Comox Valley School District SD71
Courtenay, 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%.
Good for British Columbia: SD71 places 14 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (67.5%).
2,788 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue
Student success
How Comox Valley 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; 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
What students say
Student Learning Survey, grades 4, 7 and 10, positive responses, 2023-24
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 Comox Valley School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report, September 2025 (PDF, comoxvalleyschools.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
Student transportation, comoxvalleyschools.ca ↗- Eligible
- Catchment school beyond the walk limit; courtesy passes if space allows
- Register
- Online each year
- First Student
- 250-703-2656
- District busing
- busing@sd71.bc.ca
From the district
Catchment map
The district's elementary catchment map; the yellow lines are the previous boundaries and the solid lines the adjusted ones.
Board of Education and district staff
Trustees
Seven trustees, one per electoral area from Hornby and Denman to Black Creek.
- michelle.waite@sd71.bc.caMichelle WaiteChairperson · Area B, Lazo North
- sarahjane.howe@sd71.bc.caSarah Jane HoweVice Chairperson · Village of Cumberland
- Janice.Caton@sd71.bc.caJanice CatonTrustee · City of Courtenay
- Shannon.Aldinger@sd71.bc.caShannon AldingerTrustee · City of Courtenay
- Susan.Leslie@sd71.bc.caSusan L. LeslieTrustee · Town of Comox
- Chelsea.McCannel-Keene@sd71.bc.caChelsea McCannel-KeeneTrustee · Area A, Baynes Sound, Hornby and Denman
- Cristi.MaySacht@sd71.bc.caCristi May SachtTrustee · Area C, Puntledge and Black Creek
As listed on About the Board, comoxvalleyschools.ca
District staff
Board office 2488 Idiens Way, Courtenay.
- superintendent@sd71.bc.caJeremy MorrowSuperintendent of Schools
- harold.cull@sd71.bc.caHarold CullSecretary-Treasurer
- vivian.collyer@sd71.bc.caVivian CollyerAssociate Superintendent
- jay.dixon@sd71.bc.caJay DixonAssociate Superintendent
- joe.heslip@sd71.bc.caJoe HeslipAssociate Superintendent, Inclusive Education
- sabrina.yeudall@sd71.bc.caSabrina YeudallExecutive Director of Human Resources
- jennifer.nelson@sd71.bc.caJennifer NelsonAssistant Secretary-Treasurer
- lelaina.jules@sd71.bc.caLelaina JulesDistrict Principal of Indigenous Education · 250-331-4040
- tracy.pederson@sd71.bc.caTracy PedersonDistrict Principal of Inclusive Education · 250-339-0922
- gregory.kochanuk@sd71.bc.caGregory KochanukDistrict Principal of International Education
- molly.proudfoot@sd71.bc.caMolly ProudfootDirector of Operations
- josh.porter@sd71.bc.caJosh PorterDirector of Information Technology
- craig.sorochan@sd71.bc.caCraig SorochanManager of Communications
As listed on District Contacts, comoxvalleyschools.ca
Schools
24 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Airport Elementary | 218 |
| Arden Elementary | 216 |
| Aspen Park Elementary | 360 |
| Brooklyn Elementary | 388 |
| Courtenay Elementary | 232 |
| Cumberland Community School | 683 |
| Denman Island Community School | 46 |
| Ecole Puntledge Park Elementary | 500 |
| Ecole Robb Road | 490 |
| Ecole Secondaire Mark R Isfeld Secondary | 924 |
| Georges P. Vanier Secondary | 1,441 |
| Highland Secondary | 739 |
| Hornby Island Elementary | 59 |
| Huband Park Elementary | 395 |
| Lake Trail Community | 382 |
| Miracle Beach Elementary | 249 |
| Navigate Academy | 119 |
| Queneesh Elementary | 428 |
| Royston Elementary | 227 |
| Valley View Elementary | 364 |
| Glacier View Secondary Centre Alternate Programs School | 181 |
| Nala'atsi Alternate Program Alternate Programs School | 21 |
| North Island Distance Education Provincial Online Learning School | 4,570 |
| Sandwick Continuing Education Continuing Education School | 14 |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue