The School Change Request Period for the 2025/26 school year has closed.
If you have an extenuating circumstance and would like to inquire about the possibility of a school change request for next year, please contact your current school principal to discuss further.
Blended Learning
Blended Learning is available for students in grades 6-8. It closes on June 15, 2025. To apply, complete a school change request and select "I want to register for Blended Learning" under the "Request Category" section. Visit Blended Learning to explore program details and offerings.
Moving Within District
If you move within the district and would like to inquire about changing to your in-catchment school for your new address during the school year, please contact your child's current principal who will authorize your school change request (required to complete the online school change request).
If you move over the summer months and have a new in-catchment school, please email info@sd62.bc.ca. Your email will be forwarded to the principal at your in-catchment school based on your new address. Transfers will be processed based on capacity and in the order that requests are received, determined by the timestamp of your email submission to the district.
Please note you must satisfy the proof of residency for your new address. The accepted proof of residency documents can be found at the bottom of this checklist: SD62 Registration Checklist.
School Change Request Process
School change requests are now closed. To initiate a request, you will need permission from your current school principal. Please contact and discuss your request with them before proceeding. School change requests are not guaranteed.
- Submit a School Change Request
- Dates: 2026/27 Dates TBD
- Open to students who were force transferred to an overflow school by the district or made the choice to leave their in-catchment school and would like to return.
- Open to students who are requesting a transfer to an out of catchment school under extenuating circumstances. Families should have conversations with their current school principal to discuss prior to submission of a school change request.
- Please note that School Change Requests (SCRs) are not guaranteed.
During the school change request period, families who have students who have been force transferred to an overflow school (placed in an overflow school due to space constraints) must submit a School Change Request (SCR) form to return to their in-catchment school. Please read the important information below to understand the next steps regarding SCRs for "force transfer" students.
Families that would like to request a change to an out of catchment school may also apply at this time. Priority will be given to students who have been force transferred and would like to return to their in-catchment school.
School Catchment Requests follow our Student Enrolment Priorities. Only after a school’s space and resource capabilities have been determined will school change requests be considered. In most cases, students will continue at their in-catchment school.
Important Information
A critical piece you should consider in this process is district provided transportation services (if applicable to your situation).
You decide not to apply for an SCR and are currently a "force transfer" student.
- Your child will no longer be considered a “force transfer” student. By not submitting an SCR to return to your in-catchment school, you will be choosing to continue at your current school through personal choice. You will not be eligible for district provided transportation services.
If you apply for an SCR to your in-catchment school but are not successful.
- Your child will still be considered a “force transfer” and you will be eligible for district provided transportation services.
You apply for an SCR to your in-catchment school and are successful.
- You can still apply for district provided transportation services. Please be aware that transportation registration is dependent on your primary home address and whether safe walking routes have been identified by the Transportation Department.
You apply for an out of catchment school and are successful.
- You are making a personal choice for your child to attend an out of catchment school and therefore ineligible for district provided transportation services.
Definitions
In-Catchment School is your designated neighbourhood school based on your home address.
Out of Catchment School any school other than your designated neighbourhood school. Students choosing to attend an out-of-catchment school are inegible for district transportation.
Overflow School when a neighbourhood school is at or over enrolment capacity, the district will designate an overflow school for additional registrations for students.
Force Transfer students are those who cannot attend their in-catchment school due to space limitations and are placed in an overflow school at the direction of the district. To attend their in-catchment school the following year, they must submit a School Change Request (SCR) during the designated period. If an SCR is not submitted, the student will be considered an out-of-catchment student moving forward.
Eligible Riders are considered to be those students travelling to their in-catchment school or students attending an educational program of choice or academy program not offered at their catchment school. Educational programs of choice are defined as:
- French Immersion
- Trades Awareness and Skills Knowledge
- Nature Kindergarten
Please note that eligibility is also based on the primary home address and whether our Transportation Department has identified a safe walking route to the school.
Timelines
School Change Requests received by 4:00 p.m. on February 21, 2025 will receive one of the responses below (by phone or email) by June 1, 2025:
- Pending (capacity and space review)
- Approved
- Not approved
- Withdrawn