School District 8 Kootenay Lake

{{Short description|School district in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox school district

| name = School District 8 Kootenay Lake

| logo = SchoolDistrict8KootneyLakeLogo.svg

| logo_caption = Logo of School District 8 Kootenay Lake

| region = Creston, Crawford Bay, Kaslo, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Salmo

| country = Canada

| coordinates =

| location = Nelson

| superintendent = Trish Smillie

| accreditations =

| schools = 23

| budget = CA$81 million

| students = 4,800

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| teachers =

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| website = {{URL|https://www.sd8.bc.ca}}

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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) is a school district in British Columbia. The district includes the municipalities of Nelson, Creston, Kaslo and Slocan, British Columbia, as well as many rural communities in the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

History

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) was created in 1996 when the Province of B.C.'s then-Ministry of Education, Skills and Training reduced the number of school districts from 75 to 57 (now 60), largely to save money by restructuring. School District No. 86 (Creston-Kaslo) and School District No. 7 (Nelson) were amalgamated to create what is now commonly referred to as SD8.

In 2016, the district board of education considered closing Creston Education Centre, Jewett Elementary School, Salmo Elementary School, Trafalgar Middle School, Winlaw Elementary School, and Yahk Elementary School.{{cite web|author=Johnson, Will|url=http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/378053051.html|title=Six SD8 schools face closure|publisher=Nelson Star|date=2016-05-03|accessdate=2017-02-20}} The board of education voted to keep Jewett and Winlaw elementary schools open. Salmo Elementary and Trafalgar Middle School also remained open.{{cite web|author=Johnson, Will|url=http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/385641521.html|title=SD8 moves forward with four school closures|publisher=Nelson Star|date=2016-07-05|accessdate=2017-02-20}}