Kootenay-Columbia School District SD20

Trail, British Columbia · Public · English

FSA results

Students at or above expectations in the Foundation Skills Assessment, 2025-2026. The British Columbia average is 73.4%.

Grade 4 Literacy

64.3%

Grade 7 Numeracy

63.8%

Average for British Columbia: SD20 places 22 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (64.1%).

1,351 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue

How Kootenay-Columbia students are doing, in the district's own annual report

Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 literacy assessment; about 300 students a grade; Grade 10 runs a year behind

Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment; Grade 10 runs a year behind

Five-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, 2023-24, and transition to a BC public post-secondary institution

Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7 and 10, positive responses

Click any figure to open its chart with every year.

The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide

Figures and findings read from Kootenay-Columbia School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report 2024-2025 (PDF, sd20.bc.ca) , published 2025-09.

The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.

Who qualifies: Beyond 2 km (K to 7) or 3 km (grades 8 to 12) of the catchment school
Register: New riders online; deadline in April; schedules emailed mid-August
Keep the seat: Ride at least two days in ten
Bus pass: Scanned boarding and leaving
Delays: School Messenger; be at the stop 10 minutes early
Contact: transportation@sd20.bc.ca, 250-365-8331 option 1

Nine trustees for six electoral areas; the next election is October 17, 2026.

Catherine Zaitsoff
Chair · Castlegar
czaitsoff@sd20.bc.ca
Darrel Ganzert
Vice-Chair · Fruitvale, Montrose and RDKB Area A
dganzert@sd20.bc.ca
Kristin Ali
Trustee · RDCK Area I and part of Area J
kali@sd20.bc.ca
Birkley Valks
Trustee · Castlegar
bvalks@sd20.bc.ca
Darilyn Simister
Trustee · Warfield and rural areas
dsimister@sd20.bc.ca
Terry Hanik
Trustee · Trail
thanik@sd20.bc.ca
Mark Wilson
Trustee · Trail
mwilson@sd20.bc.ca
Gordon Smith
Trustee · Rossland
gsmith@sd20.bc.ca
Stephen Piccolo
Trustee · Fruitvale, Montrose and RDKB Area A
spiccolo@sd20.bc.ca

2001 Third Avenue, Trail, 250-368-6434; operations and transportation 250-365-8331.

Katherine Shearer
Superintendent · ext. 232
kshearer@sd20.bc.ca
Felicia Turner
Secretary-Treasurer · ext. 223
fturner@sd20.bc.ca
Marcy VanKoughnett
Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources · ext. 227
mvankoughnett@sd20.bc.ca
Teresa Gallo
Director of Instruction, Curriculum and Instruction · ext. 236
tgallo@sd20.bc.ca
Kristi Crowe
Director of Instruction, Inclusive Education · ext. 234
kcrowe@sd20.bc.ca
Selina Metcalfe
District Vice-Principal, Indigenous Education · ext. 261
smetcalfe@sd20.bc.ca
Heather Simm
Director of Operations · 250-365-8331 ext. 801
hsimm@sd20.bc.ca
Robyn Stephenson
Manager of Operations, Transportation · 250-365-8331 ext. 804
rstephenson@sd20.bc.ca
Liz Johnson
Health and Safety Manager · ext. 247
ljohnson@sd20.bc.ca
Adam Sander
IT Manager · ext. 228
asander@sd20.bc.ca
Amy Knight
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Board · ext. 221
ea.superintendent@sd20.bc.ca

10 total

School	Students
Fruitvale Elementary	349
Glenmerry Elementary	351
J Lloyd Crowe Secondary	886
James L Webster Elementary	240
Kinnaird Elementary	420
Kootenay Columbia Secondary	80
Robson Community School	181
Rossland Summit School	491
Stanley Humphries Secondary	724
Twin Rivers Elementary	494