SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 78 (FRASER-CASCADE)
POLICY NO: 7000
DATE: 99-05-25 REVISED: 2004-04-27
SUBJECT: ATTENDANCE (CATCHMENT) AREAS
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The Board of School Trustees
expects that students shall be able to attend their neighbourhood school.
The criteria for approval to
enable school choice for students wishing to attend a particular school shall
be as follows:
1.
Catchment
area students will get first choice in their own catchment area.
2.
Those
students returning to a non-catchment area school who have been pre-approved by
April 15.
3.
New
non-catchment area students.
4.
Out
of School District students.
* New non-catchment area students and out of district students will be approved according to the above priority listing provided the school has the necessary programs, resources, space, and facility needs.
SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 78 (FRASER-CASCADE)
REGULATIONS NO: 7000 R
DATE: 99-05-25 REVISED: 2004-04-27
SUBJECT: ATTENDANCE AREAS
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1.
Attendance Areas
a)
Agassiz Elementary-Secondary
School
·
All
grade 7-12 students living within the District of Kent and the Village of
Harrison Hot Springs and any students living east of the westerly boundary of
the watershed of the Chehalis River, west of Ruby Creek on Highway #7 and south
to the Fraser River.
b)
Agassiz Continuing Education
Centre
·
All
grade 10-12 alternate students residing within the District of Kent and the
Village of Harrison Hot Springs and any students living east of the westerly
boundary of the watershed of the Chehalis River, west of Ruby Creek on Highway
#7 and south to the Fraser River.
c)
Boston Bar
Elementary-Secondary School
·
All
grade K-12 students living in the Boston Bar and North Bend areas.
d)
Boston Bar Continuing
Education Centre
·
All
adult students living or working in the Yale, Boston Bar and North Bend areas.
e)
C.E. Barry Intermediate
School
·
All
grade 5, 6, and 7 students living within the old Town of Hope, east to Sumallo
Lodge, Kawkawa Lake and Othello Tunnels, west to Ruby Creek and North to the
west end of Texas Lake.
·
All
grade 7 students from Spuzzum and Yale.
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f)
Coquihalla Elementary School
·
All
kindergarten to grade 4 students living within the old Town of Hope, east to
Sumallo Lodge, Kawkawa Lake and Othello Tunnels, west to Ruby Creek and North
to the west end of Texas Lake.
g)
District Alternate Secondary
Program (D.A.S.P.)
·
All
grade 10, 11 and 12 alternate students residing within the Hope Secondary
School catchment area.
h)
Hope Alternate Re-entry
Program (H.A.R.P.)
·
All
grade 8 and 9 alternate students residing within the Hope Secondary School
catchment area.
i)
Harrison Hot Springs
Elementary School
·
All
kindergarten to grade 6 students in the Harrison Hot Springs and District of
Kent area north of McCallum Road.
j)
Hope Secondary School
·
All
grade 8-12 students bounded by the area west of the China Bar tunnel, west to
Ruby Creek on Highway #7, west to Popkum on Highway #1, east to Allison Pass on
Highway #3 and east to the toll booth on Highway #5.
k)
Kent Elementary School
·
All
kindergarten to grade 6 students south of McCallum Road living within the
District of Kent and any students living east of the westerly boundary of the
watershed of the Chehalis River, west of Ruby Creek on Highway#7 and south to
the Fraser River.
l)
Silver Creek Elementary
School
·
All
kindergarten to grade 7 students residing between the boundaries of the
junction of the old Hope Princeton Highway and Highway #1 east to Popkum on
Highway #1.
m)
Yale Elementary School
·
All
kindergarten to grade 6 students between the community of Spuzzum and the west
end of Texas Lake.
1.
Transfers
The Board of School Trustees understands that students and families may wish the opportunity to attend the school of their choice. Application to attend a school other than the student’s neighbourhood school is made to the principal of the receiving school. Applications will be approved if:
a)
there
is sufficient space in the school;
b)
additional
personnel or other resources are not required to facilitate the transfer
request.
3. Parents may be responsible for transportation to and from school if a transfer to a non-neighbourhood school is approved and space is not available on the regular school bus.