Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools

Rutherford Planning

This page will provide updates on the process of reopening Rutherford Elementary.  

Background

  • On October 25, 2023, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Board of Education made the decision to reopen Rutherford Elementary School as of September 2025. A School Transition Working Group was created address issues associated with reopening the facility and provide the Board with recommendations about appropriate catchment boundaries for Rutherford and surrounding schools, and potential programming, if applicable, to ensure the long-term viability of the school.
  • On May 15, 2024, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public School’s Board of Education approved a recommendation to reopen Rutherford Elementary in September 2025.
  • On September 25, 2025, the Board of Education voted to approve the catchment boundary changes.

For the latest Rutherford Elementary reopening information and catchment boundary changes for September 2025 click here.

Past information pages, reports and presentations to the Board of Education

Proposed catchment boundary changes information page – June 2024

Read the report to the Board of Education.

Watch the video of the May 15, 2024 Board of Education meeting.

Presented at the October 11, 2023, Business Committee meeting:

If you have any questions or feedback regarding this project, please email RutherfordConsultation@sd68.bc.ca.