Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools Explained

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools
Native Name:	Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School district No. 734
Country:	Canada
Location:	6 St. Vital Avenue St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates:	53.6372°N -113.6325°W
Superintendent:	David Keohane
Chair Of The Board:	Rosaleen McEvoy
Free Label1:	Elected trustees
Free Text1:	Dave Caron Joan Crockett Jacquie Hansen Rosaleen McEvoy Cathy Proulx Noreen Radford Lauri-Ann Turnbull
Schools:	16^[1]
Budget:	CA$70.2^[2] million (2012/2013)
Students:	6,200

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools or Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 734 is a separate school board serving St. Albert, Morinville, and Legal, Alberta, Canada.

Quick facts

• Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools formed in 1995 after the amalgamation of three historic school jurisdictions. We are the 4th largest Catholic jurisdiction in Alberta.
• Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools was the first jurisdiction to offer a cyber school. St. Gabriel High School marks 14 years of success providing online learning opportunities for Alberta and overseas students.
• Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools was the first jurisdiction in Alberta to offer the highly acclaimed Learning Through the Arts program developed by the Royal Conservatory of Music.

2013 - 2014 School Year

• Superintendent: Mr. David Keohane
• Schools: 16 located in 3 municipalities (Morinville, Legal & St. Albert) with 1 outreach location (St. Albert)
• Students: 6000
• Teachers: 378 (371 in schools + 7 in district operations)
• Total Staff: 579 (552 in schools + 27 in district operations)
• Trustees: 7 (4 in St. Albert ward; 2 in Morinville ward; and 1 in Legal ward)
• Board Chair: Mrs. Joan Crockett
• Budget: $67.2 million

Board of trustees

• vacant – St. Albert Ward
• Joan Crockett – St. Albert Ward,
• Serena Shaw – St. Albert Ward
• Rosaleen McEvoy – St. Albert Ward, Vice Chair
• Cathy Proulx - Legal Ward
• Noreen Radford – Morinville Ward, Board Chair
• Rene Tremblay – Morinville Ward

Programs

• Kindergarten
• Pre-Kindergarten
• Faith Education
• French Immersion
• International Baccalaureate (IB)
• Learning Through the Arts
• Sports Academy

Schools

St. Albert:

• Albert Lacombe School
• Bertha Kennedy Catholic Community School
• Ecole Father Jan
• Ecole Marie Poburan
• J.J. Nearing Catholic Elementary School
• Neil M. Ross Catholic School
• Holy Family (formerly Vital Grandin) Catholic School
• Richard S. Fowler Junior High School
• Vincent J. Maloney Catholic Junior High School
• Ecole Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville
• St. Albert Catholic High School
• St. Gabriel High School
• Greater St. Albert Sports Academy

Legal:

• Legal School

Morinville:

• Ecole Notre Dame Elementary
• Georges H. Primeau Middle School
• Morinville Community High School

Alleged human rights violations

In October, 2009 it was reported that a man formerly employed by the district had filed a human rights complaint against the district.^[3] The man, Jan Buterman, claimed that in 2008 he had been removed from the district's substitute teaching list after he declared his intention to transition from a female to male. In a letter to Buterman dated October 14, 2008 the division's deputy superintendent, Steve Bayus stated "Since you made a personal choice to change your gender, which is contrary to Catholic teachings, we have had to remove you from the substitute teacher list."^[4] As of October 15, 2009, the Alberta Human Rights Commission had accepted Buterman's complaint.^[3]

2011 Morinville controversy

One anomaly of the school system in Alberta is that the Town of Morinville has only a public Catholic high school (part of the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division), and no secular or Protestant high schools of any kind, when the surrounding Sturgeon County, is a part of the public Sturgeon School Division.^[5] This led, in 2011, for non-Catholic parents to start an advocacy campaign to secularize education in Morinville.^{[6] [7]}

References

• http://www.gsacrd.ab.ca
• http://education.alberta.ca/parents/educationsys/factsheets.aspx

External links

• Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School district No. 734

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quick Facts. Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. 2010-04-10.
2. Web site: Budget Report For The Year Ending August 31, 2010. Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. 2009-11-30. 2010-04-10.
3. Web site: Story of the Oilers: Hanging out, hands in pockets, shirts not tucked in, goals against Edmonton Journal. Staples. David. Edmonton Journal. 2010-01-18. en. 2019-11-25.
4. Copy of Letter to Mr. Buterman - http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.edmontonjournal.com/news/2059641.bin
5. http://www.sturgeon.ab.ca/ Sturgeon School Division
6. News: In an Alberta town, parents fight for a secular education . Toronto . The Globe and Mail . March 5, 2011.
7. Web site: Parents want secular school. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110308033656/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Parents+want+secular+school/4393217/story.html. 2011-03-08.