School District 8 Kootenay Lake
Logo of School District 8 Kootenay Lake
Location
Nelson
Creston, Crawford Bay, Kaslo, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Salmo
Canada
District information
SuperintendentTrish Smillie
Schools23
BudgetCA$81 million
Students and staff
Students4800
Other information
Websitewww.sd8.bc.ca

School District 8 Kootenay Lake is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Nelson, Creston, Kaslo and Slocan, British Columbia, as well as many rural communities in the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

History

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) was created in 1996 when the Province of B.C.'s then-Ministry of Education, Skills and Training reduced the number of school districts from 75 to 57 (now 60), largely to save money by restructuring. School District No. 86 (Creston-Kaslo) and School District No. 7 (Nelson) were amalgamated to create what is now commonly referred to as SD8.

In 2016 the district board of education considered closing Creston Education Centre, Jewett Elementary School, Salmo Elementary School, Trafalgar Middle School, Winlaw Elementary School, and Yahk Elementary School.[1] The district voted to keep Jewett and Winlaw open.[2]

Schools

School Location Grades
Winlaw Elementary School Winlaw K-6
W.E. Graham Community School Slocan K-10
Trafalgar Middle School Nelson 7-9
South Nelson Elementary School Nelson K-6
Salmo Secondary School Salmo 7-12
Salmo Elementary School Salmo K-6
Rosemont Elementary School Nelson K-5
Redfish Elementary School Balfour K-6
Kootenay River Secondary School Creston 8-12
Mount Sentinel Secondary School South Slocan 7-12
Adam Robertson Elementary School Creston K-7
L V Rogers Secondary School Nelson 9-12
Blewett Elementary School Blewett K-6
Brent Kennedy Elementary School South Slocan K-6
Crawford Bay Elem-Secondary School Crawford Bay K-12
Canyon-Lister Elementary School Canyon K-7
ELEV8 Provincial Online Learning School Nelson K-12
Erickson Elementary School Erickson K-7
Jewett Elementary School Kaslo K-7
J V Humphries Elem-Secondary School Kaslo K-12
Hume Elementary School Nelson K-6
Homelinks Online School Creston K-12

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Will (2016-05-03). "Six SD8 schools face closure". Nelson Star. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  2. ^ Johnson, Will (2016-07-05). "SD8 moves forward with four school closures". Nelson Star. Retrieved 2017-02-20.

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