Kwalikum Secondary School

Kwalikum Secondary School is a public high school located in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. It is of medium size and is part of School District 69 Qualicum. It was established in 1964.[2]

Kwalikum Secondary
KSS is at the centre of the image above the playing fields
Address
Box 1000 266 Village Way

Qualicum Beach
,
British Columbia
,
V9K 1T7

Canada
Coordinates49°20′53.95″N 124°26′7.21″W
Information
School typePublic, High/Secondary school
Establishedc.1960
School boardSchool District 69 Qualicum
PrincipalMs. L. Marshall
Grades8-12
Enrollment701 (2021[1])
LanguageEnglish
Team nameKondors
Websitekss.sd69.bc.ca

Qualicum School District facilities review

On October 2, 2010, the school district announced that they are considering closing KSS and requiring that its students attend Ballenas Secondary School in Parksville. Local politicians and citizens have announced that they intend to fight this prospect.[3][4]

At its meeting in March 2011, the SD 69 Board of Education announced a series of recommendations in support of its commitment that any decisions about school reorganization will be reached only after a comprehensive engagement with the community. This process of engagement will provide School District 69 community members access to multiple opportunities to understand the impact of student enrollment on funding and educational programs and services, and to share their ideas with the Board. To this end, in March 2011, the Board initiated a comprehensive process to create a forum for discussing all the important perspectives related to this issue, and deferred any decision on potential school closures until the spring of 2012.[4]

The school changed from having grades 9–12 and is now a Kwalikum Senior Secondary School with grades 8–12 as of 2015.

References

[5]

  1. "Student Success Contextual Information".
  2. "First Grads of Kwalikum Secondary School". PQB News. 3 June 2014.
  3. Wilford, Brian (2 October 2010), "Closing KSS a bitter pill", Oceanside Star, Parksville, archived from the original on 26 August 2012
  4. "Final Review" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28.
  5. "News on Kwalikum Secondary School". Archived from the original on 2011-06-18. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.