Announcements

Registration for students eligible for school district transportation for the 2025/26 school year is open until 4:00 pm on June 27, 2025.

Regular student transportation is available for eligible students living and attending school in the following school catchments: 

• Blue Mountain Elementary 
• Garibaldi Secondary (who are not residing in Silver Valley / Rockridge area*)
• Highland Park Elementary 
• Pitt Meadows Secondary 
• Webster’s Corners Elementary 
• Whonnock Elementary 

* As part of the 2025/26 budget approved on April 30, 2025, the Board of Education discontinued the bus routes serving Garibaldi Secondary students in the Silver Valley and Rockridge areas due to financial pressures, low ridership, and the availability of public transit alternatives. To support the anticipated increase in student use of public transit, the school district has worked with Coast Mountain Bus Company to enhance service. Coast Mountain has confirmed there is sufficient capacity on routes 741, 733, and 701, with additional afternoon trips being added on routes 741 and 733. Transfer times at Haney Place will be coordinated to support student connections, and ridership will be monitored to determine if further adjustments are needed.

Eligible students for regular student transportation are defined as:

• Resident primary students (grades K-3) and their siblings attending the same school who live farther than 4 kilometers from their catchment area school;
• All other resident students (grades 4-12) who live farther than 4.8 kilometers from their catchment area school.

Eligibility for transportation for students with disabilities and diverse abilities is based on criteria set out in Policy 5400 on the school district website.

To register for regular student transportation or transportation for students with disabilities or diverse abilities, please click on the announcement titled Student Transportation 2025/2026 – Registration. The registration deadline is 4 p.m., June 27, 2025. 

For instructions on how to register for student transportation on the Parent Portal, please see the Step-by-Step Registration Guide. Additional information about student transportation is available on the school district website: https://www.sd42.ca/student-transportation/. 

All elementary June report cards for the 2024/25 school year will be published to MyClass. You will need a MyClass account to access your child(ren)’s report card(s). (more…)

Please see the message below from Fraser Health:

As your Public Health and Preventive Medicine Doctors at Fraser Health, we are concerned about measles in Fraser region. Measles is a highly infectious and serious disease caused by a virus. It can lead to complications like pneumonia, encephalitis (swelling of the brain) and even death. We hope the information in this letter will help keep families protected from measles.

Measles cases are being reported across Canada now. The risk of measles infection and disease transmission is high among those not immune to measles.

To protect yourself, your family, and your community from measles infections and outbreaks, we recommend you take following steps within the next few weeks:

1. Know measles signs and symptoms:

• Symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose, and red and inflamed eyes, followed by a rash. The rash usually starts first on the face and neck, and spreads to the chest, arms and legs. It lasts about 4 to 7 days.

2. Check your family’s vaccination records and update your vaccinations as needed.

• Go to BC Health Gateway to look up your and your children’s immunization records.
• Update your records so your doctors and nurses have most up to date information.

3. Get vaccinated against measles:

• Immunization is the best way to prevent measles and is very effective in preventing disease. Please check that you (if born after 1970) and your children have received at least two doses of measles containing vaccine.
• Measles vaccination is given as a two-dose series:
• Children are routinely provided with two doses of a measles-containing vaccine: The first dose is given as the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 months of age. The second dose is given as the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine around kindergarten entry, between 4 to 6 years of age.
• In Fraser Health, measles vaccines are available at many convenient pharmacy locations and physician offices, as well as at all public health units.

4. Stay home when sick:

If your children have symptoms of measles, please keep them home. Please avoid sending the children to schools, to group activities, classes or parties and other social events, while they are symptomatic. This will protect your friends and families, other school children and staff, as well as members of public.

• If you need to seek healthcare and are worried you or your children may have measles, please call ahead. This allows clinics and hospitals to put in measures to limit the risk of spreading measles to other patients and staff.

We work to keep our communities safe and healthy. Let us work together to prevent an outbreak that affects our schools and communities.

Sincerely,

Medical Health Officers at Fraser Health

Download letter in PDF format

Read the latest update: REMINDER: Registration for Student Transportation 2025/26

Registration for students eligible for school district transportation for the 2025/26 school year is now open and will close at 4:00 pm on June 27, 2025.

Regular student transportation is available for eligible students living and attending school in the following school catchments: 

• Blue Mountain Elementary 
• Garibaldi Secondary (who are not residing in Silver Valley / Rockridge area*)
• Highland Park Elementary 
• Pitt Meadows Secondary 
• Webster’s Corners Elementary 
• Whonnock Elementary 

*As part of the 2025/26 budget process, the Board of Education made the decision to discontinue the routes serving Garibaldi Secondary students living in the Silver Valley and Rockridge areas. This decision was driven by escalating financial pressures and the need to focus limited resources on core educational services. In making this decision, the board also considered low ridership on the routes, the availability of public transit, and recent infrastructure improvements in the affected areas (e.g., sidewalks, lighting, and crosswalks). Coast Mountain Bus Company has indicated that they have the ability to adjust service levels and timing in the area to better align with school schedules. If Coast Mountain is unable to increase service levels, the district will explore a full cost recovery model that could allow for the reinstatement of one or both routes, with fees set to fully cover the cost of the service. 

Eligible students for regular student transportation are defined as:

• Resident primary students (grades K-3) and their siblings attending the same school who live farther than 4 kilometers from their catchment area school;
• All other resident students (grades 4-12) who live farther than 4.8 kilometers from their catchment area school.
   

Eligibility for transportation for students with disabilities and diverse abilities is based on criteria set out in Policy 5400 on the school district website.

To register for regular student transportation or transportation for students with disabilities or diverse abilities, please click on the announcement titled Student Transportation 2025/2026 – Registration. The registration deadline is 4 p.m., June 27, 2025. 

For instructions on how to register for student transportation on the Parent Portal once registration opens, please see the Step-by-Step Registration Guide. Additional information about student transportation is available on the school district website: https://www.sd42.ca/student-transportation/. 

You’re invited to celebrate our 2025 retirees!

Please join us in celebrating the incredible careers and contributions of our 2025 retirees at a special recognition ceremony:

📅 Tuesday, June 3, 2025
🕞 3:30 p.m.
📍 Maple Ridge Secondary School (21911 122 Ave, Maple Ridge)

All staff are invited and encouraged to attend the annual retirement tea as we extend our heartfelt appreciation and best wishes to our exceptional retirees. We look forward to seeing you there!

Flags at district facilities will be flown at half-mast starting Monday, April 28, until further notice to honour the victims of the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver on April 26, 2025.

Dear families,

Saturday’s devastating incident at the Lapu Lapu celebrations in Vancouver are understandably upsetting for adults and children alike. It is often hard to know how to reassure our children when we ourselves are striving to process and make sense of these losses. Children may experience a wide range of emotions in response to what they hear or see; it is important to remember that they will look to the adults in their lives to help them feel safe and to make sense of the world. As a parent or caregiver, you may feel unprepared to help your child understand and process these events. We are reaching out to share with you some strategies and resources that will help guide your conversations with your child with the understanding that people are going to be impacted in a variety of ways, based on age and development as well as their own involvement and connection to this terrible tragedy. (more…)

At its April 16, 2025, public meeting, the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows Board of Education received the Proposed Preliminary Budget 2025/26 for information. 

The board welcomes your feedback on this proposed preliminary budget, which includes budget balancing proposals in the following key areas:

• Support for School Growth Plans
• Learning Services
• Support for Operational Plans
• Student Transportation
• Use of 2024/25 Available Operating Surplus
• Feeding Futures School Food Programs Fund
   

To provide your input through our online survey, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025-26-budget. The survey will close at noon on April 23, 2025.

Download:
Proposed Preliminary Budget 2025/26
Executive Summary

For more information about our 2025/26 Budget Process, visit https://www.sd42.ca/board-of-education/budget-process/2025-budget-process/

The Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District (SD42) is gathering input from students, staff, and families across the district on potential changes to secondary school schedules at individual schools.

Currently, all SD42 secondary schools follow a linear schedule, where students take up to eight classes throughout the full school year. Moving forward, some schools may continue with this model, while others may transition to a semester schedule, with up to four classes per semester and two semesters in a school year.

Any approved schedule changes would take effect in the 2026/27 school year.

Your input matters

We’ve launched separate surveys for:

• Secondary students
• Staff
• Families
• Garibaldi Secondary School staff, students, and families (who will complete a separate survey focused on supports for the existing linear model)

All surveys are open until May 2, 2025 and can be accessed through the consultation webpage: sd42.ca/secondary-scheduling-engagement

Visit our consultation page
to take the survey

Need a refresher on linear vs. semester models?

View a summary of the potential benefits and challenges of each schedule model here: Linear vs. Semester: Schedule Comparison

Garibaldi Secondary School

Due to its Middle Years and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, Garibaldi must continue with a linear schedule. As a result, GSS staff, students, and families will complete a different survey focused on identifying the supports and structures that will continue to strengthen success within the existing model.

School Pop-Ups (April 15 – May 1)

Student pop-up booths will take place during lunch hours at each secondary school to support participation. You can view the full timeline, including school dates, here: Download the Consultation Timeline

Translations Available

Translated versions of the survey questions and answers are available on the consultation web page (https://www.sd42.ca/secondary-scheduling-engagement/). These can be accessed using the built-in Google Translate feature in the top corner of the website.

Thank you for taking the time to share your input. Your feedback will help inform decisions that best support student learning and well-being.

2025 Summer Learning Options

The Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District is offering the summer learning options below for 2025:

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