Simcoe County District School Board

Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB)
Location
1170 Highway 26 West
Midhurst, Ontario
L0L 1X0
1-705- 728-7570 or 1-905-729-2265
Simcoe County, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 44°26′47″N 79°44′55″W / 44.44642°N 79.74853°W / 44.44642; -79.74853Coordinates: 44°26′47″N 79°44′55″W / 44.44642°N 79.74853°W / 44.44642; -79.74853
District information
Chair of the board Peter Beacock
Director of education Kathi Wallace
Schools 110 (17 Secondary, 85 Elementary, 7 Learning Centres)
Budget CA$508.7 million (2011-12)
Students and staff
Students 50,000 (approx.)
Other information
Elected trustees Jodi Lloyd (Orillia, Severn, Ramara and Tay)
Wayne Clements (Adjala-Tosorontio and Essa)
Pam Hodgson (Midland, Penetanguishene, Wasaga Beach, and Tiny)
Krista Mayne (Barrie - Wards 5 and 6)
Suzanne Ley (Barrie - Wards 1-4)
Donna Dasilva (New Tecumseth & Bradford West Gwillimbury)
Christine Williams (Barrie - Wards 7-10)

Annie Chandler (Collingwood and Clearview)
Peter Beacock (Oro-Medonte & Springwater)
Donna Armstrong (Innisfil)
Website www.scdsb.on.ca

Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 17 prior to 1999[1]) is an Ontario English speaking public school board, serving Simcoe County. The schools and learning centres are branched throughout 4,800 square kilometres in Simcoe County. This Central Ontario setting is bordered by the Holland Marsh in the south, the Trent-Severn Waterway in the east, Grey County in the west and Muskoka in the north.

Mission

The mission of the Simcoe County District School Board, serving diverse growing urban and rural communities in the Huronia, Nottawasaga and Georgian Bay regions, is to ensure students reach their full potential to become responsible and contributing members of an ever-changing global society through quality programs which develop the skills of lifelong learning in a safe, caring environment enhanced by community support.

Staff and Students

The SCDSB currently has over 50,000 students in 87 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools and 7 adult learning centres.[2] The SCDSB also employs over 6,000 employees.[3]

Budget

The SCDSB is funded by the Ministry of Education for the Province of Ontario. Funding for the year ending August 2012 totals some $508,762,274. This is broken down by 18 major funding lines including Pupil Foundation Grant (252.5 M), School Foundation Grant (34.4 M), Special Education Grant (66.7 M), Language Grant (6.5 M), FNMI Grant (1.2 M), Learning Opportunities Grant (4.0 M), Safe School Supplement (0.9 M), Program Enhancement Grant (1.0 M), Continuing Education Grant (2.6 M), Cost Adjustment/ Teacher Qualifications (38.8 M), Student Transportation Grant (18.8 M), Declining Enrolment Adjustment (2.6 M), School Board Administration and Governance (13.1 M), School Operations Allocation (44.7 M), School Renewal Allocation (6.7), Interest Expense (11.8 M), Non-Permanently Financed Capital Debt (2.0 M). These amounts are further broken down by the Ministry of Education, many with restrictions on their use, and others that are locally managed. Funding for the 2012-13 school year is projected to be approximately 2.4 million dollars less than 2011-12, due to the province's focus on containing costs in order to address a 16 billion dollar deficit. Unlike all other levels of government, school boards are not allowed to maintain any long term operational deficits.

S.C.D.S.B high school rankings

Enrollments updated May 2015, not according to Fraser institute.

Secondary school enrollment and Fraser Institute provincial rankings[4] are as follows:

SCDSB secondary schools
Name Location Enrollment 1-year ranking of 727 5-year ranking of 693
Banting Memorial High School Alliston 1584 161 246
Barrie Central Collegiate Institute Barrie 800 445 523
Barrie North Collegiate Institute Barrie 1000 105 301
Bear Creek Secondary School Barrie 1486[5] 330 397
Bradford District High School Bradford 1090 92 365
Collingwood Collegiate Institute Collingwood 1050 392 418
Eastview Secondary School Barrie 1444[6] 253 281
Elmvale District High School Springwater 404[7] 497 515
Innisdale Secondary School Barrie 1700 612 523
Midland Secondary School Midland 700 672 606
Nantyr Shores Secondary School Innisfil 1100 557 559
Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School Angus 790 N/A N/A
Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute Orillia 955 92 281
Orillia Park Street Collegiate Orillia 0 330 463
Penetanguishene Secondary School Penetanguishene 356[8] 513 578
Stayner Collegiate Institute Clearview 382[9] 530 493
Twin Lakes Secondary School Orillia 900 392 426

Zones

Controversy

King Edward Public School

The Ministry of Education has released a report that upholds the King Edward Public School accommodations review process. The accommodations review resulted in the Simcoe County District School Board’s decision to close the aging Barrie school by September 2008. King Edward was designated as “prohibitive to repair” by the Ministry of Education after province-wide inspections in 2003.

In response to a request by individuals in the King Edward community, the Ministry of Education appointed Dave Cooke, an independent facilitator, to review the three-year process that led to the Board’s closure decision. The facilitator met with the King Edward Accommodations Review Task Force members, other community members, trustees, and staff during the summer.

A Ministry of Education press release noted that the facilitator “determined that the board did follow its board-approved accommodation review policy as well as the intent of the McGuinty government’s Good Places to Learn initiative.” In addition, the release states that the facilitator “made recommendations for the board to improve its accommodation review process, but also determined that the outcome of the review of King Edward would not have changed under a different process.”

SCDSB Associate Director Lou Brandes agreed that it is time to proceed with next steps. “David Cooke's review has validated our Accommodation Task Force Review process as well as the integrity and the inclusiveness of the work of the committee members,” he says. “Transition teams made up of principals, staff and parents from King Edward, Allandale Heights Public School and Assikinack Public School communities will be continuing to work with their communities over the next two years in preparation of the transfer of students to their new locations in September 2008.”

The decision to close the school was made on April 26, 2006, nearly three years after the Ministry of Education conducted province-wide school inspections and deemed the school to be “prohibitive to repair”.

The “prohibitive to repair” designation is made when the cost of renewing the school building surpasses 65% of the cost of the replacement value of the existing building.

As a result of receiving this designation, the Simcoe County District School Board followed the procedures set out in Board Policy 2313, School Closure and Consolidation. The King Edward Accommodations Review Task Force Committee was formed in November 2003 to begin the accommodations review process and make recommendations for Board consideration.

Schools

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.scdsb.on.ca/About%20Us/Pages/About-Us.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.scdsb.on.ca/About%20Us/Pages/About-Us.aspx
  4. ↑ "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2011" (PDF). Fraser Institute. May 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Bear Creek Secondary School. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Eastview Secondary School. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Elmvale District High School. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  8. ↑ "About Us". Penetanguishene Secondary School. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  9. ↑ "About Us". Stayner Collegiate Institute. Retrieved 2015-05-23.

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