Teacher Ki Louie says it felt good when the Central Kootenay school he’s working at finally ditched its colonial name in the interests of reconciliation.

Last Friday, the former Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston, B.C., held a ceremony to remove the royal family member’s name from its exterior signage — just three days after the Kootenay Lake School District voted unanimously to order the deletion.

School District 8 will temporarily refer to the school as Creston Valley Secondary School. Meanwhile, district staff will look at a process for a permanent name change, according to the school board’s resolution last Tuesday.

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