You will need to check with the school board. You can read the school rankings in Fraser institute (although not all schools are listed).
Elementary Schools in B.C. Enquiries
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What school she will attend is determined by where you live and what type of a schooling she wants to attend (Catholic, English/French). Your child will need a TRV to accompany you and you'll need to prove that you have the extra funds to support you. Having family join you as an international student is not guaranteed. The cost of childcare and housing is very expensive in Canada and especially in BC.
Agree with canuck78.
If the child is only in 7th grade, she will likely need some after school childcare or activities and that's not covered by government funding. The cost of childcare needed to be part of the budget. It may be legal to leave a kid of 12 and older at home alone. But for someone whose new to a country, that doesn't sound safe.
Even if a child can stay at home alone for an hour, you would be limited on your ability to work without childcare. I rememberbeing home for an hour after school waiting for a parent returning from work but I had drop off at home and lived in a very safe neighbourhood.
some ppl have different idea of leaving child at home alone. I just want to give ROSELYNNE a headsup to not do it. (even it's in theory legal)
A child left alone at a lock home can be dangerous and mentally stressful for the child. (think about trying to "escape" from a locked home.. ?! A lot can happen without adult supervisin) So YES, she should planned to pay for childcare.
Even leaving a group of children without adult supervision can be dangerous. I remembered my neice went to her friend's house for gathering and her friend alerted the local fire department by accident. The parents were called to handle the situation afterwards.
Ya, you go and do that. You could have considerably slow down their response time for handling a real fire and other emergencies.
Accidentally starting a fire is dangerous.
There was no mention of fire. There are actually very few actual fires. Fire department primarily do other things than fighting actual fires.