East York Board of Education (EYBE), officially the Board of Education for the Borough of East York is a former school board which administered the school district of the

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. As of 1990, it was the smallest school board in

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''. February 27, 1990. News p. A6. Retrieved on July 25, 2013. "Metro's smallest board of education wants to highlight the history, geography economics and culture of Pacific Rim countries in an effort to raise student awareness of the important role Asia will play in Canada's future." In 1998, the EYBE was dissolved, its administration transferred to the

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. The headquarters of the school board was located on 840 Coxwell Avenue attached to R.H. McGregor Elementary School and was sold to

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in 2011.

History

In 1965 the district presented a resolution to the Ontario Public School Trustees' Association asking the Canadian federal government to install a Ministry of Education; the association supported the proposal. In 1992 the district board of trustees did not take action on a plan to install

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machines at the district high schools. In 1993 the school board banned '' The Valour and the Horror'' from most classrooms, saying that it had reservations about the series' accuracy. As of September 11, 1993 it was the only board in

to take a public stance on the series. The last term of trustees, from 1994 to 1998, had a number of budding politicians within its ranks. These included Gail Nyberg who has gone on to administer the

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who would later serve as a city councilor and run, unsuccessfully as Mayor of Toronto and the future leader of the

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Schools

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* Middle ** Cosburn Middle School ** Westwood Middle School * Elementary ** R.H. McGregor Elementary School ** Chester Elementary School ** William Burgess Elementary School

Curriculum

In 1990 the district planned to offer classes teaching

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and

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(Archive) {{Authority control Former school districts in Ontario 1936 establishments in Ontario 1997 disestablishments in Ontario

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