Etobicoke Board of Education

The Etobicoke Board of Education was the secular school district serving Etobicoke, Ontario, headquartered in the Etobicoke Civic Centre.[1] In 1998 it merged into the Toronto District School Board.

In June 1966 the district had over 50,000 students.[2]

In its lifetime the district had offered continuing education programs. After an increasing in advertising of the programs, by January 1988 the district's programs had an increase of students.[3]

History

In January 1985 65 secretaries in elementary schools of the district went on strike. At the time the Etobicoke secretaries earned $11.07 hourly or $387.52 weekly, while Toronto Board of Education secretaries earned $11.96 hourly or $418.49 weekly.[4]

In April 1990 the district increased its tax rate by 9.9 percent, meaning each Etobicoke homeowner would be paying $130 more in school taxes. At the time, the district had a $202.3 million operating budget.[5]

In 1991 the district was attempting to have its early French immersion program closed effective 1992.[6]

Schools

The following schools of the Etobicoke Board of Education were transferred to and remain active with the TDSB

The following schools of the board were transferred or sold to the MSSB (some were sold outright years later, see below):

Leasing of campuses to separate board

As of 1989, the Etobicoke Board of Education leased two secondary school and five elementary schools to the Metropolitan Separate School Board or MSSB (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board).[7]

Since 1985 the MSSB had used a leased Etobicoke School Board building near Bloor Street West and Royal Oak Road, calling it Josyf Cardinal Slipyj Catholic School.The school had Eastern Rite Catholicism classes and Ukrainian language heritage classes.[8] In 1989 the district stated that it planned to close Cardinal Josyf Slipyj in July 1990, when the lease with the MSSB was scheduled to expire, and reopen it as Sunnylea Junior School. The Etobicoke board stated that south Etobicoke neighborhoods have a shortage of classrooms, so it wants to use the school building. Surveys from the board projected that Sunnylea would have 200 students in 1994. Area Catholic residents expressed opposition to the proposal.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "School Boards in Ontario." (Archive) Ministry of Education of Ontario. January 1996. Retrieved on July 25, 2013. "Civic Centre Court, Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 2B3"
  2. ↑ "Etobicoke Board of Education Manager of Data Processing." (job avdertisement listing) The Financial Post. June 4, 1966. p. 26. Retrieved from Google News (26 of 40) on July 25, 2013. "T. D. Boone, Director of Education, 540 Burnhamthorpe Road, Etobicoke, Ontario."
  3. ↑ Anderson, Sandy. "School board still accepting students for continuing education programs." Toronto Star. January 19, 1988. Neighbors p. W15. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ "65 secretaries strike against school board." Toronto Star. January 1, 1985. News A6. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ Byrne, Caroline. "Education taxes in Etobicoke drop below double digits." Toronto Star. April 19, 1990. Neighbors section, p. W2. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Funston, Mike. "Etobicoke parents confident of saving French program." Toronto Star. April 25, 1991. News p. A6. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ainsworth, Lynne. "Etobicoke Catholics vow fight over school." Toronto Star. December 17, 1989. News p. E7. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
  8. ↑ Thompson, Allan. "Etobicoke board to reclaim school from Catholics." Toronto Star. June 29, 1989. News p. A7. Retrieved on July 25, 2013. "The Metro separate board has been using the building, near Royal York Rd. and Bloor St W., since 1985. Josyf Cardinal Slipyj Catholic School has offered Ukrainian-language heritage classes and Catholic instruction in the Eastern Rite."

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