Gulf Islands School District SD64
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · Public · English
Student success
How Gulf Islands students are doing, in the district's own annual report
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 literacy assessment; cohorts of about 100 to 130 students; Grade 10 runs a year behind
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment; Grade 10 runs a year behind
Graduating
Five-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, 2023-24, and transition straight to a BC post-secondary institution
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7 and 10, positive responses
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 Gulf Islands School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report, September 2025 (PDF, sd64.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
Transportation, sd64.bc.ca ↗- Register
- Every rider, every year, April 1 to 30; late fee $75
- Who rides first
- Catchment students, then programme students, then others
- Bus card
- Scanned on and off; replacement $10
- Water taxi
- Morning and 4:20 pm sailings between Ganges and the outer islands
- Snow
- Main roads only; schedules on the inclement weather page
- Contact
- transportation@sd64.org, 250-537-5723
Route map
All 15 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 map and water taxi schedule
Salt Spring Island's three elementary catchments, Fernwood in the north, Salt Spring Elementary around Ganges and Fulford in the south, and the 2026-27 water taxi timetable.
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Seven trustees elected at large; the next election is October 17, 2026.
- ckatrensky@sd64.orgChaya KatrenskyBoard Chair · Saturna Island
- dluporini@sd64.orgDeborah LuporiniVice-Chair · Mayne Island
- tboulter@sd64.orgTisha BoulterTrustee · Salt Spring Island
- jgeorgeson@sd64.orgJeannine GeorgesonTrustee · Galiano Island
- glucas@sd64.orgGreg LucasTrustee · Pender Islands
- nmacdonald@sd64.orgNancy MacdonaldTrustee · Salt Spring Island
- rpingle@sd64.orgRob PingleTrustee · Salt Spring Island
As listed on Board of Education, sd64.bc.ca
District office
112 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, 250-537-5548.
- jjensen@sd64.orgJill JensenSuperintendent of Schools and CEO
- jguy@sd64.orgJesse GuySecretary-Treasurer
- bbeardsmore@sd64.orgBoe BeardsmoreAssociate Superintendent; Inclusive Education
- apendergast@sd64.orgAdrian PendergastDirector of Instruction, Human Resources
- ldeacon@sd64.orgLori DeaconDirector of Corporate Services
- cwhyte@sd64.orgColin WhyteDirector of Operations
- mwright@sd64.orgMarc WrightSenior Information Technology Manager
- clundy@sd64.orgClare LundyHuman Resources Manager
- cgeorge@sd64.orgCathy GeorgePayroll and Benefits Manager
- sklem@sd64.orgShauna KlemExecutive Assistant
- transportation@sd64.orgTransportation DepartmentBuses and water taxis · 250-537-5723
As listed on District Contacts, sd64.bc.ca
Schools
10 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Fernwood Elementary | 210 |
| Fulford Community Elementary | 130 |
| Galiano Community School | 53 |
| Gulf Islands Secondary | 577 |
| Mayne Island School | 49 |
| Pender Islands Elem-Secondary | 104 |
| Salt Spring Elementary | 230 |
| Saturna Island Elementary Secondary | 19 |
| 64GO District Online Learning School | 42 |
| Phoenix Place Alternate Programs School | 21 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue