School District 71 Comox Valley is a school district

School district

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 on Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

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 in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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. This includes the communities of Courtenay

Courtenay, British Columbia

Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District...

 and Comox

Comox, British Columbia

Comox is a town of 12,000 people located on a small peninsula in the Georgia Strait on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil and abundant sea life attracted First Nations thousands of years ago, who called the area kw’umuxws...

 as well as the surrounding rural areas and the adjacent islands of Denman and Hornby

Hornby Island

Hornby Island of British Columbia, Canada, is a Northern Gulf Island parallel with Vancouver Island's Comox Valley.A small community of 1,074 residents is distributed across the island. The island is culturally distinctive as it was the site of a large immigration of American draft dodgers during...

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History

The Comox School district was formed July 30, 1870 while the area was still part of the Colony of Vancouver Island.

Schools

School	Location	Grades
Airport Elementary School	Lazo	K-7
Arden Elementary School	Courtenay	K-7
Aspen Park Elementary School	Comox	K-7
Brooklyn Elementary School	Comox	K-4,
Courtenay Elementary School	Courtenay	K-7
Queneesh Elementary School	Courtenay	K-7
Cumberland Elementary School	Cumberland	K-7
Cumberland Junior Secondary School	Cumberland	8-10
Denman Island Elementary School	Denman Island	K-7
Ecole Aspen Park Middle School	Comox	K-7
Ecole Puntledge Park Elementary School	Courtenay	K-7
Ecole Robb Road Elementary	Comox	K-7
Georges P. Vanier Secondary School Georges P. Vanier Secondary School Georges P. Vanier Secondary School is a high school in Courtenay, British Columbia, CanadaIts doors opened in January 1968 completing a move of students from the old Courtenay Sr. high school. The school was named after one of Canada's most popular Governors-General. Vanier was built to house a...	Courtenay	8-12
Highland Secondary School École Highland Secondary School École Highland Secondary School is a secondary school located in Comox, British Columbia, Canada in School District 71. The school opened in 1978 and educates approximately 1200 students annually in grades 8–12...	Comox	8-12
Hornby Island Elementary School	Hornby Island	K-7
Huband Park Elementary School	Courtenay	K-7
Lake Trail Secondary School	Courtenay	8-10
Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary is a public high school in Courtenay, British Columbia part of School District 71 Comox Valley.The school was named for Canadian Forces Master Corporal Mark Robert Isfeld . Master Corporal Isfeld gained recognition for distributing small knitted dolls to children...	Courtenay	8-12
Miracle Beach Elementary School	Black Creek	K-7
NIDES (North Island Distance Education School)	Courtenay	K-12
Royston Elementary School	Royston	K-7
Sandwick Alternate School	Courtenay	7-10
Valley View Elementary School	Courtenay	K-7

Grade System

Recently, SD71 changed their schooling system from K-6, 7-9, and 10-12 to K-7 and 8-12. Many schools were also closed down and Brooklyn Elementary was split into a campus of K-4 and 5-7.