Richmond School District Explained

School District 38 Richmond
Region:	Lower Mainland
Country:	Canada
Motto:	Our focus is on the learner
Location:	Richmond
Superintendent:	Chris Usih
Schools:	53
Budget:	CA$344 million (2023–2024)^[1]
Students:	23,107 (2023–2024)^[2]

Richmond School District, officially the Board of Education of School District No. 38 (Richmond), also known as SD38, is a school district based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The school board is governed by seven elected trustees, and serves the entire city of Richmond.

The district supports a hands on approach to learning that emphasizes students' actual skills rather than grades and standardized test performance.^[3]

Schools

As of 2016, the district operates 38 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, and one alternative school.

Elementary schools

Current Elementary Schools:^[4] !Name!Location^[5] !Grades!Notes^[6]

Anderson Elementary School	Garden City	k–7	Early French Immersion Offered
Blair Elementary School	Thompson	k–7
Blundell Elementary School	Blundell	k–7
Bridge Elementary School	South Arm	k–7	Early French Immersion Offered
Brighouse Elementary School	Brighouse	k–7	Montessori education offered
Byng Elementary School	Steveston	k–7
Cook Elementary School	Brighouse	k–7
DeBeck Elementary School	Broadmoor	k–7
Diefenbaker Elementary School	Steveston	k–7	Late French Immersion Offered
Dixon Elementary School	Seafair	k–7	Early French Immersion Offered
Errington Elementary School	Broadmoor	k–7
Ferris Elementary School	Blundell	k–7
Garden City Elementary School	Garden City	k–7	Montessori education offered^[7]
General Currie Elementary School	Blundell	k–7
Gilmore Elementary School	Seafair	k–7	Early French Immersion Offered
Grauer Elementary School	Seafair	k–7
Hamilton Elementary School	Fraserwood	k–7
Homma Elementary School	Steveston	k–7	Early French Immersion Offered
Kingswood Elementary School	Southarm	k–7
Kidd Elementary School	South Arm	k–7
Lee Elementary School	South Arm	k–7
Maple Lane Elementary School	South Arm	k–7
McKay Elementary School	Thompson	k–7
McKinney Elementary School	Steveston	k–7	Montessori education offered
McNeely Elementary School	Knight	k–7
Mitchell Elementary School	Knight	k–7	Early French Immersion Offered
Quilchena Elementary School	Seafair	k–7
Sea Island Annex	Sea Island /Burkeville	k–3	Due to low amounts of students, Sea Island is closed as of the 2019–20 school year.
Spul'u'kwuks Elementary School	Terra Nova / Seafair	k–7
Steves Elementary School	Steveston	k–7	Montessori education offered
Tait Elementary School	Bridgeport	k–7
Talmey Elementary School	Bridgeport	k–7
Thompson Elementary School	Thompson	k–7
Tomsett Elementary School	Garden City	k–7
Westwind Elementary School	Steveston	k–7
Whiteside Elementary School	Ironwood	k–7	Both Early and Late French Immersion Offered
Woodward Elementary School	Ironwood	k–7
Wowk Elementary School	Seafair	k–7

Secondary schools

Prior to 1996, Richmond had separate Junior Secondary Schools (grades 8–10) and Senior Secondary Schools (grades 11–12). Starting in 1996, the district began a two-year merging process that changed all high schools to be Grades 8 to 12 inclusive.

Current Secondary Schools:^[8] !Name!Location!Grades!Notes

Burnett Secondary School	Thompson	8–12
Cambie Secondary School	King George	8–12
Hugh Boyd Secondary School	Seafair	8–12
MacNeill Secondary School	Garden City	8–12
McMath Secondary School	Steveston	8–12	French Immersion offered
McNair Secondary School	Shellmont	8–12
McRoberts Secondary School	Broadmoor	8–12	French Immersion offered
Palmer Secondary School	Broadmoor	8–12
Richmond Secondary School	Brighouse	8–12
Steveston-London Secondary School	Broadmoor	8–12

Alternate schools

• Station Stretch
• Richmond Virtual School

Board of Education

The Richmond Board of Education consists of seven school trustees.^[9] They are elected along with the mayor and councillors of Richmond in municipal elections.

2022–present

Elected in the 2022 municipal election

• Rob Belleza
• Ken Hamaguchi
• Heather Larson
• Donna Sargent
• Debbie Tablotney
• Alice Wong
• David Yang

2018–2022

Elected in the 2018 municipal election ^[10]

• Norm Goldstein
• Ken Hamaguchi
• Heather Larson
• Richard Lee
• Sandra Nixon
• Donna Sargent
• Debbie Tablotney

2014–2018

Elected in the 2014 municipal election ^[11]

• Ken Hamaguchi
• Jonathan Ho
• Sandra Nixon
• Donna Sargent
• Debbie Tablotney
• Alice Wong
• Eric Yung

External links

• Richmond School District official website

Notes and References

1. News: Rantanen . Maria . 2 June 2023 . Richmond school board approves budget but still faces 'cost pressures' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240111053952/https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-school-board-approves-budget-but-still-faces-cost-pressures-7091175 . 11 January 2024 . 7 April 2024 . Richmond News . en.
2. Web site: B.C. Education System Performance - Richmond School District: Contextual Information . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126005740/https://studentsuccess.gov.bc.ca/school-district/038/report/contextual-information . 26 January 2024 . 7 April 2024 . studentsuccess.gov.bc.ca.
3. 2013 District Annual Report p. 7 . 2013 . 27 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130822080721/http://www.sd38.bc.ca/documents/districtannual/2013/ . 22 August 2013 . dead.
4. Web site: Elementary Schools — School District No. 38 (Richmond) . sd38.bc.ca . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240117171904/https://sd38.bc.ca/schools/elementary-schools . 17 January 2024 . live.
5. Web site: 2023–2024 School Catchment Boundaries . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240123231913/https://sd38.bc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/School_Catchment_Map.pdf . 23 Jan 2024 . live.
6. Web site: Our French Immersion Schools — School District No. 38 (Richmond) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204013033/https://sd38.bc.ca/programs/elementary-programs/french-immersion/our-french-immersion-schools . 4 February 2024 . 7 April 2024 . sd38.bc.ca.
7. Web site: Our Montessori Schools — School District No. 38 (Richmond) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204013200/https://sd38.bc.ca/programs/elementary-programs/montessori/our-montessori-schools . 4 February 2024 . 7 April 2024 . sd38.bc.ca.
8. Web site: Secondary Schools School District No. 38 (Richmond) . sd38.bc.ca . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240117171939/https://sd38.bc.ca/schools/secondary-schools . 17 January 2024 . live.
9. Web site: Our Trustees — School District No. 38 (Richmond) . 7 January 2023 . Richmond School District.
10. Web site: Board of Education, 2018—2022 — Richmond School District . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820022035/https://sd38.bc.ca/board-education/our-trustees . 20 August 2022 . 27 June 2021 . Richmond School District.
11. Web site: Board of Education, 2014—2018 — Richmond School District . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227054608/http://www.sd38.bc.ca/board/trustees . 27 February 2015 . 27 June 2021 . Richmond School District.