Youngsters across Greater Victoria will be putting away the beach toys and picking up their pens and pencils as classes return for a new school year next week.

This will be the final year before new catchment boundaries take effect at many Greater Victoria schools. Changes set to take effect in the 2020/21 school year for the Greater Victoria School District will eliminate all B次元官网网址榮chools of choice.B次元官网网址�

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B次元官网网址淎fter a lengthy consultation process and multiple proposals, the board has landed on a solution that we feel best addresses the issue of overcrowding in our schools,B次元官网网址� said SD 61 board chair Jordan Watters. B次元官网网址淭his has not been an easy decision for the board, however, we are confident that the latest recommendations will provide a long-term solution and best accommodate the needs of families across our current 47 schools.B次元官网网址�

The changes mean South Park Family School, Cloverdale Traditional School and 脡cole Beausoleil Victoria (the Bank Street facility) will become catchment schools B次元官网网址� a change introduced to address population density in the core areas of Victoria and Saanich. The facility on Bank Street will become a single-track school and no longer offer French immersion.

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