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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,

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, since before

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Schools

The board operates the following schools: *Buckingham Elementary School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Buckingham) *Chelsea Elementary School (Chelsea, QC) * D'Arcy McGee High School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Aylmer) *Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School (Shawville, QC) *Dr. Wilbert Keon School *Eardley Elementary School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Aylmer) *G. Théberge School *Golden Valley School *Greater Gatineau Elementary School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Gatineau) *Hadley Junior High School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Hull) *Lord Aylmer School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Aylmer) *Maniwaki Woodland School (Maniwaki, QC) *Namur Intermediate School (Namur, QC) *

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*Onslow Elementary School *

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(Gatineau, QC; Secteur Hull) *Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Hull) *Poltimore Elementary School (Val-des-Monts, Qc; Secteur Poltimore) * Pontiac High School (Shawville, QC) *Queen Elizabeth Elementary School *South Hull Elementary School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Aylmer) *St. John's/John Paul II School * St. Michael's High School (Low, QC) *Symmes Junior High School (Gatineau, QC; Secteur Aylmer) *Wakefield Elementary School (La Peche, QC; Secteur Wakefield)

References

External links

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* Education in Gatineau School districts in Quebec Quebec English School Boards Association {{Quebec-school-stub