Simcoe County District School Board Explained

Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB)
Region:Simcoe County, Ontario
Country:Canada
Location:1170 Highway 26 West
Midhurst, Ontario
L9X 1N6
Coordinates:44.4464°N -79.7485°W
Chair Of The Board:Jodi Lloyd
Director Of Education:John Dance
Free Label1:Elected trustees
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  • Donna Armstrong (Innisfil)
  • Peter Beacock (Oro-Medonte, Springwater)
  • Sarah Beitz (New Tecumseth)
  • Tyler Boswell (Midland, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny)
  • Debbie Connors (Bradford, West Gwillimbury)
  • Jodi Lloyd (Orillia, Ramara, Severn)
  • Beth Mouratidis (Barrie - Wards 4–6)
  • Robert North (Adjala-Tosorontio, Clearview, CFB Borden, Essa)
  • David O'Brien (Barrie - Wards 1–3)
  • Paula Jade Sandy (First Nation Communities)
  • Tanya Snell (Collingwood, Wasaga Beach)
  • Lisa-Marie Wilson (Barrie - Wards 7–10)
Schools:116 (14 Secondary, 87 Elementary, 9 Alternative Secondary, 6 Learning Centres)
Budget:CA$508.7 million (2011-12)
Students:50,000 (approx.)
Staff:6,000+
Motto:Your Future... Our Priority

Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 17 and Simcoe County Board Of Education prior to 1999[1]) 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.[2] 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.

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.[3] The SCDSB also employs over 6,000 employees.[2]

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,[4] and enrollments as of 2022 are as follows:.

SCDSB secondary schools
NameLocationEnrollment1-year ranking of 7395-year ranking of 630
1,464[5] 440 265
1,097[6] 391 335
1,550[7] 420 354
1,220[8] 149 228
1,399[9] 180 303
1,265[10] 440 352
411[11] 406 457
881[12] 620 NA
1,624[13] 440 352
NA[14] NA NA
1,224[15] 530 427
Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School682[16] 542 442
Orillia Secondary SchoolOrillia1,147[17] 261 N/A
314[18] 687 564
766[19] 642 531

Former secondary schools

Barrie Central Collegiate Institute, founded in 1843, closed in 2016.[20]

Park Street Collegiate, closed in 2015.

Orillia District Collegiate Vocational Institute, closed in 2015.

Penetanguishene Secondary School, opened in 1966, closed in 2016.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ontario Regulation 107/08. e-Laws. Government of Ontario. 15 April 2014.
  2. Web site: About Us. SCDSB. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121123235726/http://scdsb.on.ca/About%20Us/Pages/About-Us.aspx. 23 November 2012. April 26, 2016.
  3. Web site: School Search - Simcoe County District School Board . www.scdsb.on.ca . 9 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Peter Cowley . Joel Emes . Report Card on Ontario’s Secondary Schools 2020 . School Rankings . . June 16, 2020 . 51, 57–58 . 2020.
  5. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Banting Memorial High School.
  6. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Barrie North Collegiate.
  7. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Bear Creek Secondary School.
  8. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Bradford District High School.
  9. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Collingwood Collegiate Institute (CCI).
  10. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Eastview Secondary School.
  11. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Elmvale District High School.
  12. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Georgian Bay District Secondary School.
  13. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Innisdale Secondary School.
  14. Web site: Maple Ridge Secondary School . May 24, 2023.
  15. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Nantyr Shores Secondary School].
  16. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School.
  17. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Orillia Secondary School.
  18. Web site: About Us . April 2, 2022 . Stayner Collegiate Institute.
  19. Web site: About us . April 2, 2022 . Twin Lakes Secondary School.
  20. Web site: School’s out forever at some Simcoe County schools. June 1, 2017. Shane MacDonald . Alliston Herald. June 15, 2020.