<h3><strong>Seeking Input to Proposed 2026/27 and 2027/28 School Calendars:&nbsp;</strong></h3><p>If you would like to&nbsp;provide feedback&nbsp;and share your ideas, click here to <a href="https://www.sd22.bc.ca/calendar">Learn More</a></p><p><img src="/images/246b064e-afc6-4caa-a36e-80d63da1f7d5" alt="Calendar"></p>

<figure class="image image-style-side image_resized" style="width:29.37%;"><img src="/images/dc7035f9-74e0-499e-b356-72523822a20f" alt="Preschool children"></figure><h2><br>A new child care facility is coming soon to Lumby!</h2><p>Join us for an information session to learn more about this exciting development on the school grounds of J.W. Inglis Elementary.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 5:30pm</strong><br><strong>J.W. Inglis Elementary School 2287 Shuswap Ave, Lumby.</strong></p><p>This new child care&nbsp;facility&nbsp;will include 24 spaces for infant-toddlers, 25 spaces for children three to five, and 54 spaces for school-age&nbsp;children.</p><p>School District staff will be joined by staff of the Whitevalley Community Resource Centre to share updates about this project, including the design concept of the new facility.</p><p>The new child care spaces are made possible through more than $11.5 million from the ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>This fund is jointly supported by provincial investments and federal funding provided under the Canada-British Columbia Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. British Columbia and the federal government signed an extension to the agreement for 2026-27 until 2030-31.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Disposal</h2><p>The Board of Education is considering disposing of two properties with a combined size of 6.8 acres in the Bella Vista neighbourhood.</p><p><img src="/images/1a23f761-87ec-4aab-8684-8108213d6af4" alt="Bella Vista property"></p><p>The site is within a four kilometre radius of four other SD22 sites:</p><ul><li>3.4km away from the undeveloped 5.8-acre Heritage Park, which is owned by the Board.</li><li>4.0km away from Okanagan Landing Elementary.</li><li>3.0km away from Ellison Elementary and Fulton Secondary.</li></ul><p>The long-range facilities plan anticipates that nearby schools Ellison Elementary, Okanagan Landing Elementary and Fulton Secondary have sufficient capacity to accommodate projected enrolment for the foreseeable future. Additionally, the undeveloped Heritage Park site remains available should forecasts change and another school site is needed.</p><p>Although there continues to be residential development in the area, the school age population is declining due to low birth rates offsetting any increase from families moving to the area.&nbsp;</p><h2>Community input</h2><p>The Board would like community input on this proposed sale. If you would like to provide feedback to the Board, please do so here before January 31, 2026:</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="640px" height="480px" src="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=pQ6NsN8BU0CtyEwqkBlEKBrVjsY9GpxOhRFPCUlFDg5UOVk3OEw5MDVYR1FESVRQNk5YSkpIWE1IMC4u&amp;embed=true" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="border: none; max-width:100%; max-height:100vh" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen=""> </iframe></div>