SCHOOL DISTRICT 36 SURREY

'School District 36 Surrey' operates schools in Surrey, White Rock, and Barnston Island, British Columbia. This is the largest school district in British Columbia with 66,100 students during the 2005/2006 school year. District 36 includes 99 elementary schools, 20 secondary schools, and 6 learning centres. The first school in Surrey opened in 1882.

Contents

School board

Schools

Controversy

Books

Drama

Environment

See also

External links

School board

The current school board was elected in November 2005 and will serve until 2008.

★ Reni Masi

★ Shawn Wilson

★ Terry Allen

★ Wayne Jefferson

★ Heather Stilwell

★ Laurae McNally

★ Pam Glass

Schools

'Elementary Schools'

School	Location	Grades
A H P Matthew Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
A J McLellan Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Anniedale Traditional School	Surrey	K-7
Bayridge Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Bear Creek Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Beaver Creek Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Berkshire Park Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Betty Huff Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Bonaccord Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Bothwell Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Boundary Park Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Bridgeview Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Brookside Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Cambridge Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Cedar Hills Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Chantrell Creek Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Chimney Hill Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Cindrich Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Clayton Elementary School	Surrey	4-7
Cloverdale Traditional School	Surrey	K-7
Coast Meridian Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Colebrook Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Cougar Creek Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Coyote Creek Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Creekside Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Crescent Park Elementary	Surrey	K-7
David Brankin Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Discovery Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Dogwood Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Don Christian Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Dr F D Sinclair Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
East Clayton Elementary School	Surrey	K-3
East Kensington Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Ecole Riverdale Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Ellendale Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Erma Stephenson Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Fleetwood Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Forsyth Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Fraser Wood Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Frost Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
George Greenaway Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Georges Vanier Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Grandview Heights Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Green Timbers Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
H T Thrift Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Halls Prairie Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Harold Bishop Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Henry Bose Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Hillcrest Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Hjorth Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Holly Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Hyland Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
J T Brown Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
James Ardiel Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Janice Churchill Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Jessie Lee Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
K B Woodward Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Kennedy Trail Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Kensington Prairie Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Kirkbride Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Laronde Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Latimer Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Lena Shaw Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
M B Sanford Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Maple Green Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Martha Currie Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Martha Jane Norris Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Mary Jane Shannon Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
McLeod Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Morgan Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Mountainview Montessori School	Surrey	K-7
Newton Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
North Ridge Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Ocean Cliff Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Old Yale Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Pacific Heights Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Panorama Park Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Peace Arch Elementary School	White Rock	K-7
Port Kells Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Prince Charles Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Ray Shepherd Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Riverdale Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Royal Heights Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Semiahmoo Trail Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Senator Reid Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Serpentine Heights Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Simon Cunningham Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
South Meridian Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Strawberry Hill Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Sullivan Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Sunnyside Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Sunrise Ridge Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Surrey Centre Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
T E Scott Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
W E Kinvig Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Walnut Road Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Westerman Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
White Rock Elementary School	White Rock	K-7
William F. Davidson Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
William Watson Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Woodland Park Elementary School	Surrey	K-7

'Secondary Schools'
'and Other Programs'

School	Location	Grades
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit Program (Surrey)	Surrey
Clayton Heights Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Cloverdale Learning Centre	Surrey	10-12
Continuing Ed SD 36 School	Surrey	11-12
Daughters and Sisters(PLEA)Program	Surrey
Earl Marriott Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Elgin Park Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Enver Creek Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Fleetwood Park Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Frank Hurt Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Fraser Heights Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Guildford Learning Centre	Surrey	10-12
Guildford Park Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Invergarry Learning Centre	Surrey	10
Johnston Heights Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Kwantlen Park Secondary School (Inter-A)	Surrey	7-12
L A Matheson Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Newton Learning Centre	Surrey	10-12
North Surrey Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
North Surrey Learning Centre	Surrey	10-12
Panorama Ridge Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Princess Margaret Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Semiahmoo Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Surrey Traditional School	Surrey	K-12
Surrey Connect Online School	Surrey	K-12
École Secondaire Sullivan Heights Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
Student Support Centre	Surrey	6-12
South Surrey White Rock Learning Centre	Surrey	10-12
South Fraser Adolescent Day Treatment Program	Surrey
Tamanawis Secondary School	Surrey	8-12
TREES Centre	Surrey	8-10
Waypoint Substance Abuse House	Surrey

Controversy

Books

The Surrey school district was the focus of major media attention from 1997 to 2002. The board voted that books dealing with families where both parents were of the same sex not 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

In 2005, the Surrey School Board once again made national news for prohibiting the production of ''The Laramie Project'' in one of its secondary schools, Elgin Park Secondary. A Vancouver school, Lord Byng, subsequently chose to stage the play.[1]

Environment

In May 2007, the Surrey School Board made national news when it voted to instruct teachers not to show Al Gore's global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth until trustees are able to review the film. Trustee Heather Stilwell said she's not sold on the theory of global warming: "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."[2]

See also

★ List of school districts in British Columbia

External links

★ School District 36 website

★ Surrey Electors Team website

★ SCC decision--Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36.

★ Supreme Court says B.C. school board wrong to ban same-sex books

★ Affidavit used in Chamberlain case.

★ Book banning in Surrey, What happened?.

★ CBC News article on The Laramie Project at Lord Byng