School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith

School district in Vancouver Island, British Columbia

School District 68 Nanaimo Ladysmith is a school district on central Vancouver Island in British Columbia. This includes the major centres of Nanaimo and Ladysmith. It is also covers the surrounding communities and the adjacent northern Gulf Islands.

The Nanaimo School district was formed July 30, 1870. On Tuesday, July 28, 1942 a shortage of teachers in British Columbia, amongst other factors, resulted in two orders in council which resulted in one of the largest amalgamations of school districts undertaken by the Ministry of Education. The resulting school district reached from Saltair to Red Gap, but excluded the Ladysmith and Nanaimo Municipal Areas, which kept their own school districts. The new school district was called the "Nanaimo Ladysmith United Rural School District" and was created by uniting the 19 school districts of: Brechin, Cedar North, Cedar South, Cedar East, Chase River, Departure Bay, Extension, Diamond Crossing, Harewood, Lantzville, Mountain, Nanaimo Bay, Northfield, Oyster, North Oyster, Red Gap, Waterloo, Wellington and South Wellington. In 1945 the Cameron Report on restructuring the administration of public schools resulted in the government passing the Public Schools Act Amendment Act of 1946 which reduced the number of school districts in British Columbia to 74. This Act further restructured districts in the area. On April 25, 1972, after years of discussions and financial difficulties, the board of Ladysmith School District (67) voted to merge their district with School District 68 to the North, and School District 65 to the South.

SchoolLocation Grades5 Acres Alternate School (Closed)Nanaimo8–10Aurora Learning CentreGabriolaK–10Bayview Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Brechin Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Cedar Community Secondary SchoolCedar (RDN)8–12Chase River Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Cilaire Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Cinnabar Valley Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Coal Tyee Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Continuing Ed SD 68Nanaimo12Davis Road Elementary School (Closed)LadysmithK–7Departure Bay Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Dover Bay Secondary SchoolNanaimo8–12Dufferin Crescent Elementary School (Closed)NanaimoK–7Fairview Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Forest Park Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Frank J. Ney Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Gabriola Elementary SchoolGabriolaK–7Georgia Avenue Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Hammond Bay Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7John Barsby Community SchoolNanaimo8–12Ladysmith Intermediate SchoolLadysmith4–7Ladysmith Primary SchoolLadysmithK–3Ladysmith Secondary SchoolLadysmith8–12Island ConnectEd (previously Learn@Home)NanaimoK–12McGirr Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Mount Benson Elementary SchoolNanaimo (Closed)K–7Mountain View Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Nanaimo Career & Technical CentreNanaimo12Nanaimo District Secondary SchoolNanaimo8–12Cedar Elementary (Formally North Cedar Intermediate School)Cedar (RDN)K–7North Oyster Elementary SchoolLadysmithK–7Northbrook Learning CentreNanaimo11–12Park Avenue Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Pauline Haarer Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Quarterway Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Randerson Ridge Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Rock City Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Rutherford Elementary SchoolNanaimo (Closed)K–7Seaview Elementary SchoolLantzvilleK–7South Wellington Elementary SchoolSouth Wellington (RDN) (Closed)K–7Uplands Park Elementary SchoolNanaimoK–7Vast Centre SchoolNanaimo11–12Wellington Secondary SchoolNanaimo8–12Woodbank Primary SchoolCedar (RDN) (Closed)K–3Woodlands Secondary SchoolNanaimo (Closed) 8–12

Island ConnectEd 8–12 is a School District 68 public school that allows students in grades 8–12 throughout the district to learn in a flexible blended model of online and face to face courses. The program has been in operation since 2006 and is a member of the school district's Learning Alternatives Programs. Island ConnectEd 8–12 is one of the distributed learning schools made possible by Bill 33. As a distributed learning school, Island ConnectEd 8–12 must meet the same curriculum as other schools in the province plus additional regulations. Students in distributed learning classes must still complete mandatory provincial examinations, in grades 10, 11, and 12. The school building of Island ConnectEd 8–12 and the K–7 portion of the school are currently located at 4355 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo, BC.