School District 70 Pacific Rim

School District 70 Pacific Rim (formerly School District 70 Alberni) is a school district on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The board office and the majority of the schools are located in Port Alberni but the district extends to the west to include Ucluelet, Tofino, and Bamfield.

School District 70 Pacific Rim
Location
Bamfield Port Alberni Tofino Ucluelet Canada
District information
Superintendent	Peter Klaver
Schools	13
Budget	$58.4 million CAD (2022-2023)
Students and staff
Students	4589
Staff	500
Other information
Website	sd70.bc.ca

At the request of the Board of School Trustees, the name of the district was changed from School District 70 Alberni to School District 70 Pacific Rim by the Province of British Columbia through an Order-in-Council on September 20, 2020.^[1]

The current Superintendent of the Pacific Rim School District is Peter Klaver.

Schools

School	Location	Grades	Notes
Alberni District Secondary School	Port Alberni	8-12
Bamfield Community School	Bamfield	K-12
École Alberni Elementary	Port Alberni	K-7
Eighth Avenue Learning Centre	Port Alberni	K-12
EJ Dunn Elementary School	Port Alberni	K-7
John Howitt Elementary School	Port Alberni	K-7
Maquinna Elementary School	Port Alberni	K-7	This school is named for Maquinna, the powerful Mowachaht Nuu-chah-nulth chief during the peak of the maritime fur trade in the 1780s and 1790s.
Pacific Rim International Student Program	Port Alberni	K-12
Tsuma-as Elementary School	Port Alberni	K-7
Ucluelet Elementary School	Ucluelet	K-7
Ucluelet Secondary School	Ucluelet	8-12
Wickaninnish Community School	Tofino	K-7	Wickaninnish was a chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht people of Clayoquot Sound in the 1780s and 1790s.
Wood Elementary School	Port Alberni	K-7

Board of Education

The district is governed by the school board, which consists of six school trustees elected from the Alberni Valley region, and one from the West Coast region. Elections are held every four years. The most recent election was on October 15, 2022. The next scheduled election will be October 17, 2026.

Member	Votes
Janis Joseph	3,937
Craig Pam	2,888
Christine Washington	2,501
Larry Ransom	2,402
Cherilyn Bray	2,262
Helen Zanette	2,001
Cynthia Orr	acclaimed