School District 36 Surrey

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School District 36 Surrey
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Location
Surrey
Surrey, White Rock, Barnston Island in Metro/Coast
Canada
District information
SuperintendentMark Pearmain [1]
Schools124 (K-12)
BudgetCA$1.053 billion [2] [3]
Students and staff
Students80,208 [4]
Teachers6,716 [4]
Other information
Website www.surreyschools.ca

School District 36 Surrey operates schools in Surrey, White Rock, and Barnston Island, British Columbia. It is the largest school district in British Columbia with 80,208 students and 195+ languages represented during the 2022-23 school year. District 36 includes 103 elementary schools, 21 secondary schools, 5 learning centres, and 3 adult education centres. While the district was established in 1906 its first school opened in 1882. The district is Surrey’s largest employer with 12,540 employees including 6,716 teachers. [5]

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Administration

The Surrey School District's administration hub is the District Education Centre and was officially opened on September 11, 2011. [6]

Schools

Elementary schools

SchoolLocationGradesNotes
Adams Road Elementary School Cloverdale K-7
A.H.P. Matthew Elementary School Walley / City Centre K-7
A.J. McLellan Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Bayridge Elementary School South Surrey K-7Opened 1992.
Bear Creek Elementary School Newton K-7Opened 1964.
Beaver Creek Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
Berkshire Park Elementary School Fleetwood K-7Opened March 21, 1989
Betty Huff Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7Opened 1976.
Bonaccord Elementary School Guildford K-7
Bothwell Elementary SchoolGuildford / Fraser Heights K-7
Boundary Park Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
Bridgeview Elementary School Bridgeview / WhalleyK-7
Brookside Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
Cambridge Elementary SchoolNewton / Panorama RidgeK-7
Cedar Hills Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
Chantrell Creek Elementary SchoolCrescent Park / South SurreyK-7
Chimney Hill Elementary SchoolEast NewtonK-7
Cindrich Elementary SchoolWhalley / City CentreK-7
Clayton Heights Elementary SchoolClayton4-7
Cloverdale Traditional SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Coast Meridian Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
Colebrook Elementary SchoolPanorama / South NewtonK-7
Cougar Creek Elementary SchoolWest NewtonK-7
Coyote Creek Elementary SchoolWest NewtonK-7
Creekside Elementary SchoolWhalley / City CentreK-7
David Brankin Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
Discovery Elementary SchoolSurreyK-7
Dogwood Elementary SchoolFraser Heights / GuildfordK-7
Don Christian Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Douglas Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Dr. F.D. Sinclair Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
Edgewood Elementary SchoolSouth Surrey / Grandview HeightsK-7
East Clayton Elementary SchoolClaytonK-3
East Kensington Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
École Crescent ParkCrescent Park / South SurreyK-7
École Henry Bose Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
École Riverdale Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
Ellendale Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
Erma Stephenson Elementary SchoolFraser Heights / GuildfordK-7
Fleetwood Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
Forsyth Road Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
Fraser Wood Elementary SchoolFraser Heights / GuildfordK-7
Frost Road Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
George Greenaway Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Georges Vanier ElementaryNewtonK-7
Goldstone Park ElementarySouth Newton / PanoramaK-7
Green Timbers Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
H.T. Thrift Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Halls Prairie Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Harold Bishop Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
Hazelgrove Elementary SchoolClaytonK-7
Hillcrest Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Hjorth Road Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
Holly ElementaryGuildfordK-7
Hyland Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
J T Brown Elementary SchoolWest NewtonK-7
James Ardiel Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
Janice Churchill Elementary SchoolEast NewtonK-7
Jessie Lee Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
K B Woodward Elementary SchoolCity Centre / WhalleyK-7
Katzie Elementary SchoolClaytonK-7
Kennedy Trail Elementary SchoolWest NewtonK-7
Kensington Prairie Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Kirkbride Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
Laronde Elementary SchoolSouth Surrey / Crescent ParkK-7French immersion school.
Latimer Road Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Lena Shaw Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
M.B. Sanford Elementary SchoolEast NewtonK-7
Maple Green Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
Martha Currie Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Martha Jane Norris Elementary SchoolWest NewtonK-7
Mary Jane Shannon Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
McLeod Road Elementary SchoolSouth Newton/PanoramaK-7
Morgan Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Mountainview Montessori School GuildfordK-7
Newton Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
North Ridge Elementary SchoolSouth Newton / PanoramaK-7
Ocean Cliff Elementary SchoolCrescent Park / South SurreyK-7
Old Yale Road Elementary SchoolWhalley / City CentreK-7
Pacific Heights Elementary SchoolSouth Surrey / Grandview HeightsK-7
Panorama Park Elementary SchoolSouth Newton / PanoramaK-7
Peace Arch Elementary SchoolWhite RockK-7
Port Kells Elementary SchoolPort KellsK-7
Prince Charles Elementary SchoolWhalley / BridgeviewK-7
Ray Shepherd Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Riverdale Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7French immersion program.
Rosemary Heights Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Royal Heights Elementary SchoolWhalley / BridgeviewK-7
Semiahmoo Trail Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Senator Reid Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
Serpentine Heights Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
Simon Cunningham Elementary SchoolWhalley / City CentreK-7French immersion program.
South Meridian Elementary SchoolSouth SurreyK-7
Strawberry Hill Elementary SchoolWest Newton / Strawberry HillK-7
Sullivan Elementary SchoolSouth Newton / PanoramaK-7
Sunnyside ElementarySouth Surrey / Grandview HeightsK-7Montessori program and a neighbourhood program.
Sunrise Ridge Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Surrey Centre Elementary SchoolCloverdaleK-7
Surrey Traditional SchoolWhalleyK-7
T.E. Scott Elementary SchoolEast NewtonK-7
Theressa Clarke Elementary SchoolWhalleyK-7
W.E. Kinvig Elementary SchoolNewtonK-7
Walnut Road Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
Westerman Elementary SchoolStrawberry Hill / NewtonK-7
White Rock Elementary SchoolWhite RockK-7
William F. Davidson Elementary SchoolGuildfordK-7
William Watson Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7
Woodward Hill Elementary SchoolSouth Newton / PanoramaK-7
Woodland Park Elementary SchoolFleetwoodK-7

Secondary schools and other programs

SchoolLocationGradesFounded
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit Program Surrey
City Central Learning Centre Surrey10-12
Clayton Heights Secondary School Clayton8-121999
Cloverdale Learning Centre Cloverdale10-12
Continuing Ed SD 36 School Surrey11-12
Daughters and Sisters (PLEA) Program Surrey
Earl Marriott Secondary School South Surrey8-121973
École Salish Secondary Clayton8-122018
Elgin Park Secondary School South Surrey / Crescent Park8-121993
Enver Creek Secondary School Fleetwood8-121997
Fleetwood Park Secondary School Fleetwood8-121994
Frank Hurt Secondary School Newton8-121973
Fraser Heights Secondary School Guildford / Fraser Heights8-122000
Grandview Heights Secondary School South Surrey / Grandview Heights8-122021
Guildford Learning Centre Guildford10-12
Guildford Park Secondary School Guildford8-121984
Invergarry Learning Centre Newton10
Johnston Heights Secondary School Guildford8-121958
Kwantlen Park Secondary School (Inter-A)City Centre / Whalley8-122002
L A Matheson Secondary School Whalley8-121969
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Cloverdale8-121946
North Surrey Learning Centre Newton10-12
North Surrey Secondary School Guildford8-121947
Panorama Ridge Secondary School South Newton / Panorama8-122006
Princess Margaret Secondary School Newton8-121958
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School Whalley / City Centre8-121940
Semiahmoo Secondary School South Surrey8-121940
South Fraser Adolescent Day Treatment Program Surrey
Southridge School SurreyK-121995
South Surrey White Rock Learning Centre South Surrey10-12
Student Support Centre Surrey6-12
Sullivan Heights Secondary South Newton / Panorama8-122000
Surrey Connect Online School SurreyK-12
Surrey Academy of Innovative Learning City Centre / Whalley8–102015
Tamanawis Secondary School West Newton8-121994
TREES Centre Surrey8-10
Waypoint Substance Abuse House Surrey

Budget

For the first time in history, the Surrey Board of Education passed an annual budget totalling more than a billion dollars for the 2023-24 school year consisting of $602 million for teacher costs and $451 million for all other costs. [7] The largest sources of funds are $945 million in provincial government grants, $17 million in tuition, $9 million in investment income, $4 million in rental and lease income, and $3 million in federal grants.

In the news

The Surrey School District was reported in the national news numerous times during the 1990s and 2000s, most notably for its stand on social issues.

Overcrowding

Surrey had 361 portable classrooms in use by the end of the 2022-23 school year. [8] This number had increased by 20% over the 15 years prior.

Book banning

The District School Board was the focus of major media attention from 1997 to 2002 over its stand on not allowing books about families with same-sex parents to be included as optional learning resources. These books were requested by James Chamberlain, a kindergarten teacher, to reflect on the realities of today's families and to teach his pupils about diversity and tolerance.

A legal battle to overturn the decision to ban the three books went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, where the school board's decision was overturned. The judgment, Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36 , cited the need for families headed by same-sex couples to be respected. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin dismissed the Board's concerns that children would be confused or misled by classroom information about same-sex parents. She pointed out that the children of same-sex parents are rubbing shoulders with children from more traditional families, and wrote: "Tolerance is always age-appropriate, children cannot learn unless they are exposed to views that differ from those they are taught at home." The legal fees ended up costing Surrey taxpayers over $1,200,000.

Drama production

In 2005, the Surrey School District made national news for cancelling production of The Laramie Project , a play that deals with the murder of a gay university student, in Elgin Park Secondary. Advocates for the play noted that it is designed to teach tolerance toward LGBT people. The school district's administration said that the play contains sex, violence and foul language and is not appropriate as family entertainment. [9] The decision met with outrage from LGBT advocacy organization Egale Canada. [10] A school in neighbouring Vancouver, Lord Byng Secondary School, subsequently chose to stage the play. [11]

Climate change

In May 2007, the Surrey School Board made national news when it voted to instruct teachers not to show Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth , until trustees were able to review the film. On the issue of climate change, Board Trustee and social activist Heather Stilwell stated: "I am not sure. I mean I see evidence. I think there is climate change, there's no question about that. Whether what Al Gore says about it is the truth, I have questions." [12]

Bible study

In early November 2009, a Cloverdale father, Paul Jubenvill, requested an extra-curricular, non-instructional, voluntarily-attended Bible club be established during lunch-hour at his sons' school, [13] [14] Colebrook Elementary. The school would not permit the club on their property, and the Surrey School District supported the school's position. The father argued that this ban violated the provincial BC Human Rights Code by disallowing a normally available service on the grounds of discrimination against religion. The school district was concerned that permitting the club may have given the appearance of the school endorsing a particular religious ideology. Jubenvill argued that there is a difference between endorsing a faith versus "accommodating" spiritual needs.

A complaint was filed with the BC Human Rights Tribunal; however, Jubenvill withdrew the complaint because he felt that the resulting media attention and the reaction it generated did not accurately represent his intentions and he preferred to address the matter with the school district out of the public eye. [15]

Some secondary schools in the School District have, or have had, overtly Christian clubs (for example, LA Matheson has a prayer club titled "PUSH", [16] [17] [18] Semiahmoo Secondary had a Crossroad Christian club in 2008 and earlier years, [19] and Fraser Heights Secondary had a Bible Club in 2007 [20] ).

Roof collapse

At Colebrook Elementary in July 2010, a 75-foot portion of a roof over an exterior walkway collapsed, with no injuries reported. [21] In 2011 the school district initiated legal action against the contractor and architect involved in the design and construction of the roof, which had been built in 1987. [22]

Anti-discrimination code

In November 2013 the School Board adopted an anti-discrimination code to provide protection for students and staff against homophobic and other forms of bullying. Approximately one third of all school districts in the province have policies against homophobic bullying. [23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Superintendent's Office". www.surreyschools.ca.
  2. ↑ "School District No. 36 (Surrey) Annual Budget June 30, 2024". www.surreyschools.ca.
  3. ↑ "Surrey Board of Education approves billion-dollar budget for 2023-24 school year". www.surreyschools.ca.
  4. 1 2 "Surrey Schools 2023/2024 Fact Sheet" (PDF). www.surreyschools.ca.
  5. ↑ "Surrey Schools Fact Sheet" (PDF). SurreySchools.ca. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Contact Us - Surrey Schools". www.surreyschools.ca.
  7. ↑ "Surrey Board of Education approves billion-dollar budget for 2023-24 school year". Surrey Schools. May 11, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ McElroy, Justin; Watson, Bridgette (September 15, 2023). "We asked every school district in B.C. how many portables they have. Here's what we found". CBC. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  9. ↑ Sudbury stages the play Surrey shunned, The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2005. Retrieved January 21, 2014
  10. ↑ "Egale calls on B.C. government to stop censorship, ensure safe schools". Egale Canada. September 23, 2005. Archived from the original on September 12, 2010.
  11. ↑ "B.C. school stages controversial 'Laramie Project'". CBC Arts. January 11, 2006. Archived from the original on January 13, 2006.
  12. ↑ "Inconvenient Truth raises questions in B.C. school district". CBC News. May 14, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Surrey parent fights school over thwarted Bible study group". December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Dad files human rights complaint against Surrey School District". December 5, 2009. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Surrey parent backs away from fight over school Bible group". December 9, 2009. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Clubs". November 30, 2009.
  17. ↑ "L. A. Matheson Secondary". November 30, 2009.
  18. ↑ L.A. Matheson Secondary School Back To School Newsletter, August 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2014
  19. ↑ "september 2009 newsletter" (PDF). November 30, 2009.
  20. ↑ "Fraser Heights Focus newsletter" (PDF). November 30, 2009.
  21. ↑ "Portion of school's roof collapses". July 12, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  22. ↑ Janet Steffenhagen (January 25, 2011). "Surrey school district suing over collapsed elementary-school roof". The Vancouver Sun..Retrieved January 21, 2014
  23. ↑ Surrey School Board adopts anti-homophobia policy, News1130.com, November 15, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014
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