Central Quebec School Board
The Central Quebec School Board is an English-language school board in the province of Quebec, Canada, with its headquarters at 2046 Chemin Saint-Louis, Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, Quebec City).
History
In 1997, the Quebec government abolished denominational school boards, adopting linguistic school boards instead. Born out of the Eastern Quebec Regional School Board, Greater Quebec School Board, Mauricie School Board and the Saguenay "P" School Board, it has sprouted from their denominational origins, also incorporating English-language schools from other school boards.
Schools
Central Quebec School Board comprises the following schools:
- A.S. Johnson Memorial School and St. Patrick Elementary School, in Thetford Mines;
- Dollard-Des-Ormeaux School, in Courcelette;
- Jimmy Sandy Memorial School, in Kawawachikamach, Quebec (Schefferville);
- La Tuque High School, in La Tuque;
- MacLean Memorial School (formerly Chibougamau Protestant School), in Chibougamau;
- Mauricie English Elementary School and Three Rivers Academy in Trois-Rivières;
- Shawinigan High School in Shawinigan;
- Portneuf Elementary School in Cap-Santé;
- Riverside Regional Elementary School and Riverside Regional High School (formerly St. Patrick's and Saguenay Valley Schools) in Jonquière (Saguenay);
- Valcartier Elementary School in St-Gabriel-De-Valcartier;
- Everest, Holland and Ste-Foy elementary schools; St. Patrick High School and Quebec High School, and St-Vincent School, located in the metropolitan Quebec City area or Sainte-Foy.
The school board also comprises the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre, which dispenses education to adults in Ste-Foy.
Other
Enrollment is small comparatively to French-language school boards in the administrative regions where the schools are located; some remote schools have student populations of under 100; the largest schools have nearly 600 students.
Because of the small number of English-speaking students in the area served by the school board, its schools are spread hundreds of kilometres apart. Some schools, as in Jonquière or Valcartier, serve Canadian Forces bases; the school board also has students of the Naskapi Nation in northern Quebec under its care.
The school board holds an annual basketball tournament, which is held at a member school, generally in Quebec City but sometimes elsewhere.
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Coordinates: 46°21′36″N 72°32′53″W / 46.36000°N 72.54806°W