{"id":5,"date":"2021-02-18T23:10:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:55:15","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jm5j-37c4e5386eadd1a948a8a83d8bdae7ec\">\n.flex_column.av-jm5j-37c4e5386eadd1a948a8a83d8bdae7ec{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-jm5j-37c4e5386eadd1a948a8a83d8bdae7ec av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-hlq1-825c48696a8f300f95ec14db339207e3\">\n.avia-image-container.av-hlq1-825c48696a8f300f95ec14db339207e3 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-hlq1-825c48696a8f300f95ec14db339207e3 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-hlq1-825c48696a8f300f95ec14db339207e3 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-624 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-624 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/CourtenayEl-About-Us.jpg\" alt='' title='Welcome to Courtenay Elementary School'  height=\"1280\" width=\"747\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/CourtenayEl-About-Us.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/CourtenayEl-About-Us-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/CourtenayEl-About-Us-601x1030.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/courtenay-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/CourtenayEl-About-Us-411x705.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-gtup-c82df1483161ae09faeea2e31e067ca8\">\n.flex_column.av-gtup-c82df1483161ae09faeea2e31e067ca8{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-gtup-c82df1483161ae09faeea2e31e067ca8 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kodcih0r-517b795fa105b68f641975bbf98411cc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>About Us<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Opened in <strong>1953<\/strong> as <strong>Courtenay West School<\/strong> to replace <strong>Courtenay Central School<\/strong>. Operated as <strong>Courtenay West School<\/strong> for a brief period while <strong>Courtenay Central School<\/strong> was still in operation. 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