Surrey Schools

• Families left ‘high and dry’ as Surrey slashes school bus funding

  Due to budget constraints, the Surrey School District has dramatically cut funding to school bus service, including service for kids with special needs.

  Education

  Aug 20
  
• Funding boost of $52M for Surrey schools amid overcrowding crunch

  The funding will see the addition of 17 new classrooms at Old Yale Road Elementary, six classrooms at Latimer Road Elementary and 12 classrooms at William Watson Elementary.

  Education

  Jun 29
  
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• Surrey, B.C. schools facing cuts despite budget hike

  Recently, the Surrey School District passed a 1.1 billion dollar budget but the board says it is still not enough to prevent cuts.

  Education

  May 9
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• Surrey, B.C. schools close to in-catchment students and more are expected

  The pressure from rapid growth is so strong that kindergarten registration is exceeding the available capacity at Latimer Road Elementary School in Cloverdale.

  Education

  Mar 19
• Surrey to get a new school and an addition as part of B.C. budget

  As part of the B.C. budget, a new Darts Hill area elementary and an addition to Grandview Heights Secondary School will be built to support the growing population.

  Politics

  Mar 1
• Books pulled from B.C. district curriculum in what premier calls ‘crazy decision’

  In November 2023, a panel of 12 teachers decided to pull the books from the recommended reading curriculum due to concerns about controversial themes.

  Education

  Mar 1
• Surrey school board looking to stagger student start times amid overcrowding

  The Surrey school board has approved a plan for staggering start and end times for some students to increase capacity to address overcrowding issues.

  Education

  Feb 16
• 10K students over next decade a lowball estimate, Surrey councillor says

  The report estimates the Surrey School District will see 9,777 new school-age students in the next decade, based on anticipated construction of 51,490 new housing units.

  Education

  Jan 29
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• Longer days, online and year-round learning pitched as fixes to Surrey school crowding

  Online learning, operating schools year-round or even extending school days or dividing them into shifts, are being proposed as solutions to overcrowding in Surrey classrooms.

  Education

  Nov 21, 2023
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• 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