OTTAWA-CARLETON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

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 group 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 trustee. Upon formation, the Board elects two of its members to the positions of chair and vice-chair in order to oversee the Board's operation. In addition to the twelve elected trustees two student trustees are chosen to act as the Board's liaisons to its student population.
The unofficial, unauthorized OCDSB site is at http://ato.smartcapital.ca/mac

Contents

History

Schools and Programs

Finances

Demographics

See also

Notes

External link

History

The creation the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board board was the result of the mergers between the Ottawa Board of Education and Carleton Board 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 comprised of 147 school sites (117 elementary, 25 secondary including the Adult High School and five secondary alternate sites). Schools within the OCDSB provide English with Core French, Alternative, Early French Immersion, Middle French Immersion, Late French Immersion, and Gifted programs. ^[1]

Finances

The OCDSB has a budget of $634.8 million for the 2007-2008 school year.

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, 2006 totalled 69,376.17 full-time equivalent (FTE) students (43,556.93 elementary and 25,819.24 secondary).
The District has 2,729.32 full-time equivalent (FTE) elementary teachers and 1,659.00 secondary teachers, as of October 31, 2006. During that period of time the number of principals and vice-principals totals 239.67 (FTE). In addition to the full time teachers, approximately 2,117 teachers are on the District's occasional teachers list as well as 2,104.19 administrative and support staff (FTE) of whom 1,864.90 work in the schools.

See also

★ List of English public schools in Ottawa

★ List of Ottawa, Ontario schools

★ Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board

★ Education in Canada

Notes

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External link

★ OCDSB website

★ uncensored OCDSB website