School District 70 Pacific Rim
Canadian school district
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School District 70 Pacific Rim (formerly School District 70 Alberni) is a school district on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The board office and the majority of the schools are located in Port Alberni but the district extends to the west to include Ucluelet, Tofino, and Bamfield.
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| District information | |
| Superintendent | Peter Klaver |
| Schools | 13 |
| Budget | $58.4 million CAD (2022-2023) |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 4589 |
| Staff | 500 |
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| Website | sd70 |
At the request of the Board of School Trustees, the name of the district was changed from School District 70 Alberni to School District 70 Pacific Rim by the Province of British Columbia through an Order-in-Council on September 20, 2020.[1]
The current Superintendent of the Pacific Rim School District is Peter Klaver.
Schools
| School | Location | Grades | Notes |
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| Alberni District Secondary School | Port Alberni | 8-12 | |
| Bamfield Community School | Bamfield | K-12 | |
| École Alberni Elementary | Port Alberni | K-7 | |
| Eighth Avenue Learning Centre | Port Alberni | K-12 | |
| EJ Dunn Elementary School | Port Alberni | K-7 | |
| John Howitt Elementary School | Port Alberni | K-7 | |
| Maquinna Elementary School | Port Alberni | K-7 | This school is named for Maquinna, the powerful Mowachaht Nuu-chah-nulth chief during the peak of the maritime fur trade in the 1780s and 1790s. |
| Pacific Rim International Student Program | Port Alberni | K-12 | |
| Tsuma-as Elementary School | Port Alberni | K-7 | |
| Ucluelet Elementary School | Ucluelet | K-7 | |
| Ucluelet Secondary School | Ucluelet | 8-12 | |
| Wickaninnish Community School | Tofino | K-7 | Wickaninnish was a chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht people of Clayoquot Sound in the 1780s and 1790s. |
| Wood Elementary School | Port Alberni | K-7 | |
Board of Education
The district is governed by the school board, which consists of six school trustees elected from the Alberni Valley region, and one from the West Coast region. Elections are held every four years. The most recent election was on October 15, 2022. The next scheduled election will be October 17, 2026.
| Member | Votes |
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| Janis Joseph | 3,937 |
| Craig Pam | 2,888 |
| Christine Washington | 2,501 |
| Larry Ransom | 2,402 |
| Cherilyn Bray | 2,262 |
| Helen Zanette | 2,001 |
| Cynthia Orr | acclaimed |
School Buses
| 2 2004 Blue Bird All American Gen 4 | 2 2005 IC RE | 2 2004 Blue Bird Vision wheelchair | 1 2026 Blue bird All American Gen 6 wheelchair | 1 2020 Blue Bird All American Gen 6 | 1 2019 Blue Bird All American Gen 6 | 1 2013 Blue Bird All American Gen 5 | 1 2014 Blue Bird All American Gen 6 | 2 2010 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX | 2 2026 IC CE
