School District 68

A 54 per cent majority of Grade 12 students in Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools feel they never learn how to care for their mental health while at school, according to a 2021-22 B.C. education ministry survey. (News Bulletin file photo)

Mental-health support tops list of requests from Nanaimo-Ladysmith students

Results of B.C. Ministry of Education survey presented to trustees

 

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools. (News Bulletin file photo)

More mental health, substance-use service support coming to Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools

B.C. government announces new multi-disciplinary teams for School District 68

 

Dover Bay Secondary School. (News Bulletin file photo)

Multimillion-dollar expansion project at Nanaimo’s Dover Bay Secondary complete

Work includes four classrooms, learning hub, fitness centre and washrooms

 

According to the B.C. Ministry of Education and Child Care, 87 per cent of all students, 77 per cent of Indigenous students and 71 per cent of special-needs students graduated in 2021-22 in Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo-Ladysmith grad rate stays about the same, but improves for special-needs students

71 per cent of special-needs students graduated in SD68 in 2021-22

According to the B.C. Ministry of Education and Child Care, 87 per cent of all students, 77 per cent of Indigenous students and 71 per cent of special-needs students graduated in 2021-22 in Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools’ staff members are working on a strategy to reduce paper consumption. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district’s environmental action plan starts with wasting less paper

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools looking to reduce number of printers and print jobs

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools’ staff members are working on a strategy to reduce paper consumption. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association is recommending against ratification of a tentative deal between the Province of B.C. and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. (Stock photo)

Nanaimo teachers’ union advising members to vote against new agreement recommended by BCTF

Tentative deal doesn’t adequately address teaching conditions, inflation, says NDTA president

Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association is recommending against ratification of a tentative deal between the Province of B.C. and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. (Stock photo)
Legal action has been initiated by the parent of a student that fell down an air shaft at Dover Bay Secondary School in June 2017. (News Bulletin file photo)

School district being sued after student fell down air duct five years ago in Nanaimo

Parent suing SD68 and another student in relation to 2017 incident at Dover Bay Secondary

Legal action has been initiated by the parent of a student that fell down an air shaft at Dover Bay Secondary School in June 2017. (News Bulletin file photo)
Diane Charles, principal, and Yutustana:t Mandy Jones, Snuneymuxw elder-in-residence at Ladysmith Secondary, pose in front of a wood box representing Coal Tyee Elementary’s name change to Syuẁén’ct Elementary School. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo school makes name change official in spirit of truth and reconciliation

Coal Tyee Elementary School now Syuẁén’ct Elementary School

Diane Charles, principal, and Yutustana:t Mandy Jones, Snuneymuxw elder-in-residence at Ladysmith Secondary, pose in front of a wood box representing Coal Tyee Elementary’s name change to Syuẁén’ct Elementary School. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
École North Oyster. (Black Press file photo)

School south of Nanaimo closed until next week, child supervision being provided

École North Oyster sustains flooding damage after rainfall earlier this week

École North Oyster. (Black Press file photo)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is again going through a COVID-19-influenced school year. (News Bulletin file)

Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools re-open with better air filtration, optional masks

School District 68 enters third school year during pandemic

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is again going through a COVID-19-influenced school year. (News Bulletin file)
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School back in session this week in Nanaimo-Ladysmith

School starts for 2022-23 year on Tuesday, Sept. 6

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Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools seeks input related to Ladysmith Intermediate School, as part of the public consultation process in the long-range facilities plan. The school was built in 1955. (Duck Paterson photo)

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools shifts focus to schools in Ladysmith area

School District 68 asking for feedback this month about schools in Ladysmith and North Oyster

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools seeks input related to Ladysmith Intermediate School, as part of the public consultation process in the long-range facilities plan. The school was built in 1955. (Duck Paterson photo)
Coal Tyee Elementary School will be now known as Syuẁén’ct and the field at Nanaimo District Secondary School will be known as Q’unq’inuqwstuxw, after school trustees voted in favour of the name changes at a meeting July 6. (News Bulletin file photo)

Colonial history, First Nation concerns lead to Vancouver Island school name change

Nanaimo’s Coal Tyee school, named after First Nations ‘tragic figure,’ has been renamed Syuẁén’ct

Coal Tyee Elementary School will be now known as Syuẁén’ct and the field at Nanaimo District Secondary School will be known as Q’unq’inuqwstuxw, after school trustees voted in favour of the name changes at a meeting July 6. (News Bulletin file photo)
A wall in the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools boardroom features Hul’q’umi’num’ phrases and Indigenous art. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district plans for Indigenous education grad requirement

Grade 10 course will meet new requirements announced by ministry earlier this year

A wall in the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools boardroom features Hul’q’umi’num’ phrases and Indigenous art. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools’ trustees have passed the preliminary 2022-23 school budget. (News Bulletin file)

Nanaimo school district’s budget includes new support for students on autism spectrum

Nanaimo-Ladysmith trustees approve preliminary budget at May 25 board meeting

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools’ trustees have passed the preliminary 2022-23 school budget. (News Bulletin file)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools has adopted a school site acquisition charge bylaw, which will require residential developers in Nanaimo paying a fee to the City of Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file)

Residential developers in Nanaimo-Ladysmith area will help fund future schools

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools adopts school site acquisition charge bylaw

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools has adopted a school site acquisition charge bylaw, which will require residential developers in Nanaimo paying a fee to the City of Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools. (News Bulletin file)

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school trustees discuss value of FSA tests

First Nations Leadership Council criticizes “targeted attack” on foundation skills assessment tests

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools. (News Bulletin file)
New provincial requirements for paid sick days will be a consideration as the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools board begins deliberating on its 2022-23 budget. (News Bulletin file)

Paid sick days could affect Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district budget by close to $700,000

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools must submit 2022-23 budget by June 30

New provincial requirements for paid sick days will be a consideration as the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools board begins deliberating on its 2022-23 budget. (News Bulletin file)
The Province of B.C. announced it was relaxing COVID-19 mask regulations earlier in March. (News Bulletin file)

Nanaimo Ladysmith school district puts mandatory vaccination policy on hold

Masks will be optional when classes resume after spring break

The Province of B.C. announced it was relaxing COVID-19 mask regulations earlier in March. (News Bulletin file)
Chase River Elementary School will be one of the first schools in Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district to offer child-care services after a 2020 funding announcement from the B.C. government. (News Bulletin file)

SD68 working on details of child-care arrangements at schools in Nanaimo and Ladysmith

Forest Park, Chase River and Ladysmith Primary will be first schools with on-site child care

Chase River Elementary School will be one of the first schools in Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district to offer child-care services after a 2020 funding announcement from the B.C. government. (News Bulletin file)