A decision on school closures in the Okanagan Skaha school district will be made on Wednesday evening.
The special board of education meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the IMC facility, located behind the school board office on March 9.
Trustees will vote among seven recommendations listed on the long range facilities report include closing schools, reconfiguration to remaining status quo.
Motions on the table:
• Reconfiguration of Penticton Secondary to a grades 10 to 12, Princess Margaret and KVR Middle School to grades seven to nine middle schools, late French immersion would continue in grades six to nine at KVR Middle School. Skaha Lake Middle School would reconfigure to kindergarten to Grade 6 with catchment areas of Carmi and Parkway Elementary school students. All other elementary schools in Penticton including Naramata Elementary and Kaleden Elementary would adjust to kindergarten to Grade 6 with Carmi Elementary, Parkway Elementary and McNicoll Park closing.
• Penticton Secondary and KVR Middle School reconfigured to a grades 9 to 12 dual campus secondary school, Princess Margaret and Skaha Lake Middle School to grades six to eight dual campus, with all elementary schools in Penticton area including Naramata and Kaleden remaining kindergarten to Grade 5 and McNicoll Park and West Bench Elementary schools closing.
• Closing McNicoll Park with Columbia Elementary area students feeding into Skaha Lake Middle School and Naramata and Uplands Elementary area students feeding into KVR Middle School. All students currently at McNicoll Park will be disbursed to the catchment areas and feeder schools.
• Closing West Bench and those students dispersed to Carmi Elementary.
• Reconfiguration of Carmi Elementary to dual track early French immersion school and progressively reconfigure into a single track French immersion school over the course of four years with completion of the transition by 2020. Catchment areas for the current Carmi English track students will disperse to Parkway and Columbia Elementary school.
• The reconfiguration of Summerland Secondary to a grades eight to 12 secondary school and reconfiguration of Summerland Middle and Trout Creek Elementary schools to grades kindergarten to grade seven. Giant’s Head Elementary School would close.
• Summerland Secondary would move to a grades eight to 12 school and Summerland Middle School to grades four to seven intermediate school. Giant’s Head would move to kindergarten to Grade 3 primary school and Trout Creek Elementary School would close.
All options would be effective July 1, 2016 according to the special meeting agenda.