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DC residents deserve the truth about what it will take to eliminate traffic deaths.

Texas teachers will continue to suffer financially, extend childhood nutrition waivers.

Starla Anderson is a retired teacher; Deborah Nohr is a teacher and served as a school trustee from 2011 to 2018; and Carol Pickup is a former school board trustee and former ­Saanich councillor. All three are public-school advocates.

Find out how you can help support education for girls across the world by advocating for the Keeping Girls in School Act

The two Greater Victoria trustees were suspended last month until October amid allegations of bullying and workplace harassment.

A basic principle of progressive – i.e. fair – taxation is that taxes should be reasonably linked to the taxpayer’s ability to pay; tax payments should rise as incomes rise.

‘Your actions were intimidating and intended to be intimidating’ – Sardis Elementary principal

‘Your actions were intimidating and intended to be intimidating’ – Sardis Elementary principal

Student absences have nearly doubled in the school district since Christmas, mirroring absenteeism throughout workplaces across the West Kootenay. School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) monitors attendance for its schools and the absences at this point have ranged between 24 to 30 per cent since the beginning of January, said SD8 superintendent of schools Trish Smillie,

Student absences have nearly doubled in the school district since Christmas, mirroring absenteeism throughout workplaces across the West Kootenay. School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) monitors attendance for its schools and the absences at this point have ranged between 24 to 30 per cent since the beginning of January, said SD8 superintendent of schools Trish Smillie,