District School Board Ontario North East

District School Board Ontario North East
Board office location Schumacher, Ontario
Board identifier B28002
Communities served Hearst, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Timmins, Schumacher, South Porcupine, Matheson, Kirkland Lake, Elk Lake, Englehart, Thornloe, New Liskeard, Haileybury, Temagami
Number of schools 24 elementary
9 secondary
1 alternate education
2014-15 budget (CAD$ million) 121.3 million
Number of students 4413 elementary students
3121 secondary students
7534 students total [1]
Chair of the Board Doug Shearer
Director of Education Linda Knight
Elected Trustees 11
www.dsb1.ca

District School Board Ontario North East (DSB1; DSB Ontario North East; known as English-language Public District School Board No. 1 prior to 1999[2]) is an Ontario English public school board serving Northeastern Ontario from Hearst to Temagami. It covers an extensive area of 25,000 square kilometres.[1] Their corporate slogan is, "The best that education has to offer." The corporate office is located in Schumacher at 153 Croatia Avenue and a secondary office is located in New Liskeard at 198022 River Road.

The school board offers English, French Immersion and Alternate Education programming, including the Early Learning Kindergarten Program with full-day junior and senior kindergarten programs in every elementary school since 2000.[1] The board also has a strong online learning community through e-Learning Ontario of the Ontario Ministry of Education.

Schools

District School Board Ontario North East operates 34 schools (24 elementary, 9 secondary, 1 alternate education).

Elementary

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Secondary

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Alternate Education

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Administration

Name Position
Linda Knight Director of Education
Pearl Fong-West Superintendent of Business/Finance and Treasurer
Michelle Leigh Superintendent of Schools - Timmins Area
Jo-Anne Plaunt Superintendent of Schools - Kirkland Lake to Temagami
Paul Langis Acting Superintendent of Schools - Hearst to Matheson

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Trustees

These are the elected trustees, serving a 4-year mandate ending on November 30, 2018.

Trustee Area Served
Doug Shearer (Chair) Temiskaming Shores, Temagami, Elk Lake and area
Bob Brush (Vice-Chair) Timmins
Howard Archibald First Nations Trustee
Heather Bozzer Timmins
Bruce Cutten Temiskaming Shores, Temagami, Elk Lake and area
Dennis Draves Cochrane
Tom Henderson Englehart
Wayne Major Kapuskasing, Hearst
Peter Osterberg Timmins
Rosemary Pochopsky Kirkland Lake
Saunders Porter Iroquois Falls, Matheson
Jenna Belanger (Student Trustee) Timiskaming District Secondary School
Kara McDowell (Student Trustee) Timmins High & Vocational School

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See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2013 Director's Annual Report" (PDF). District School Board Ontario North East. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. "Elementary Schools". District School Board Ontario North East. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. "Secondary Schools". District School Board Ontario North East. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. "Alternate Education Schools". District School Board Ontario North East. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. "Contact Information". District School Board Ontario North East. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. "Board of Trustees". District School Board Ontario North East. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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Coordinates: 48°28′29″N 81°17′19″W / 48.4748°N 81.2887°W