Surrey Portables

• More than a dozen Surrey portables still without heat as winter approaches

  Students in 13 Surrey portables are still using space heaters, after surging enrollment left the district scrambling to deploy the mobile classrooms and connect them to heat.

  Education

  Nov 2, 2023
  
• Surrey councillor wants schools built in new tower construction along SkyTrain line

  Surrey is already B.C.'s most populous school district, with thousands more students enrolling every year. The district is already home to more than 335 portables.

  Education

  Sep 5, 2023
  
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• B.C. announces 1,000 new spaces in expansions at two Surrey high schools

  Surrey's Tamanawis and Guildford Park secondary schools will get badly-needed expansions as the school district grapples with overcrowding and a growing number of portables.

  Education

  Jun 19, 2023
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• Portables and population: Surrey council declares lack of school infrastructure a ‘crisis’

  Mayor and council in Surrey, B.C., made a sweeping declaration Monday, projecting 400 portables could be in place outside local schools by September next year. 

  Education

  May 16, 2023
• ‘Mind-blowing’: Surrey parents, teachers concerned about ‘double-decker’ portables

  Surrey is currently home to more than 360 portables, and the district says that number could climb over 400 next year.

  Education

  Apr 26, 2023
• ‘Something has to change’: Surrey schools could stack portables amid surging enrollment

  Since the NDP pledged in 2017 to eliminate portables in Surrey, the district has added at least 100 more and shows no sign of stopping.

  Education

  Apr 25, 2023
• Parents, district say pace of new Surrey school construction falling behind

  In its recent capital plan submission, the Surrey School District told the province it needs nine new schools and 16 additions to meet its needs.

  Education

  Oct 24, 2022
• ‘We should all be angry’: Parents frustrated as Surrey portables continue to pile up

  “The students in our portables are now greater than the population of the whole New Westminster school district,” said one upset parent.

  Sep 3, 2019
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• B.C. adds funds to school expansion in Surrey, moving students out of portables

  The provincial government has announced $9.6 million for work on expanding Sullivan Elementary.

  Education

  Apr 18, 2019
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• 5 Surrey school projects delayed due to high construction bid costs

  The Surrey School District says it's "disappointed" the bids came in so high.

  Nov 21, 2018