The Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education is a Canadian public school district in

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History

CCRCE (originally CCRSB) was founded in 1996 under an

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passed by the

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pursuant to the "Designation of School Regions and Establishment of School Boards Regulations" made under Section 7 of the ''Education Act'' S.N.S. 1995-96, c. 1. This Order in Council created CCRCE (originally CCRSB) and dissolved the following entities: * Cumberland District School Board * Colchester-East Hants District School Board * Pictou District School Board Each of these were formed in the 1980s from municipal school boards. For example, the Colchester-East Hants District School Board was created from the Truro School Board, the Stewiacke School Board, the Colchester County School Board, and the East Hants District School Board.

2018 Dissolution

On January 23, 2018 education consultant Avis Glaze presented a report on the province's school system to government that included the recommendation that the seven elected regional school boards become regional education offices overseen by appointed provincial advisory council. On January 24, 2018, the provincial government announced it accepted the recommendation and the Halifax Regional School Board and six other school boards would be dissolved though no date for dissolution was then announced. The elected school board was dissolved on March 31, 2018.

Operational organization

CCRCE is operationally organized along county lines into regions that are termed "families of schools": * Celtic Region Family of Schools (

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) * Nova Region Family of Schools (southern Colchester County and

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) * Cobequid Region Family of Schools (central / northern Colchester County) * Chignecto Region Family of Schools (

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)

List of schools

Chignecto-Central Regional School Board coverage map

Celtic Region

Family of Schools Supervisor (FOSS) - Blair MacDonald * A.G. Baillie Memorial School * Dr. W.A. MacLeod Consolidated School * F.H. MacDonald Elementary School * G.R. Saunders Elementary School * McCulloch Education Centre * New Glasgow Academy *

North Nova Education Centre North Nova Education Centre (NNEC) is a Canadian high school in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. It serves roughly 1200 students from the eastern side of Pictou County. It is administratively part of the "Celtic Region" of the Chignecto-Central Regio ...

Northumberland Regional High School Northumberland Regional High School (NRHS) is a Canadian public high school located in Alma, Nova Scotia. Students that attend the school come from the western part of Pictou County, including the towns of Stellarton, and Westville. The school is ...

Pictou Academy Pictou Academy (PA), founded in 1815 by Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a grammar school; a liberal, nonsectarian degree-granting college; and then a secondary school. Pic ...

* Salt Springs Elementary School * Scotsburn Elementary School *

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Trenton Elementary School Trenton may refer to: Places Canada * Trenton, Nova Scotia, a town * Trenton, Ontario, an unincorporated community *CFB Trenton, a Canadian Forces Base near Trenton, Ontario United States *Trenton, New Jersey, the capital of the state of New Je ...

* Trenton Middle School * Walter Duggan Consolidated School *

West Pictou Consolidated School West Pictou Consolidated School (WPCS) is a Canadian public school serving the central-western part of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The school is located in the rural community of Lyons Brook. WPCS had 440 students enrolled in grades K-8 as of 2 ...

Chignecto Region

Family of Schools Supervisor (FOSS) - Vernon Taylor *

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* Amherst Regional High School *

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* E.B. Chandler Junior High School *

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* Northport Consolidated Elementary School *

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Parrsboro Regional Elementary School Parrsboro is a community located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A regional service centre for southern Cumberland County, the community is also known for its port on the Minas Basin, the Ship's Company Theatre productions, and t ...

Parrsboro Regional High School Parrsboro Regional High School also known as PRHS is a school located in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. PRHS consists of six grades- 7,8,9,10,11 and 12, with approximately 150 students and with 1 class per grade. PRHS is located on King Street i ...

Pugwash District High School Pugwash District High School (PDHS) is a secondary school located in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. PDHS is part of the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board The Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education is a Canadian public school district in N ...

* River Hebert District School * Spring Street Academy * Springhill Jr./Sr. High School * Spring Street Academy School * Wallace Consolidated School * West End Memorial School * West Highlands Elementary School

Cobequid Region

Family of Schools Supervisor (FOSS) - Marilyn Bruce * Bible Hill Consolidated School * Bible Hill Junior High School * Central Colchester Junior High School * Chiganois Elementary School * Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School *

Cobequid Educational Centre Cobequid Educational Centre (CEC) is a high school located in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. CEC serves not only the town of Truro, but rural areas in Central and West Colchester County. The school is one of the largest high schools in the province o ...

* Debert Elementary School * Great Village Elementary School * Harmony Heights Elementary School * North Colchester High School * North River Elementary School * Redcliff Middle School * Tatamagouche Regional Academy * Truro Middle School * Truro Elementary School * Valley Elementary School * West Colchester Consolidated School

Nova Region

Family of Schools Supervisor (FOSS) - Sharlene Whelan * Brookfield Elementary School * Cobequid District Elementary School * Elmsdale District Elementary School * Enfield District Elementary School * Hants East Rural High School *

Hants North Rural High School Hants may refer to: *Hampshire, a county in England, abbreviated Hants in print ** Mid Hants Watercress Railway, in Hampshire *Hants County, Nova Scotia, a Canadian county named for the English one **East Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district ** ...

* Hilden Elementary School * Kennetcook District Elementary School *

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* Rawdon District Elementary School * Riverside Education Centre * Shubenacadie District Elementary School * South Colchester Academy * Uniacke District School * Upper Stewiacke Elementary School * Winding River Consolidated Elementary School

References

External links

Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education website
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