With the latest approval of the in Lake Country, Central Okanagan Public Schools is looking at continuing its grade reconfiguration.

The school district is looking to reconfigure grades to align K-5 with elementary schools, 6-8 for middle schools, and 9-12 for high schools.

The Planning and Facilities Committee put forward motions to the Board of Education approve, in principle, the reconfiguration of Lake Country grades upon the opening of the new middle school in September 2021, reconfigure Mission schools upon the opening of Canyon Falls Middle School in 2019 and to reconfigure the Westside in stages starting in September 2018.

School district staff recommended managing enrollment at each site in Lake Country until the new middle school is opened as there are limited opportunities to add portables to school sites, according to a report which will be presented during the board香蕉视频直播檚 regular meeting, Wednesday night.

In West Kelowna, reconfiguration would accommodate elementary growth, and the expansion of a French Immersion program on the Westside, said the report.

The report recommends that Canyon Falls Middle School open with Grade 6 and 7 students.

Rutland香蕉视频直播檚 grade reconfiguration was implemented in 2015 and the report recommends no grade reconfiguration for Central Kelowna schools until a new high school is built in Glenmore.

The board meeting will take place at its new location at the Hollywood Road Education Services building.

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carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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