PRESS RELEASE
May 15, 2025
2025/2026 Preliminary Operating Budget
The Quesnel Board of Education announced plans for a balanced budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year at the May 14 Regular Board meeting. The Annual Budget Bylaw is set at $53,025,818.
The proposed amended School District 28 Calendar for the 2024-2025 school year is available below. The proposed change moves the April 2025 Professional Development Day to Friday April 11, 2025.
Comments for consideration regarding the proposed amended calendar may be submitted via email to kathleenroll@sd28.bc.ca, until November 12, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
PRESS RELEASE
May 15, 2024
2024/2025 Preliminary Operating Budget
The Quesnel Board of Education announced plans for a balanced budget for the 2024/25 fiscal year at the May 15 Regular Board meeting. The Annual Budget Bylaw is set at $52,548,016.
The Quesnel board of education and superintendent confirm receipt of the book titled Grave Error – How Media Misled us (and the Truth about Residential Schools), and the district denounces this book. The written and oral stories of those who have lived through the experience of residential schools are factual and have impacted generations of families in Canada, and specifically in our region.
The Ministry of Education and Child Care (“MECC) has announced that funding of up to $61.2 million has been approved to replace and expand Carson Elementary School (“Carson”). The new school will have an increased capacity of 195 seats for a total of 390 seats and will include an expanded gym and a neighbourhood learning centre.
PRESS RELEASE
May 17, 2023
2023/2024 Preliminary Operating Budget
November 17, 2022
Board of Education Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
Issued on October 19th, 2022 for immediate release
Jennifer Woollends, Chief Election Officer for School District No. 28 (Quesnel) has released the official results for the October 15, 2022 School Trustee Election. The final results, in order of highest votes received is:
School Trustees – Seven (7) elected by voting:
1. BOUDREAU, Lisa – 1945
2. GOULET, Tony – 1638
3. RUNGE, Julie-Anne – 1580
4. HUSKA, Melissa – 1307
5. AFFLECK, Honey – 1303
Issued on October 11, 2022 for immediate release
General Voting Day is on Saturday October 15 from 8 am to 8 pm. Advance voting dates and locations as well as general voting day locations vary between the City of Quesnel, Cariboo Regional District and District of Wells.
Issued on September 20, 2022 for immediate release
Chief Election Officer Jennifer Woollends is pleased to announce that an election by voting is necessary to elect seven (7) trustees at large to fill the offices of Board of Education of School District No. 28 (Quesnel) for a four-year term commencing November 2022
The official candidates for the offices of School Trustees in ballot order are: