School District 35 Langley

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School District 35 Langley
British Columbia
Region	Metro/Coast
Board office location	Langley
Communities served	Aldergrove, Brookswood, Fort Langley, Langley City, Murrayville, Walnut Grove, Willoughby
Number of schools	44
Budget: CAD$ (millions)	134.7 (2005/6)
Student population: full-time equivalent	20,108
Superintendent:	Mr. Don Truscott (outgoing), Ms. Cheryle Beaumont (effective August 2006)
School District 35 Website

School District 35 Langley is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Langley Township, Langley City.

1 History
- 1.1 Langley Schools Music Project
2 Elementary Schools
3 Middle Schools
4 Secondary Schools
5 Other
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

The Langley School District is one of the earliest school districts in British Columbia. It was established on April 30, 1871 prior to British Columbia becoming part of Canada. The first teacher appointed to the Langley School board by the Province of British Columbia was Mr. William W. Gibbs on June 21, 1872. There were 30 students in the district that year.^[1]

In September 1905, grades 9 and 10 were taught in the district for the first time when a room was rented at the Billy Murray Hotel for 23 students.

The District's first permanent secondary school, Langley High School, was opened September, 1924. After 1948, the school was converted into Langley Central Elementary School, which continued to operate until it burned down in 1993.^[2]

[edit] Langley Schools Music Project

The school district gained some fame in 2001 with the re-release of The Langley Schools Music Project a collection of children's chorus recordings made from 1976-77 by Canadian music teacher Hans Fenger in the Glenwood Elementary School gymnasium. The students from Glenwood, South Carvolth, Lochiel and Wix-Brown performed unique versions of pop hits by the likes of The Beach Boys, David Bowie, and Paul McCartney. The recordings were quickly forgotten until a New Jersey radio DJ rediscovered them in 2000. He managed to get them released on Bar/None Records, and they immediately created an international buzz, making many end-of-the-year best album lists in 2001. VH-1 orchestrated a reunion of the students and their teacher in 2002, and aired a documentary as well.