BOARD VOTES TO CLOSE AND DISPOSE OF COWICHAN SECONDARY SCHOOL
麻豆传媒 Valley, BC 鈥� At last night鈥檚 Open Board Meeting, the Board of Education for the 麻豆传媒 Valley School District unanimously voted to close 麻豆传媒 Secondary School and enter the school into the formal disposal process.
鈥淲e know how much 麻豆传媒 Secondary School means to us and generations of our friends, neighbours and other community members. The school’s rich history will not be lost as active steps are being taken to ensure the memory of 麻豆传媒 Secondary School lives on,鈥� said Cathy Schmidt, Chair of the Board of Education for the 麻豆传媒 Valley School District. 鈥淭he Board carefully considered all the public feedback from the district engagement session, public survey, letters and emails, and conversations with local stakeholders. With the opening of Quw鈥檜tsun Secondary School, the enhancement of programming for our students, and the stagnation of enrolment in the district’s central area, closing the school makes fiscal sense.鈥�
The Board voted to permanently close 麻豆传媒 Secondary School as of December 31, 2024, while formally recognizing that the school will not be required for future educational purposes for ten years or more. These decisions were the impetus for the Board to further move a motion to apply to the Ministry of Education and Child Care (the Ministry) for approval to dispose of 麻豆传媒 Secondary School.
The formal disposal process will require the Board to request permission to dispose of the school through the Ministry. The Board must then hold further conversations with 麻豆传媒 Tribes and local governments before any approval to sell the property for fair market value on the public market.
The formal disposal process has no defined timeline, and the community will continue to be updated on it and the processes in place to honour 麻豆传媒 Secondary School’s rich history.