In line with boundary decisions brought to the board in February following public consultation, the district has created new catchment boundaries that will impact East Kensington, Hall's Prairie, Morgan, Pacific Heights, Rosemary Heights and Sunnyside elementary schools in South Surrey, and Clayton, Hazelgrove and Katzie elementary schools in the Clayton area.
In South Surrey, Douglas Elementary and Edgewood Elementary are set to open in November and January, respectively. In Clayton, Maddaugh Elementary is slated to open in February or March, while Regent Road Elementary's target occupancy date is September 2022.
Douglas Elementary (effective November 2020)
Existing Hall's Prairie students will move to Douglas on Nov. 9. Out-of-catchment students at Hall's Prairie were given the option of going to Douglas or returning to their neighbourhood catchment school.
The Montessori program, currently at Sunnyside, will move to Douglas on Nov. 2. Out-of-catchment Montessori students at Sunnyside were given the option of continuing to Douglas in the Montessori program or returning to their neighbourhood catchment school.
Future use of Hall's Prairie is under discussion. East Kensington will continue to host the EKOLogy program, currently consisting of K-5 students. Students in the existing East Kensington catchment will be redistributed to their new catchment schools effective Nov. 1.
Edgewood Elementary (effective January 2021)
K-6 Pacific Heights and Sunnyside students who live in the new Edgewood catchment will attend Edgewood upon opening in January. Grade 7 students will finish their Grade 7 year at their current school. Siblings of Grade 7s will have the option to move to Edgewood when it opens or remain at their sibling's school until June 2021 before moving to Edgewood.
Additionally, the South Surrey area will see phased transitions from part of Morgan to Rosemary Heights and part of Sunnyside to Morgan that will impact new students in those areas effective January 2021. The sibling rule[SR1] and grandfathering will apply.
Maddaugh Elementary (effective February or March 2021)
K-6 Clayton, Hazelgrove and Katzie students who live in the new Maddaugh catchment will attend Maddaugh upon opening in February or March. Grade 7 students will finish their Grade 7 year at their current school. Siblings of Grade 7s will have the option to move to Maddaugh when it opens or remain at their sibling's school until June 2021 before moving to Maddaugh.
Regent Road Elementary (effective September 2022)
Due to the close proximity to Clayton Heights Secondary, there will be a phased transition for the area between 188th and 189th Street, and between 70th and 72nd Avenue. Students new to this area will attend Regent Road when it opens (unless they have a sibling at Hazelgrove) while existing students will continue to attend Hazelgrove.
When Regent Road opens, Clayton Elementary will become a K-3 Annex connected to Regent Road. Students who live in the new Regent Road/Clayton catchment can choose to attend either Clayton Elementary or Regent Road for K-3, and attend Regent Road for Grades 4-7.
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