Southeast Kootenay School District SD5
Cranbrook, British Columbia · Public · English
Student success
How Southeast Kootenay students are doing: the Ministry's open data, and what the district's own report says
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 and 12 literacy assessments, BC-resident students, from the Ministry's open data
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment
Graduating
Six-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, BC-resident students, and grade-to-grade transitions
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7, 10 and 12 together, share answering positively
Click any figure to open its chart with every year.
What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF.
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What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide
Figures and findings read from Southeast Kootenay School District's Framework for Enhancing Student Learning Report, September 2025 (PDF, sd5.bc.ca) , published 2025-09.
The report's own pages
The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.
School buses and catchment areas
School Bus Registration and Transportation Information, sd5.bc.ca ↗- Register
- New riders give the form to the driver or email the transportation office; unregistered students cannot ride
- Out of catchment
- Buses only for a program of choice such as French Immersion
- On the bus
- 5 minutes early; lap-sized bags only
- Delays
- SchoolMessenger email and text
- Contact
- Cranbrook 250-417-2075, transport-cbk@sd5.bc.ca; Elk Valley transport-ev@sd5.bc.ca
Route map
All 23 routes drawn from the district's stop lists. Open the live map to pick a route and see its stops and times.
Stops placed with OpenStreetMap; a stop that could not be placed is left off rather than guessed. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Catchment maps
The district's Cranbrook catchment boundary amendment maps: the 2025 plan that split the Amy Woodland area among five schools, and the earlier boundary plan.
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Nine trustees: five for Cranbrook and Electoral Area C, and one each for Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford and Jaffray (Area B); the next election is October 17, 2026.
- doug.mcphee@sd5.bc.caDoug McPheeChairperson · Cranbrook and Area C; 250-489-9622
- trina.ayling@sd5.bc.caTrina AylingTrustee · Cranbrook and Area C; 250-489-1006
- bev.bellina@sd5.bc.caBev BellinaTrustee · Sparwood; 250-425-6958
- irene.bischler@sd5.bc.caIrene BischlerTrustee · Cranbrook and Area C; 250-421-1522
- alysha.clarke@sd5.bc.caAlysha ClarkeTrustee · Area B, Jaffray
- nicole.heckendorf@sd5.bc.caNicole HeckendorfTrustee · Fernie
- chris.johns@sd5.bc.caChris JohnsTrustee · Cranbrook and Area C
- sarah.madsen@sd5.bc.caSarah MadsenTrustee · Elkford
- wendy.turner@sd5.bc.caWendy TurnerTrustee · Cranbrook and Area C
As listed on Trustees, sd5.bc.ca
District management staff
940 Industrial Road 1, Cranbrook, 250-417-2000.
- viveka.johnson@sd5.bc.caViveka JohnsonSuperintendent of Schools · 250-417-2079
- nick.taylor@sd5.bc.caNick TaylorSecretary Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer · 250-417-2054
- michael.kelly@sd5.bc.caMichael KellyDirector of Instruction, Curriculum and Assessment · 250-417-2053
- brent.reimer@sd5.bc.caBrent ReimerDirector of Instruction, Human Resources · 250-417-2065
- kaley.wasylowich@sd5.bc.caKaley WasylowichDirector of Instruction, Learning Services and Safe Schools · 250-417-2089
- joe.tank@sd5.bc.caJoe TankDirector of Operations · 250-417-2068
- laura-lee.phillips@sd5.bc.caLaura-Lee PhillipsDistrict Principal, Early Learning and Child Care, District Literacy Lead · 250-417-2053
- erin.boehm@sd5.bc.caErin BoehmDistrict Principal, Human Resources and Health and Safety · 250-417-2062
- jane.nixon@sd5.bc.caJane NixonExecutive Assistant to the Superintendent · 250-417-2055
As listed on District Contact Lists, sd5.bc.ca
Schools
18 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Elkford Elementary Secondary | 235 |
| Fernie Secondary | 548 |
| Frank J Mitchell Elementary | 352 |
| Gordon Terrace Elementary | 288 |
| Highlands Elementary | 298 |
| Isabella Dicken Elementary | 544 |
| Jaffray Elem-Jr Secondary | 221 |
| Kootenay Orchards Elementary | 239 |
| Laurie Middle School | 350 |
| Mount Baker Secondary | 867 |
| Parkland Middle School | 430 |
| Pinewood Elementary | 149 |
| Rocky Mountain Elementary | 232 |
| Sparwood Secondary | 307 |
| Steeples Elementary | 207 |
| T M Roberts Elementary | 346 |
| Kootenay Discovery School District Online Learning School | 254 |
| Kootenay Educational Services Alternate Programs School | 127 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue