SD58 planing to open more schools in January

School District 58 has been working since the floods hit Merritt and Princeton on November 15, to arrange face-to-face learning for students. In Merritt, three schools were damaged, Merritt Secondary, Merritt Central, and Diamond Vale. One of the schools could be reopening soon.

“Diamond Vale School continues to prepare to have classes join Merritt Bench, Collettville, and Nicola Canford Schools. We are making progress towards our early January 2022 target of providing in-person learning spaces for every student in the Merritt area of School District 58,” said Superintendent Steve McNiven.

“We are very grateful that we have been able to work with community partners to make Coquihalla Middle School available to us in the new year, thus making room for Grade 8-10 students from Merritt Secondary School to return to in-person learning. We are also grateful to be working with the Crossroads and the Evangelical Free Churches, who are generously providing us with spaces that will become classrooms for Merritt Central Elementary students in the new year,” added McNiven.

For those who will not be able to return to a classroom setting, the district is expecting to recieve 500 laptops and other devices to help with remote learning.