School District 36 Surrey

School District 36 Surrey
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
Websitewww.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]

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

School Location Grades Notes
Adams Road Elementary School CloverdaleK-7
A.H.P. Matthew Elementary School WhalleyK-7
A.J. McLellan Elementary School Cloverdale K-7
Bayridge Elementary School South SurreyK-7
Bear Creek Elementary School NewtonK-7
Beaver Creek Elementary School Newton K-7 Punjabi Language
Berkshire Park Elementary School FleetwoodK-7
Betty Huff Elementary School Whalley K-7
Bonaccord Elementary School GuildfordK-7
Bothwell Elementary School Fraser HeightsK-7
Boundary Park Elementary School Newton K-7
Bridgeview Elementary School BridgeviewK-7
Brookside Elementary School Newton K-7
Cambridge Elementary School Newton K-7
Cedar Hills Elementary School Whalley K-7
Chantrell Creek Elementary School Crescent ParkK-7
Chimney Hill Elementary School Newton K-7 Punjabi Language
Cindrich Elementary School Whalley K-7
Clayton Heights Elementary School Clayton 4–7
Cloverdale Traditional School Cloverdale K-7
Coast Meridian Elementary School Fleetwood K-7 Intensive French
Colebrook Elementary School Newton K-7
Cougar Creek Elementary School Newton K-7
Coyote Creek Elementary School Newton K-7
Creekside Elementary School Whalley K-7
David Brankin Elementary School Whalley K-7 Intensive Fine Arts program
Dogwood Elementary School Fraser Heights K-7
Don Christian Elementary School Cloverdale K-7
Douglas Elementary School South Surrey K-7 Montessori
Dr. F.D. Sinclair Elementary School Newton K-7
Edgewood Elementary School South Surrey K-7
East Clayton Elementary School Clayton K-3
East Kensington Elementary School South Surrey K-7 Outdoor Learning
École Crescent Park Elementary School Crescent Park K-7 Late French Immersion
École Henry Bose Elementary School Newton K-7 Late French Immersion
École Riverdale Elementary School Guildford K-7 Early French Immersion
Ellendale Elementary School Guildford K-7
Erma Stephenson Elementary School Fraser Heights K-7 Intensive French
Fleetwood Elementary School Fleetwood K-7
Forsyth Road Elementary School Whalley K-7
Fraser Wood Elementary School Fraser Heights K-7 Intensive French
Frost Road Elementary School Fleetwood K-7 Intensive French
George Greenaway Elementary School Cloverdale K-7
Georges Vanier Elementary Newton K-7
Goldstone Park Elementary Newton K-7
Green Timbers Elementary School Fleetwood K-7 Punjabi Language
H.T. Thrift Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Halls Prairie Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Harold Bishop Elementary School Guildford K-7
Hazelgrove Elementary School Clayton K-7
Hillcrest Elementary School Cloverdale K-7
Hjorth Road Elementary School Guildford K-7
Holly Elementary Guildford K-7
Hyland Elementary School Newton K-7
J.T. Brown Elementary School Newton K-7
James Ardiel Elementary School Whalley K-7
Janice Churchill Elementary School Newton K-7
Jessie Lee Elementary School South Surrey K-7 Late French Immersion
K.B. Woodward Elementary School Whalley K-7 Late French Immersion
Katzie Elementary School Clayton K-7
Kennedy Trail Elementary School Newton K-7
Kensington Prairie Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Kirkbride Elementary School Whalley K-7
Laronde Elementary School Crescent Park K-7 Early French Immersion
Latimer Road Elementary School Cloverdale K-7 Montessori
Lena Shaw Elementary School Guildford K-7
M.B. Sanford Elementary School Newton K-7
Maple Green Elementary School Fleetwood K-7
Martha Currie Elementary School Cloverdale K-7 Early French Immersion
Martha Jane Norris Elementary School Newton K-7
Mary Jane Shannon Elementary School Guildford K-7
McLeod Road Traditional Elementary School Newton K-7
Morgan Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Mountainview Montessori SchoolGuildford K-7 Montessori, Early French Immersion
Newton Elementary School Newton K-7 Punjabi Language
North Ridge Elementary School Newton K-7
Ocean Cliff Elementary School Crescent Park K-7 Intensive French
Old Yale Road Elementary School Whalley K-7
Pacific Heights Elementary School South Surrey K-7 Early French Immersion
Panorama Park Elementary School South Newton / Panorama K-7
Peace Arch Elementary School White RockK-7 Early French Immersion
Port Kells Elementary School Port KellsK-7
Prince Charles Elementary School Whalley K-7
Ray Shepherd Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Rosemary Heights Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Royal Heights Elementary School Whalley K-7
Semiahmoo Trail Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Senator Reid Elementary School Whalley K-7
Serpentine Heights Elementary School Guildford K-7
Simon Cunningham Elementary School Whalley K-7 Early French Immersion
Snokomish Elementary School South Newton/Panorama K-7 Early French Immersion
South Meridian Elementary School South Surrey K-7
Strawberry Hill Elementary School Newton K-7 Punjabi Language
Sullivan Elementary School Newton K-7
Sunnyside Elementary South Surrey K-7
Sunrise Ridge Elementary School Cloverdale K-7 Late French Immersion
Surrey Centre Elementary School Cloverdale K-7
Surrey Traditional School Whalley K-7
T.E. Scott Elementary School Newton K-7 Punjabi Language
Theressa Clarke Elementary School Whalley K-7
W.E. Kinvig Elementary School Newton K-7
Walnut Road Elementary School Fleetwood K-7
Westerman Elementary School Newton K-7
White Rock Elementary School White Rock K-7 Intensive Fine Arts program
William F. Davidson Elementary School Guildford K-7
William Watson Elementary School Fleetwood K-7
Woodward Hill Elementary School Newton K-7
Woodland Park Elementary School Fleetwood K-7

Secondary schools and other programs

School Location Grades Founded
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit ProgramSurrey
City Central Learning CentreSurrey 10–12
Clayton Heights Secondary SchoolClayton 8–12 1999
Cloverdale Learning CentreCloverdale 10–12
Continuing Ed SD 36 SchoolSurrey 11–12
Daughters and Sisters (PLEA) ProgramSurrey
Earl Marriott Secondary SchoolSouth Surrey 8–12 1973
École Salish SecondaryClayton 8–12 2018
Elgin Park Secondary SchoolSouth Surrey 8–12 1993
Enver Creek Secondary SchoolFleetwood 8–12 1997
Fleetwood Park Secondary SchoolFleetwood 8–12 1994
Frank Hurt Secondary SchoolNewton 8–12 1973
Fraser Heights Secondary SchoolFraser Heights 8–12 2000
Grandview Heights Secondary SchoolSouth Surrey 8–12 2021
Guildford Learning CentreGuildford 10–12
Guildford Park Secondary SchoolGuildford 8–12 1984
Invergarry Learning CentreNewton 10
Johnston Heights Secondary SchoolGuildford 8–12 1958
Kwantlen Park Secondary School (Inter-A) Whalley 8–12 2002
L.A. Matheson Secondary SchoolWhalley 8–12 1969
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary SchoolCloverdale 8–12 1946
North Surrey Learning CentreNewton 10–12
North Surrey Secondary SchoolGuildford 8–12 1947
Panorama Ridge Secondary SchoolNewton 8–12 2006
Princess Margaret Secondary SchoolNewton 8–12 1958
Queen Elizabeth Secondary SchoolWhalley 8–12 1940
Semiahmoo Secondary SchoolSouth Surrey 8–12 1940
South Fraser Adolescent Day Treatment ProgramSurrey
Southridge SchoolSurrey K-12 1995
South Surrey White Rock Learning CentreSouth Surrey 10–12
Student Support CentreSurrey 6–12
Sullivan Heights SecondaryNewton 8–12 2000
Surrey Connect Online SchoolSurrey K-12
Surrey Academy of Innovative LearningWhalley 8–10 2015
Tamanawis Secondary SchoolNewton 8–12 1994
TREES CentreSurrey 8–10
Waypoint Substance Abuse HouseSurrey

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 kindergartenteacher, 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 JusticeBeverley 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]

  • Holly Elementary School by day
    Holly Elementary School by day
  • The moon sets over Holly Elementary School, October 14, 2008.
    The moon sets over Holly Elementary School, October 14, 2008.
  • Princess Margaret Secondary School
    Princess Margaret Secondary School
  • Colebrook Elementary School; evening shot of the south wing in October 2009
    Colebrook Elementary School; evening shot of the south wing in October 2009
  • Surrey Centre Elementary School; Dec 2, 2009 (full moon) HDR shot at 11:10 pm
    Surrey Centre Elementary School; Dec 2, 2009 (full moon) HDR shot at 11:10 pm
  • Cambridge Elementary School; May 1, 2011
    Cambridge Elementary School; May 1, 2011

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. ^ ab"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.
  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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