Simcoe County District School Board

Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 17 prior to 1999[2]) is an Ontario, Canada, English speaking public school board, serving Simcoe County. The schools and learning centres are branched throughout 4,800 square kilometres in Simcoe County.[3] 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.[3]

Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB)
Location
1170 Highway 26 West
Midhurst, Ontario
L9X 1N6
Simcoe County, Ontario

Canada
Coordinates44.44642°N 79.74853°W / 44.44642; -79.74853
District information
MottoYour Future... Our Priority
Chair of the boardJodi Lloyd
Director of educationSteve Blake[1]
Schools116 (14 Secondary, 87 Elementary, 9 Alternative Secondary, 6 Learning Centres)
BudgetCA$508.7 million (2011-12)
Students and staff
Students50,000 (approx.)
Staff6,000+
Other information
Elected trusteesDavid O'Brien (Barrie, Wards 1-3)

Donna Armstrong (Innisfil & Bradford West Gwillimbury)
Peter Beacock (Oro-Medonte & Springwater (Chairperson))
Lisa-Marie Wilson (Barrie Wards 7-10)
Tanya Snell (Collingwood and Wasaga Beach)
Rob North (Adjala-Tosorontio Clearview, Essa & CFB Borden)
Sarah Beitz (New Tecumseth)
Jodi Lloyd (Orillia, Ramara)
Vacant (Midland, Tay, Severn)
Beth Mouratidis (Barrie Wards 4-6)

P.J Sandy (First Nation Communities)
WebsiteOfficial website

Staff and students

The SCDSB currently has over 50,000 students in 87 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools, 9 alternative secondary schools and 6 adult learning centres.[4] 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.

High school rankings

Secondary school Fraser Institute provincial rankings as of 2019,[5] and enrollments as of 2020 are as follows:.

SCDSB secondary schools
Name Location Enrollment 1-year ranking of 739 5-year ranking of 630
Banting Memorial High SchoolAlliston1370[6]440265
Barrie North Collegiate InstituteBarrie1091[7]391335
Bear Creek Secondary SchoolBarrie1533[8]420354
Bradford District High SchoolBradford1098[9]149228
Collingwood Collegiate InstituteCollingwood1392[10]180303
Eastview Secondary SchoolBarrie1356[11]440352
Elmvale District High SchoolSpringwater388[12]406457
Georgian Bay District Secondary SchoolMidland751[13]620NA
Innisdale Secondary SchoolBarrie1608[14]440352
Nantyr Shores Secondary SchoolInnisfil1171[15]530427
Nottawasaga Pines Secondary SchoolAngus760542442
Orillia Secondary School Orillia 1079[16]261N/A
Stayner Collegiate InstituteClearview383[17]687564
Twin Lakes Secondary SchoolOrillia761[18]642531

Former secondary schools

Barrie Central Collegiate Institute, founded in 1843, closed in 2016.[19]

King Edward Public School controversy

The Ministry of Education has released a report that upholds the King Edward Public School accommodations review process.[20] 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. "SCDSB announces Steve Blake as new Director of Education". Simcoe County District School Board. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. "About Us". SCDSB. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  4. "School Search - Simcoe County District School Board". www.scdsb.on.ca. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. Peter Cowley; Joel Emes (2020). "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2020" (PDF). School Rankings. Fraser Institute. pp. 51, 57–58. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. "About Us". Banting Memorial High School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. "About Us". Barrie North Collegiate. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  8. "About Us". Bear Creek Secondary School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  9. "About Us". Bradford District High School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  10. "About Us". Collingwood Collegiate Institute (CCI). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  11. "About Us". Eastview Secondary School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  12. "About Us". Elmvale District High School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  13. "About Us". Georgian Bay District Secondary School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  14. "About Us". Innisdale Secondary School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  15. "About Us". Nantyr Shores Secondary School]. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  16. "About Us". Orillia Secondary School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  17. "About Us". Stayner Collegiate Institute. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  18. "About us". Twin Lakes Secondary School. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  19. Shane MacDonald (June 1, 2017). "School's out forever at some Simcoe County schools". Alliston Herald. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  20. "Newsroom : Ministry Receives Report From Independent Facilitator". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
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