Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
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The Ottawa Carleton District School Board refers to both the school board responsible for the operation of all English public schools in the city of Ottawa, Ontario and its governing body. Like most school boards the OCDSB (acronymous title) is administered by a gruop of democratically elected trustees and one director appointed by the board itself.
Every four years, a general election is held within each of Ottawa's school zones to appoint a new tustee. Upon formation, the baord elects two of its members to the postions of chair vice-chair in order to oversea the board's operation. In addition to the twelve elected tustees two student trustees are chosen to act as the board's liaisons to its student population.
History
The creation the Ottawa Carleton District School Board board was the result of the mergers between the Ottawa, Vanier, Rockcliffe and Carleton Boards of Education due to the amalgamation of the city of Ottawa. The headquarters of the new agency are located in Nepean, at the former headquarters of the Carleton Board of Education.
Schools and Programs
The OCDSB is comprosed of 149 school sites (119 elementary, 30 secondary including the Adult High School and five secondary alternate sites). Schools within the board provide English with Core French, Early French Immersion, Middle French Immersion and Late French Immersion programs.
Secondary schools
- A. Y. Jackson Secondary School (Ottawa)
- Adult High School
- Bell High School
- Brookfield High School
- Cairine Wilson Secondary School
- Canterbury High School
- Colonel By Secondary School
- Earl of March Secondary School
- Glebe Collegiate Institute
- Gloucester High School
- Hillcrest High School
- John McCrae Secondary School
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute
- Merivale High School
- Nepean High School
- Osgoode Township High School
- Ottawa Technical Learning Centre
- Rideau High School
- Ridgemont High School
- Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School
- Sir Robert Borden High School
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
- South Carleton High School
- West Carleton Secondary School
- Woodroffe High School
Finances
The board had a budget of $576.7 million for the 2004-2005 school year.[1]
Demographics
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario serving students within a 2,760 square kilometre area of the city of Ottawa. The OCDSB is the seventh largest District by school population in the province of Ontario. Enrolment as of October 31, 2005 totalled 69,382 full-time students (43,556 elementary and 25,826 secondary).[1]
The board has 2,648 full-time elementary teachers and 1,642 secondary teachers, as of October 31, 2005. During that peorind of time the number of principals and vice-principals totaled at 245. In addition to full time teachers, approximately 2,270 teachers are on the boards occasional teachers list as well as have 2,206 administrative and support staff.[1]
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