School District 33 Chilliwack


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.

Schools

SchoolGrades
Bernard ElementaryK-5
Cheam ElementaryK-5
Central Elementary Community School|Central Elementary]K-5
Cultus Lake Community SchoolK-5
East Chilliwack ElementaryK-5
Evans ElementaryK-5
Greendale ElementaryK-5
Leary Integrated Arts & TechnologyK-5
Little Mountain ElementaryK-5
McCammon ElementaryK-5
Promontory Heights Community ElementaryK-5
Robertson ElementaryK-5
Sardis ElementaryK-5
Strathcona ElementaryK-5
Tyson ElementaryK-5
Unsworth ElementaryK-5
Vedder ElementaryK-5
Watson ElementaryK-5
Yarrow Community SchoolK-5
Rosedale Traditional CommunityK-8
Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:ltK-8
A D Rundle Middle School6-8
Chilliwack Middle School6-8
Mount Slesse Middle School6-8
Vedder Middle School6-8
Chilliwack Secondary9-12
G. W. Graham Secondary9-12
Imagine High Integrated Arts/Technology9-12
Kw'íyeqel Secondary9-12
Sardis Secondary9-12
Fraser Valley [Distance Education School|Fraser Valley Distance Education]10-12
Continuing Ed SD 3312

Board of Education

The district is governed by the school board, which consists of seven trustees elected at-large every four years. The 2022 [British Columbia municipal elections|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.

2025 byelection results

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