School District 33 Chilliwack is a school district in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It has an enrollment of approximately 15,321 full students, and approximately 2,400 teachers and support staff. Its annual budget for the 2023/24 school year is $248,394,300 CAD.
The District operates under authority of the School Act of British Columbia. It is governed by Board of Education consisting of seven trustees elected to four-year terms and is funded principally by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Education.
History The Chilliwack School District was created on June 16, 1870. James Kennedy was the first teacher appointed by the Province of British Columbia in Chilliwack, on June 18, 1872."First Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education." John Jessop, July 31, 1872.
Schools
School Grades Bernard Elementary K-5 Cheam Elementary K-5 Central Elementary K-5 Cultus Lake Community School K-5 East Chilliwack Elementary K-5 Evans Elementary K-5 Greendale Elementary K-5 Leary Integrated Arts & Technology K-5 Little Mountain Elementary K-5 McCammon Elementary K-5 Promontory Heights Community Elementary K-5 Robertson Elementary K-5 Sardis Elementary K-5 Strathcona Elementary K-5 Tyson Elementary K-5 Unsworth Elementary K-5 Vedder Elementary K-5 Watson Elementary K-5 Yarrow Community School K-5 Rosedale Traditional Community K-8 Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt K-8 A D Rundle Middle School 6-8 Chilliwack Middle School 6-8 Mount Slesse Middle School 6-8 Vedder Middle School 6-8 Chilliwack Secondary 9-12 G. W. Graham Secondary 9-12 Imagine High Integrated Arts/Technology 9-12 Kw'íyeqel Secondary 9-12 Sardis Secondary 9-12 Fraser Valley Distance Education 10-12 Continuing Ed SD 33 12
Board of Education
The district is governed by the school board, which consists of seven trustees elected at-large every four years. The most recent election was on October 15, 2022. The next scheduled election will be October 17, 2026. A vacancy was created on the Board when Trustee Heather Maahs was elected to be the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Chilliwack North in the 2024 British Columbia general election. Laurie Throness was elected in a byelection on 1 March 2025.
David Swankey, Chair Teri Westerby, Vice Chair (on leave) Carin Bondar, Trustee Richard Procee, Trustee Willow Reichelt, Trustee Margaret Reid, Trustee Laurie Throness, Trustee
2022 election results Candidate Votes % Carin Bondar (elected) 8,888 51.26 Willow Reichelt (elected) 8,287 47.8 Margaret Reid (elected) 8,116 46.81 David Swankey (elected) 8,047 46.41 Teri Westerby (elected) 7,584 43.74 Heather Maahs (resigned) 7,075 40.81 Richard Procee (elected) 7,047 40.64 Brian VanGarderen 7,000 40.64Elliott Friesen 6,767 39.03Darrell Furgason 6,451 37.21Kaethe Jones 6,423 37.05Barry Neufeld 6,006 34.64Lewis Point 4,364 25.17Greg Nelmes 4,133 23.84Darren Ollinger 1,402 8.09
2025 byelection results Candidate Votes % Laurie Throness (elected) 3,977 55 Katie Bartel 3,163 44 Shane Kooyman 94 1
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See also Barry Neufeld Carin Bondar Education in British Columbia Higher education in British Columbia List of school districts in British Columbia
References
External links Directory of schools District Review Report Mar 14-16, 2005 History of Chilliwack Schools Policy manual School boundaries map