School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) is a school district in British Columbia. The district includes the municipalities of Nelson, Creston, Kaslo and Slocan, British Columbia, as well as many rural communities in the Regional District of Central Kootenay.
History School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) was created in 1996 when the Province of B.C.'s then-Ministry of Education, Skills and Training reduced the number of school districts from 75 to 57 (now 60), largely to save money by restructuring. School District No. 86 (Creston-Kaslo) and School District No. 7 (Nelson) were amalgamated to create what is now commonly referred to as SD8.
In 2016, the district board of education considered closing Creston Education Centre, Jewett Elementary School, Salmo Elementary School, Trafalgar Middle School, Winlaw Elementary School, and Yahk Elementary School. The board of education voted to keep Jewett and Winlaw elementary schools open. Salmo Elementary and Trafalgar Middle School also remained open.
Schools School Location GradesWinlaw Elementary SchoolWinlawK–6W.E. Graham Community SchoolSlocanK–10Trafalgar Middle SchoolNelson7–9South Nelson Elementary SchoolNelsonK–6Salmo Secondary SchoolSalmo7–12Salmo Elementary SchoolSalmoK–6Rosemont Elementary SchoolNelsonK–5Redfish Elementary SchoolBalfourK–6Kootenay River Secondary SchoolCreston8–12Mount Sentinel Secondary SchoolSouth Slocan7–12Adam Robertson Elementary SchoolCrestonK–7L V Rogers Secondary SchoolNelson9–12Blewett Elementary SchoolBlewettK–6Brent Kennedy Elementary SchoolSouth SlocanK–6Crawford Bay Elem-Secondary SchoolCrawford BayK–12Canyon-Lister Elementary SchoolCanyonK–7ELEV8 Provincial Online Learning SchoolNelsonK–12Erickson Elementary SchoolEricksonK–7Jewett Elementary SchoolKasloK–7J V Humphries Elem-Secondary SchoolKasloK–12Hume Elementary SchoolNelsonK–6Homelinks Online SchoolCrestonK–12
See also List of school districts in British Columbia
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External links School District 8 Kootenay Lake