SD33 could convert Imagine High into grade 6-12 school, shift French Immersion away from Vedder Middle

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Image: SD33 / Enrolment data for the Chilliwack School District as of November 2025.

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While there are a dozen schools over capacity, one school without overcrowding is Imagine High, which has 600 student spaces but only enrols 354 students for a capacity of 59 per cent. It’s not clear why Imagine High has struggled to attract more students, although one Chilliwack family pulled their son from the school earlier this year due to girls repeatedly using the boys bathroom. 

One idea being considered by SD33 is transitioning Imagine High to a grade 6-12 school, moving the Integrated Arts and Technology cohort from A.D. Rundle Middle School to Imagine High, and funnelling Leary Integrated Arts & Technology Elementary students directly to Imagine High.

SD33 staff will collect both parent and Parent Advisory Council feedback from the forms to shape a draft proposal, which they hope to present to the Chilliwack School District in January before embarking on a much broader community consultation.  Nothing in the form is final and these ideas are simply exploratory.

Other ideas under consideration:

French Immersion:

• Moving early-start French Immersion from Cheam Elementary to the new Rosedale elementary school.
• Moving late-start French Immersion from Chilliwack Middle to Rosedale Traditional.
• Moving both early-start (Cheam) and late-start (Chilliwack Middle) French Immersion programs to Rosedale Traditional.
• Moving late-start French Immersion from Vedder Middle to Mt. Slesse Middle.

Additional Changes:

• Redrawing boundaries to accommodate the new Rosedale elementary school.

Feedback from parents will assist in developing and guiding the draft proposal. Parents can submit questions and concerns through the form. The Chilliwack District Parent Advisory Council will compile and share them with the school district. Parents can also send feedback directly to SD33 communications manager Amy Dhanjal at communications@sd33.bc.ca; they are asked to kindly CC (carbon copy) dpac@sd33.bc.ca. When parents submit the form, it will not automatically collect details like a person’s name and email address unless people provide it themselves.

Chilliwack DPAC has posted a link to the survey on its Facebook page, though only approximately 1,600 members of the public are part of its Facebook group. With over 15,000 students in SD33, it’s not clear how DPAC plans to circulate the survey so that it reaches affected parents in SD33.