Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Board office location	Ottawa, Ontario
Board identifier	B66184
Number of schools	117 elementary schools 25 high schools[1] 5 secondary alternative sites
2009-2010 budget (CAD $ millions)	$706.35[1]
Number of students	ca. 72,565
Elected Trustees	Shirley Seward Rob Campbell Cathy Curry Pam FitzGerald Bronwyn Funiciello Mark Fisher Katie Holtzhauer Theresa Kavanagh Jennifer McKenzie Donna Blackburn Lynn Scott John Shea
Student Trustees	Emma Squires Wilson Zhang
http://www.ocdsb.ca

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) refers to both the institution 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 is administered by a group of elected trustees and one director selected and appointed by the Board itself. Additionally, annually, two student trustees are selected per provincial regulation.

Every four years, within the context of the Ottawa municipal elections, an election is held within each of Ottawa's twelve trustee electoral zones to elect each trustee. Following election and annually thereafter, the Board of Trustees holds its organizational meeting, where the Board membership elects two of its members to the positions of chair and vice-chair of the Board. Chairs and membership of each of the Board's committees are also determined as part of the organizational meeting. In addition to the twelve trustees, two student trustees are elected by their peers, providing opportunities for the student body to become informed and involved in Board governance.

History

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board was created on 1 January, 1998 in accordance with Ontario provincial government legislation including merging of the former adjacent Carleton Board of Education and the Ottawa Board of Education. The headquarters of the amalgamated school district is located at the former headquarters of the Carleton Board of Education at Nepean.

Historically, and to this day, the OCDSB is one of the very few school boards in Ontario with an advisory council on the arts providing input and annual reports to the Board of Trustees.

In 2009-2010 the OCDSB tried to shutdown the Alternative program, a group of Students and Parents from Lady Evelyn Alt teamed up with a trustee and won the Review.

Schools and programs

The OCDSB is has 147 school sites (117 elementary, 25 secondary including the Adult High School, plus five secondary alternate sites). Schools within the OCDSB provide English with Core French, Alternative, Early French Immersion, Middle French Immersion, Late French Immersion, Special Education, IEP's and Gifted programs. ^[1]

Finances

The OCDSB has an operating budget of $784.8 million for the 2010-2011 school year. In 2007, the school busses belonging to the OCDSB and the co-terminus catholic school board were taken over by a new corporation: The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (See external link, below)

Demographics

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario, serving students within the City of Ottawa, covering an area of 3,760 square kilometres. The OCDSB is the seventh largest district by school population in the province of Ontario. Enrolment as of October 31, 2007 totalled 72,388 students (47,099 elementary and 25,455 secondary).^[1]

The District has 2,711 full-time equivalent (FTE) elementary teachers and 1,337 secondary teachers, as of October 31, 2007, with 238 principals and vice-principals. In addition to the full-time teachers, approximately 2,494 teachers are on the district's occasional teachers list. The OCDSB also has 2,059 administrative and support staff of whom 1,817 work in the schools.^[1]

The trustee is now Rob Cambell.

See also

Ottawa portal

• Schools of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• List of schools in Ottawa
• Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
• Education in Canada
• Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation

Notes

1. ^ "Strategic Directions – A Report to the Community – Fall 2007" (Press release). Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. http://www.ocdsb.ca/Documents/OCDSB_Publications/Final_RTTC.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11. 

External links

• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA)

Coordinates: 45°19′56″N 75°46′48″W / 45.3322°N 75.7800°W / 45.3322; -75.7800