Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 25 prior to 1999[3]) 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.

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Location
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45.3322°N 75.7800°W
District information
Chair of the board	Lynn Scott
Director of education	Camille Williams-Taylor
Schools	111 elementary schools 25 secondary schools 5 secondary alternative program sites[1]
Budget	CA$974.3 million (2018-2019) [2]
District ID	B66184
Other information
Elected trustees	Lynn Scott Christine Boothby Donna Blackburn Wendy Hough Rob Campbell Chris Ellis Jennifer Jennikens Keith Penny Lyra Evans Justine Bell (appointed Feb 12, 2020 to replace Erica Braunovan) Mark Fisher Sandra Schwartz
Student trustees	Charles Chen Joy Liu
Website	www.ocdsb.ca

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 133 Greenbank Road, 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 shut down the Alternative program, a group of Students and Parents from Lady Evelyn Alt teamed up with a trustee and won the Review.

In 2017 a family was awarded approximately $3,000 after winning a lawsuit against the OCDSB over the board's failure to take a student's complaints about bullying seriously.[4]

In 2018 two former students filed lawsuits against the OCDSB for failing its "legal duty to provide for the safety of its students".[5]

In 2019 an investigation was launched to look into what ultimately resulted in three sex offense charges against OCDSB teacher Majed Turk in July 2020. The alleged incidents occurred between September and November 2019. [6]

Schools and programs

The OCDSB 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 program.[7]

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 chair of the OCDSB is Lynn Scott.

Trustees

The following is a list of trustees elected to the school board since its creation.

Election	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4	Zone 5	Zone 6	Zone 7	Zone 8	Zone 9	Zone 10	Zone 11	Zone 12
1997	Lynn Scott	Jim Libbey	Norm MacDonald	Alex Getty	Patty Anne Hill	Russ Jackson	Pam Morse	Sheryl MacDonald^1	Lynn Graham	Albert Chambers	Andrew Lam	Cynthia Bled
2000				Margaret Lange^4	Myrna Laurenceson					Joan Spice	Brian Gifford	David Moen
2003					Alex Getty	Bronwyn Funiciello	Greg Laws ^5				Riley Brockington
								David Primeau^1
2006		Cathy Curry^2	Alex Getty^3		Pam FitzGerald			John Shea	Rob Campbell	Jennifer McKenzie
			Mark Fisher^3	Douglas Lloyd^4			Pam Morse ^5
2010			Donna Blackburn	Theresa Kavanagh			Mark Fisher				Shirley Seward	Katie Holtzhauer
		Christine Boothby^2
2014					Anita Olsen Harper	Chris Ellis		Keith Penny	Shawn Menard	Erica Braunovan^6		Sandra Schwartz
2018				Wendy Hough	Rob Campbell		Jennifer Jennekens		Lyra Evans		Mark Fisher
										Justine Bell^6

Notes

1. ^ MacDonald resigned to run in the 2006 Orléans Ward by-election and was replaced by David Primeau in January 2006.[8]
2. ^ Boothby replaced Curry who resigned in 2012.[9]
3. ^ Fisher replaced Getty who died in 2009. [10]
4. ^ Lloyd replaced Lange who was appointed as the Canadian Trade Commissioner in Buffalo in March 2008. [11]
5. ^ Morse replaced Laws who moved to Toronto in December 2008.[12]
6. ^ Bell replaced Braunovan in February 2020.[13] Braunavon resigned December 31, 2019.[14]

See also

• Schools of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• List of schools in Ottawa
• Ottawa Catholic School Board
• Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation
• List of school districts in Ontario
• List of high schools in Ontario

Notes

1. "2019–2020 School Directory" (PDF). OCDSB.ca. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
2. "2018-2018 Director's Annual Report to the Community" (PDF). OCDSB.ca. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
4. "Family who successfully sued school board over bullying claims shares story | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
5. "Former students sue board over alleged abuse by music teacher | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
6. "OCDSB teacher charged with sex offences | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
7. "Strategic Directions – A Report to the Community – Fall 2007" (PDF) (Press release). Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Retrieved November 2007. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
8. "School board chooses new board member". Ottawa Citizen. 17 January 2007. p. B3. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
9. "Huge turnover at school board". Ottawa Citizen. 13 September 2004. p. A3. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
10. "Anyone's race to win in Zone 3". Ottawa Citizen. 22 October 2010. p. C3. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
11. "Lloyd picked as school board trustee". Ottawa Citizen. 19 March 2008. p. C2. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
12. "Former trustee resumes Zone 7 seat". Ottawa Citizen. 3 December 2008. p. C5. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
13. "New trustee appointed to Ottawa-Carleton District School Board". ottawamatters.com. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
14. "School trustee Erica Braunovan announces resignation". Ottawa Citizen. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

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