Amid the long-running challenge of overcrowding in Surrey schools, the school district is piloting a hybrid-learning program for secondary students this fall, while the B.C. government says it is adding hundreds of new student seats to three elementary schools in the district.

The pilot, announced last December, will offer online and in-person class options to students in Grades 10 to 12 in the province's largest school district. 

"Students will attend some blocks in class with their teacher and …