The Transportation Department is reminding all students to have appropriate winter clothing when they ride the school bus. This will include but not limited to winter coats, winter footwear, head wear and hand protection.
In winter driving conditions, it is important to always be prepared for the unexpected. This is to ensure the safety of all school bus passengers if there were to be any delays while the bus is on route.
The Policy Committee is circulating the following policies for feedback. The revisions are mainly to update to current language and practices of the District.
Feedback will be accepted until February 24, 2026. Please email feedback to the policy committee at cfennell@sd59.bc.ca.
All school district policies can be viewed on the school district website at District Policies | School District 59.
The 2026-2027 Proposed School Calendar was developed in accordance with the requirements of the School Act and in consultation with Peace River South Teachers’ Association.
The calendar reflects the current collective agreement language around start, end, and break times with special approval for the two-week spring break. This language includes that Winter Break starts on the Monday preceding December 26th and that Spring Break starts on the third Monday in March. In addition, the 2026-2027 proposed calendar reflects the collective agreement language that all days shall be scheduled between the Tuesday after Labour Day and the last Friday in June, unless the last Friday in June falls on or before June 25th, in which case the school year will end on June 30th.
Section 87.01 (7) of the School Act requires consultation on school calendars. A board must make public a proposed school calendar for one month prior to submitting it to the Ministry. During the consultation period, a board must provide parents and board employees the opportunity to comment on the proposed calendar before it is adopted by the Board of Education and submitted to the Ministry of Education and Child Care by March 31st.
Written feedback must be sent to Jan Proulx before February 26, 2026 to be considered. The proposed calendar will be brought back for review in the board meeting scheduled on March 11, 2026.
The Crescent Park Expansion project team has moved the occupancy date to the summer 2026 due to the delay of the civil work until the spring because of the higher risks involved to complete during winter months.
Further updates included the Notice of Substantial Completion was issued to Fort Modular and Director of Operations and Secretary-Treasurer met with engineer to review and update the project budget and discussed a plan to remediate current deficiencies.
Full updates on the capital projects are available at https://www.sd59.bc.ca/district/capital-projects.
On January 9, 2026, the project team met with Ministry staff regarding the resubmission of their application for additional funding for both Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge childcare projects due to the escalation of costs since the initial application was submitted to the Ministry of Education and ChildCare in 2023.
Key points from the discussion included:
The two applications for additional funding have progressed through the initial review to the next level of approval. No decision date was provided.
To date SD59 has spent $432,927 on the two projects combined, offset by interest revenue of $100,000+.
Full updates on the capital projects are available at https://www.sd59.bc.ca/district/capital-projects.
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| Posted | Route | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 10 hours ago | Dawson Creek #7: East Pouce | Cancelled |
