School District 61 Greater Victoria is a school district

School district

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 in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

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. This includes the municipalities of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

, Esquimalt

Esquimalt, British Columbia

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, Oak Bay

Oak Bay, British Columbia

Oak Bay is a municipality located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the City of Victoria...

, View Royal

View Royal, British Columbia

View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of approximately 8000 residents and was incorporated as a municipality in December 1988....

, and parts of Saanich

Saanich, British Columbia

The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...

.

History

The earliest history of schools in Western Canada is within the boundary of the current Greater Victoria School district. The first school in the area that is present day British Columbia was established at Fort Victoria

Fort Victoria

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 in the 1840s. A plaque to commemorate this can be found on the side of the Christmas Store on Government and Fort Street in downtown Victoria.

The first public school was opened in 1853 near what is now Central Middle School. This building later became Victoria High School.

When the area became part of the province of British Columbia there were already three school districts in the area; the Victoria City School District was established on June 25, 1869, the Esquimalt School District (October 22, 1870) and Craigflower School District (July 23, 1870).

Schools

School	Location	Grades
Arbutus Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Braefoot Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Burnside Community School	Victoria	K-5
Campus View Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Central Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Cloverdale Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Colquitz Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Continuing Ed SD 61	Victoria	12
Craigflower Elementary School Craigflower Elementary School Craigflower Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is the current version of the oldest schoolhouse in Western Canada, and National Historic Site, Craigflower Schoolhouse, and the third school to be called "Craigflower"...	Victoria	K-5
Doncaster Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Eagle View Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Ecole Intermediatre Cedar Hill Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Esquimalt High School Esquimalt High School École Secondaire Esquimalt High School is a high school located in Esquimalt, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. EHS is operated by the Greater Victoria School District. It is the designated secondary school for Shoreline and Rockheights Middle Schools and serves students from...	Esquimalt	9-12
Frank Hobbs Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
George Jay Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Girls' Alternative Program	Victoria	11-12
Glanford Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Gordon Head Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Hillcrest Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Home Learners' Link SD61	Victoria	K-12
James Bay Community School	Victoria	K-5
Lake Hill Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Lambrick Park Secondary School	Saanich	9-12
Lampson Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Lansdowne Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Ledger School	Victoria
Macaulay Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Margaret Jenkins Elementary School	Victoria	K-7
Marigold Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Mckenzie Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Monterey Middle School	Oak Bay	6-8
Mount Douglas High School Mount Douglas High School Mount Douglas Secondary School is a four-year public secondary school located in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada, with around 1,200 students on roll. The school is part of the Greater Victoria School District, and is known locally as "Mount Doug"...	Saanich	9-12
Northridge Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Oak Bay Secondary School Oak Bay Secondary School Oak Bay High School is the fourth largest secondary school in the Greater Victoria School District. It is located in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Roughly 1200 students attend in grades 9 to 12 in both regular and French immersion programs in two buildings, called East and West. The first high...	Oak Bay	9-12
Oaklands Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Pembroke Street School	Victoria	11-12
Provincial Integration Support Program SD61	Victoria
Quadra Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Reynolds Secondary School Reynolds Secondary School Reynolds Secondary School is a high school in the Greater Victoria suburb of Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. It has specialized programs including Flexible Studies, French Immersion, Band, and Centre for Soccer Excellence. Along with these, Reynolds also offers many Career Planning programs...	Saanich	9-12
Rockheights Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Rogers Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
S J Willis Educational Centre	Victoria	9-11
Shoreline Community School	Victoria	6-8
Sir James Douglas Elementary School Sir James Douglas Elementary School Sir James Douglas Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, part of School District 39 Vancouver.- History :Sir James Douglas Elementary School is named after the first governor of the Crown Colony of British Columbia . The original school building was constructed in...	Victoria	K-5
South Park Elementary School South Park Elementary School (Victoria, British Columbia) South Park Elementary is a public elementary school in Victoria, British Columbia part of School District 61 Greater Victoria. It is currently conceived as an alternative primary school, with a focus on the arts and an emphasis on parent participation...	Victoria	K-5
Spectrum Community School Spectrum Community School (British Columbia) Spectrum Community School is a high school in the Greater Victoria suburb of Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Greater Victoria School District and serves the western portion of the district. Spectrum was established in 1974 as a replacement for Mount View High School and the...	Saanich	9-12
Strawberry Vale Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Sundance Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Tillicum Elementary School Tillicum Elementary School Tillicum Elementary School is the name of:* a school on Maple Street, Lakewood, Washington, USA * a school on Albina Street in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * a school on Cambridge Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...	Victoria	K-5
Torquay Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Victor School	Victoria	1-12
Victoria High School	Victoria	9-12
Victoria SD Hospital Program	Victoria
Victoria West Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
View Royal Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Willows Elementary School	Oak Bay	K-5

1988/1990 Trustees

The six candidates elected on
Saturday, November 19, 1988 to serve from
December 1, 1988 until December 1, 1990 were: David Brown, Elizabeth Cull, Brenda McBain, Peter Yorke and Brian Zelley

One of the interesting issues during the two year term was the naming of the new
elementary school "Rogers Elementary School" which featured some debate in the board room:
"Trustees disagree on name choice for new Saanich

Gautam Adani

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