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School District 5 Southeast Kootenay

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School District 5 Southeast Kootenay
Location
Cranbrook
Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford, Grasmere, Jaffray in Kootenays
Canada
District information
SuperintendentSilke Yardley
Schools22
BudgetCA$44.3 million
Students and staff
Students5733
Other information
Websitewww.sd5.bc.ca

School District 5 Southeast Kootenay is a school district in British Columbia. It covers the southeast corner of the province up to the Alberta and Montana borders. This includes the major centres of Cranbrook, Fernie, Elkford, and Sparwood.

History

School District 5 was formed in 1996 by the amalgamation of School District 1 Fernie and School District 2 Cranbrook.

Schools

School Location Grades
Amy Woodland Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
Gordon Terrace Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
Highlands Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
Pinewood Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
Steeples Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
T M Roberts Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
Kootenay Orchards Elementary School Cranbrook K-6
Kootenay Educational Services

(Alternate program)

Cranbrook K-12
Laurie Middle School Cranbrook 7-9
Parkland Middle School Cranbrook 7-9
SD5 District Learning Centre

(Continuing education)

Cranbrook 9-12
Mount Baker Secondary School Cranbrook 10-12
Rocky Mountain Elementary School Elkford K-6
Elkford Secondary School Elkford 7-12
Isabella Dicken Elementary School Fernie K-7
Fernie Secondary School Fernie 7-12
Grasmere Elementary School Grasmere K-4
Jaffray Elementary Junior Secondary School Jaffray K-10
Frank J Mitchell Elementary School Sparwood K-7
Sparwood Secondary School Sparwood 7-12

was replace, on same property with a newer smaller school

Defunct

  • Muriel Baxter Elementary School (Cranbrook, British Columbia) closed December 31, 2007 because of declining student population. (Last day of classes June 2008)
  • Max Turyk Elementary School (Fernie, British Columbia) closed June 30, 2007 because of declining student population.
  • Mountain View Elementary School (Sparwood, British Columbia) closed June 30, 2008
  • Elkford Elementary School (Elkford, British Columbia) closed in early 2000s and purchased by the District of Elkford in 2007. The building was destroyed by an electrical fire that same year.

See also