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Western Québec School Board
Western Québec School Board (WQSB, french: Commission scolaire Western Québec) is an English-language school district based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. " Western Québec School Board. Retrieved on December 15, 2014. "15 Katimavik Gatineau Québec J9J 0E9" It was formerly a Protestant school district. The chairperson is James Shea, and the director general is Mike Dubeau. History The WQSB was created by a series of amalgamations of smaller school boards. In 1998, when Québec's religious school boards were replaced by linguistic boards, seven English-language schools formerly designated as Roman Catholic were transferred to the WQSB. School boards in Québec had been organized along confessional lines, Roman Catholic Church, Catholic and Protestant, since before Canadian Confederation.Schools The board operates th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |