If this year’s Burnaby summer school program had broken off to form its own school district, it would have been big enough to rank as the 19th largest in the province – larger than 40 other B.C. school districts.
“That’s how big it has become, just to give you an idea of the magnitude of the programs,” said elementary summer session coordinator Ernie Kashima during a report to trustees at a school board meeting this month.
This summer, 3,330 high school students and 4,577 elementary students attended programs at 22 Burnaby schools.
Advanced credit courses, which allow students to upgrade or get credit for courses they haven’t taken before, were the most popular among secondary students, with 2,453 enrolled in grades 10 to 12. The most popular courses were Social Studies 11, Foundations and Pre-Calculus Math 10, Pre-Calculus 11 and 12, and Science 10.
Moscrop was the largest high school site, with 1,130 students. Byrne Creek and Burnaby North, each hosted about 900 students, while Burnaby Mountain, with morning classes only, enrolled about 400.
At the elementary level, 4,577 students attended 19 local schools. Marlborough and Aubrey were the largest sites, enrolling 629 and 531 students, respectively.
More than 330 elementary students attended summer school to work on English language skills in English-as-a-second-language classes.
