The Superintendent of the Surrey School District says says students living in the southern part of the city need more access to post-secondary education.
Jordan Tinney says South Surrey is under-served by post-secondary institutions, compared with other parts of the city where Simon Fraser University and Kwantlen do a good job.
Meanwhile, Tinney says 78 per cent of Surrey kids go on to post-secondary and the provincial average is 77 per cent.
“We talk so much about what does it take to be successful in kindergarten through grade 12, but I think we should be talking equally about that transition when you finish school for the next four, five, six, seven years,” Tinney added.
And he says of all Surrey’s high schools, those in Newton have the highest rate of Grade 12 students who move immediately on to public college or university in B.C.