School District 33 Chilliwack

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School District 33 Chilliwack
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School District 33 Chilliwack logo
Location
8430 Cessna Drive
Chilliwack, BC
Chilliwack, Sardis, Rosedale, Yarrow, Cultus Lake & Greendale in the Fraser Valley
Canada
District information
MottoPartners in Learning
SuperintendentRohan Arul-pragasm
Asst. superintendent(s)
Paula Jordan
Kirk Savage
David Manuel
Chair of the boardDavid Swankey
Schools32
Budget$248 million CAD (2024–2025)
Students and staff
Students15,321 (2023)
Staff2,400
Other information
Website www.sd33.bc.ca

School District 33 Chilliwack is a school district in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It has an enrollment of approximately 15,321 full students, and approximately 2,400 teachers and support staff. [1] Its annual budget for the 2023/24 school year is $248,394,300 CAD. [2]

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The District operates under authority of the School Act of British Columbia. It is governed by Board of Education consisting of seven trustees elected to four-year terms and is funded principally by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Education.

History

The Chilliwack School District was created on June 16, 1870. James Kennedy was the first teacher appointed by the Province of British Columbia in Chilliwack, on June 18, 1872. [3]

Schools

SchoolGrades
Bernard ElementaryK-5
Cheam ElementaryK-5
Central Elementary K-5
Cultus Lake Community SchoolK-5
East Chilliwack ElementaryK-5
Evans ElementaryK-5
Greendale ElementaryK-5
Leary Integrated Arts & TechnologyK-5
Little Mountain ElementaryK-5
McCammon ElementaryK-5
Promontory Heights Community ElementaryK-5
Robertson ElementaryK-5
Sardis ElementaryK-5
Strathcona ElementaryK-5
Tyson ElementaryK-5
Unsworth ElementaryK-5
Vedder ElementaryK-5
Watson ElementaryK-5
Yarrow Community SchoolK-5
Rosedale Traditional CommunityK-8
Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:ltK-8
A D Rundle Middle School6-8
Chilliwack Middle School6-8
Mount Slesse Middle School6-8
Vedder Middle School6-8
Chilliwack Secondary 9-12
G. W. Graham Secondary 9-12
Imagine High Integrated Arts/Technology9-12
Kw'íyeqel Secondary9-12
Sardis Secondary 9-12
Fraser Valley Distance Education 10-12
Continuing Ed SD 3312

Board of Education

The district is governed by the school board, which consists of seven trustees elected at-large every four years. The most recent election was on October 15, 2022. The next scheduled election will be October 17, 2026. A vacancy was created on the Board when Trustee Heather Maahs was elected to be the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Chilliwack North in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [4] Laurie Throness was elected in a byelection on 1 March 2025. [5]

2022 election results

CandidateVotes%
Carin Bondar (elected)8,88851.26
Willow Reichelt (elected)8,28747.8
Margaret Reid (elected)8,11646.81
David Swankey (elected)8,04746.41
Teri Westerby (elected)7,58443.74
Heather Maahs (resigned)7,07540.81
Richard Procee (elected)7,04740.64
Brian VanGarderen7,00040.64
Elliott Friesen6,76739.03
Darrell Furgason6,45137.21
Kaethe Jones6,42337.05
Barry Neufeld 6,00634.64
Lewis Point4,36425.17
Greg Nelmes4,13323.84
Darren Ollinger1,4028.09

2025 byelection results

CandidateVotes%
Laurie Throness (elected)3,97755
Katie Bartel3,16344
Shane Kooyman941

Source: "2025 Chilliwack School District No. 33 by-election results". chilliwack.com. City of Chilliwack. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "District Profile". Chilliwack School District. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Annual Budget, School District No. 33 (Chilliwack) 2023-2024" (PDF). bced.gov.bc.ca. Chilliwack School District. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "First Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education." John Jessop, July 31, 1872.
  4. ↑ Feinberg, Jennifer (20 October 2024). "B.C. Conservative Heather Maahs wins Chilliwack North riding". The Chilliwack Progress. Black Press Media. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Peters, Jessica (1 March 2025). "Former MLA Laurie Throness elected to Chilliwack School Board in byelection". The Chilliwack Progress. Black Press Media. Retrieved 3 April 2025.


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