Toronto Catholic District School Board

For French language Catholic schools in Toronto, see Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.

Toronto Catholic District School Board
Board office location	80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Board identifier	B67059
Number of schools	168 elementary schools 31 high schools 2 arts schools[1]
2011-2012 budget (CAD $ millions)	$1,050.0[2]
Number of students	61,016 elementary students 30,625 secondary students[3]
Chair of the Board	Ann Andrachuk
Director of Education	Ann Perron
Elected Trustees	12
http://www.tcdsb.org/

The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) is the publicly-funded Catholic school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, headquartered in North York.^[4] It is one of the two English boards of education in the City of Toronto, serving the former municipalities of Scarborough, North York, York, East York, Toronto and Etobicoke. With over 91,000 students, the TCDSB is one of the largest school boards in Canada and second in North America (the other being New York City Department of Education in the United States.)^{[citation needed]}

History

Prior to 1998, the Metropolitan Separate School Board was the governing body of all publicly-funded Roman Catholic schools in Toronto. In 1998 the board was reorganised, resulting in the separation of English and French language schools, the latter of which are now part of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. The resulting board was named the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

Schools

The Toronto Catholic District School Board governs 201 schools in the Toronto area: 30 secondary schools, 168 elementary schools, and 3 schools that combine both secondary and elementary grades.^[1]

Trustees

Ward	Trustee	Ward Name
Ward 1	Peter Jakovcic	Etobicoke
Ward 2	Ann Andrachuk	Etobicoke
Ward 3	Sal Piccininni	North York
Ward 4	Patrizia Bottoni	North York
Ward 5	Mario Rizzo	North York
Ward 6	Frank D'Amico	York
Ward 7	John Del Grande	Scarborough/North York
Ward 8	Tobias Enverga Jr.	Scarborough
Ward 9	Jo-Ann Davis	Toronto
Ward 10	Barbara Poplawski	Toronto
Ward 11	Angela Kennedy	East York/Toronto
Ward 12	Nancy Crawford	Scarborough
Student Trustee	Natalie Rizzo

Combined schools

• Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts (Grades 7-12)
• Francis Libermann (Grades 7-12)
• St. Michael's Choir (Grades 3-12)

Secondary schools

Archbishop Romero St. Basil-the-Great Bishop Allen Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Blessed Mother Teresa Brebeuf College School Cardinal Newman Chaminade Dante Alighieri Don Bosco

Father Henry Carr Father John Redmond James Cardinal McGuigan Jean Vanier St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Morrow Park Loretto Abbey Loretto College Madonna Marshall McLuhan

St. Mary's Mary Ward Michael Power/St. Joseph Monsignor Fraser College Monsignor Percy Johnson Neil McNeil Notre Dame St. Patrick's Pope John Paul II Senator O'Connor

Elementary schools

St. Agatha St. Agnes St. Aidan St. Albert All Saints St. Alphonsus St. Ambrose St. Andrew St. Angela Annunciation St. Anselm St. Anthony St. Antoine St. Augustine St. Barbara St. Barnabas St. Bartholomew St. Bede St. Benedict St. Bernardl Blessed John XXIII Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Blessed Margherita of Cittá di Castello Blessed Sacrament Blessed Trinity St. Bonaventure St. Boniface St. Brendan St. Brigid St. Bruno Canadian Martyrs Cardinal Leger St. Catherine St. Cecilia St. Charles St. Charles Garnier Christ the King St. Clare St. Clement St. Columba St. Conrad Sts. Cosmas and Damian St. Cyrill D'Arcy McGee St. Demetrius St. Denis The Divine Infant St. Dominic Savio St. Dorothy St. Dunstan St. Edmund Campion St. Edward St. Elizabeth St. Elizabeth Seton Epiphany of Our Lord St. Eugene

Father Serra St. Fidelis St. Florence St. Francis de Sales St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis Xavier St. Gabriel St. Gabriel Lalemant St. Gerald St. Gerard Majella St. Gregory St. Helen St. Henry Holy Angels Holy Child Holy Cross Holy Family Holy Name Holy Redeemer Holy Rosary Holy Spirit St. Ignatius of Loyola Immaculate Conception Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Isaac Jogues James Culnan St. James St. Jane Frances St. Jean de Brebeuf St. Jerome St. Joachim St. John St. John Bosco St. John the Evangelist St. John Vianney St. Josaphat[5] (Ukr. Catholic) St. Joseph Josyf C. Slipyj[6] (Ukr. Catholic) St. Jude St. Kevin St. Lawrence St. Leo St. Louis St. Luigi St. Luke St. Malachy St. Marcellus St. Margaret St. Marguerite Bourgeoys St. Maria Goretti St. Mark St. Martha St. Martin de Porres St. Mary St. Mary of the Angels St. Matthew

St. Matthias St. Maurice St. Maximilian St. Michael Msgr. J. Corrigan St. Monica Mother Cabrini Nativity of Our Lord St. Nicholas St. Nicholas of Bari St. Norbert Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Grace Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of Peace Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of the Assumption Our Lady of Victory Our Lady of Wisdom St. Paschal Baylon St. Paul St. Philip Neri St. Pius X Pope Paul VI Precious Blood Prince of Peace St. Raphael St. Raymond Regina Mundi St. Rene Goupil St. Richard St. Rita St. Robert St. Roch St. Rose of Lima Sacred Heart Santa Maria St. Sebastian Senhor Santo Christo St. Simon Stella Maris St. Stephen St. Sylvester St. Teresa St. Theresa Shrine St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas More St. Timothy Transfiguration St. Ursula Venerable John Merlini St. Victor St. Vincent de Paul St. Wilfrid

School Bus Transportation

The following service providers have been contracted by the school board:^[7]

• Altug Transportation
• Attridge Transportation
• First Student Canada
• McCluskey Transportation Services
• Stock Transportation
• Toronto Transit Commission

Uniforms

Uniforms are mandatory for students at the secondary level and elementary starting in the Fall 2011.^[8] In 2010 some elementary schools starting implementing use of uniforms. ^[9]

Trustees

The TCDSB has 12 wards and 12 trustees and 1 student trustee (who is not entitled to vote). The Chair of the Board, the Vice-Chair and the Honourary Treasurer are elected at the inaugural meeting of the Board, and serve for one year. As of December 2010, Ann Andrachuk serves as chair and Jo-Ann Davis serves as vice-chair. Trustees are paid $18,500 a year in salary and can claim up to $18,000 for expenses.

Controversies

Enrolment of non-Catholics

While Catholic high schools are funded by the provincial crown, making them open to any students who wish to attend, elementary schools do not have to enroll non-Catholic students. Many argue that the practice of fully funding separate schools exclusively for the Catholic faith is discriminatory to other religions (i.e.the United Nations has twice chastised the province for this policy). Supporters of the current Catholic education system point out that it has existed, in some form or another, since Confederation, and that the Constitution Act, 1867, enshrines the right to government-funded religious education to all Catholics. The opposition, however, argues that this is an appeal to tradition and point to other provinces in Canada which amended the constitution to abolish Catholic school funding.

Government funding

Recently, the issue of government funding for religious schools has become a major political issue (see Ontario general election, 2007), with PC Party Leader John Tory supporting an extension of funding to all religious schools, Dalton McGuinty's Liberals and Howard Hampton's NDP supporting the status quo, and Frank de Jong's Greens alone calling for elimination of public funding for all religious schools (including Catholic Schools).

Trustee spending scandal

The board was embroiled in controversy in May 2008 when a report commissioned by the provincial government uncovered spending abuses by certain trustees, including charges for meals, promotional materials, and prohibited benefits.^[10][11] Provincial supervisor Norbert Hartmann was appointed to oversee administration of the board as a result.^[12]

See also

	Toronto portal
	Schools portal
	Catholicism portal

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto
• Toronto District School Board
• Conseil scolaire Viamonde
• Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

References

1. ^ ^{a b} TCDSB Alphabetical School Directory
2. ^ http://www.tcdsb.org/trustees/Agendas/Special%20Board,%202011-06-07/Budget%20Estimates%202011-2012%20Board%20Budget%20Meeting%20June%207,%202011.pdf
3. ^ http://www.tcdsb.org/about%20us/default.htm
4. ^ "About Us." Toronto Catholic District School Board. Retrieved on March 11, 2011. "Administrative Offices: Toronto Catholic District School Board 80 Sheppard Avenue East, North York, ON M2N 6E8"
5. ^ see Josaphat Kuntsevych
6. ^ see Josyf Slipyj
7. ^ Toronto Catholic District School Board school bus providers
8. ^ http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/?BottomVideo=148215#bottomcarousel
9. ^ http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/?BottomVideo=148215#bottomcarousel
10. ^ ParentCentral.ca - Education - Catholic board cuts 85 teachers
11. ^ http://www3.thestar.com/static/PDF/080508_EPTCreport.pdf
12. ^ http://www.tcdsb.org/homePage/EDU%20-%20Minister%20to%20parents%20re%20TCDSB%20-%20June%204%2008.pdf