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Surrey, White Rock, Cloverdale, Barnston Island
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Mr Mike McKay
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operates schools in
Surrey ,
White Rock , and
Barnston Island ,
British Columbia . This is the largest school district in British Columbia with
66,100 students during the 2005/2006 school year. District 36 includes 99 elementary schools, 20 secondary schools, and 6 learning centres. The first school in Surrey opened in 1882.
The current school board was elected in November 2005 and will serve until 2008.
The Surrey school district was the focus of major media attention from 1997 to 2002. The board voted that books dealing with families where both parents were of the same sex not be included as optional learning resources. These books were requested by
James Chamberlain , a
Kindergarten Teacher , to reflect on the realities of today's families and to teach his pupils about diversity and
Tolerance .
A legal battle to overturn the decision to ban the three books went all the way to the is always age-appropriate, children cannot learn unless they are exposed to views that differ from those they are taught at home." The legal fees ended up costing Surrey taxpayers over $1,200,000.
In 2005, the Surrey School Board once again made national news for prohibiting the production of ''
The Laramie Project '' in one of its secondary schools, Elgin Park Secondary. A
Vancouver school,
Lord Byng , subsequently chose to stage the play.
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In May 2007, the Surrey School Board made national news when it voted to instruct teachers not to show
Al Gore 's global warming documentary
An Inconvenient Truth until trustees are able to review the film. Trustee
Heather Stilwell said she's not sold on the theory of global warming: "I am not sure. I mean I see evidence. I think there is climate change, there's no question about that. Whether what Al Gore says about it is the truth, I have questions."
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