invited to hear the good news ? Will the paltry sum of $118,000 really help the district keep Osoyoos Secondary open ? Will a Town of Osoyoos lawsuit continue against the District ? Will the School Board and the Town pick up the challenge issued […]

CBC News has learned the province is set to announce more than $20 million in education funding this morning to be divided amongst school districts, based on size. Education Minister Mike Bernier will announce details of the funding in Surrey — the largest district in the province — which will be getting the biggest allotment, […]

Boundary Similkameen MLA Linda Larson and Penticton MLA Dan Ashton are both making education funding announcements Tuesday. Larson will be at Osoyoos Town Hall at 9:30 a.m. Ashton meanwhile has a scheduled announcement for 10 a.m. outside the Okanagan Skaha School District 67 office at 425 Jermyn Avenue.