Understanding SD43

SD43 explained

What a Port Moody family needs to know about SD43: registering your child, report cards, catchment lines, the money and the vote.

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Where does SD43's money come from?
The school tax on your bill, the provincial grant and what the board actually controls.
Why do Port Moody schools open full?
How BC funds new schools and the growth numbers Port Moody is carrying.
How to vote in Port Moody 2026
Dates, registration, ID, mail ballots and your two trustee votes.

Starting school

SD43 key dates for 2026-27
The first day, every break and the pro-D days with no class, from the board-approved calendar.
Registering your child in SD43
Where to register and which documents you need, plus the dates the kindergarten window opens.
Port Moody catchment changes
Which neighbourhoods moved for September 2026, with a map and who it applies to.
Getting to school in SD43
What families do to get kids to school since there is no yellow bus here.
MyEdBC in SD43
Where to log in, where report cards live, the 90-day password trap and who fixes a locked account.
School fees, and what is actually free
What must be free by law, what schools may charge for and the hardship rule most parents never hear about.
How to read a BC report card
The four proficiency levels in the ministry's own words, why Proficient is the goal and where letter grades still exist.

Where does SD43's money come from?
How the school tax on your bill relates to the provincial grant that does most of the funding and which parts the board actually controls.
What does a school trustee actually do?
What trustees govern, what they legally cannot do and how the board works.

Why do Port Moody schools open full?
How BC funds new schools and the growth numbers Port Moody is carrying.
Every planned school project in Port Moody
A status board for all seven projects, including the ones still waiting on the province.

Lockdown, hold and secure, explained
The four protocols, who activates each one and how parents find out.

How to vote in Port Moody 2026
Dates, registration, ID, mail ballots and your two trustee votes.
Who is running for SD43 trustee?
The official candidate list for all four communities, incumbents and new candidates marked.

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By Jessica Morrison, SD43 School Trustee Candidate · Updated August 23, 2026