Education
Williams Lake is served by Cariboo-Chilcotin School District 27. It has eight public elementary schools teaching up to grade 7 and three StrongStart BC centres. Two secondary schools, Columneetza Secondary School and Williams Lake Secondary School, teach grade 8 to 12 students. Alternative education provision is met by the Graduation Routes Other Ways centre and the Skyline Alternate School program. Anne Stevenson Secondary School was closed in 2003 due to falling numbers of students.
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