School District 78 Fraser-Cascade | |
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Location | |
Hope Hope, Agassiz, Harrison, Boston Bar in Fraser Valley Canada | |
District information | |
Superintendent | Balan moorthy |
Schools | 10 |
Budget | CA$18.1 million |
Students and staff | |
Students | 2223 |
Other information | |
Website | www |
School District 78 Fraser-Cascade is a school district in the eastern Fraser Valley of British Columbia. It includes Harrison Hot Springs, the District of Kent, including Agassiz, and extends up the Fraser River from there to the town of Hope and up the southern section of the Fraser Canyon along Highway 1 to the communities of Yale and Boston Bar.
School district 78 was formed in 1996 by the merging of School District No. 32 (Hope) and School District No. 76 (Agassiz-Harrison).
School | Location | Grades |
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Agassiz Centre for Education (alt.) | Agassiz | 8-12 |
Agassiz Elem-Secondary School | Agassiz | 7-12 |
Boston Bar Elem-Secondary School | Boston Bar | K-12 |
C E Barry Intermediate School | Hope | 5-7 |
Coquihalla Elementary School | Hope | K-4 |
Fraser-Cascade Mountain School | Hope | n/a |
Harrison Hot Springs Elementary School | Harrison Hot Springs | K-6 |
Hope Secondary School | Hope | 8-12 |
Kent Elementary School | Agassiz | K-6 |
Silver Creek Elementary School | Hope | K-7 |
Two Rivers Education Centre | Hope | 9-12 |
Yale Elementary School | Yale | n/a |
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