The Etobicoke Board of Education (EBE commonly known as School District 12), officially known as the Board of Education for the City of Etobicoke is the former public-

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board administering the schools of

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

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, headquartered in the

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. In 1998, it was merged into the

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. The former EBE offices remain in use today by the TDSB as the West Education Office.

History

The Etobicoke Board of Education was formed in 1949. Around that period the district had over 50,000 students. The board expanded through the mergers of three small lakeside municipalities — the Village of Long Branch, the Town of New Toronto, and the Town of Mimico — to form the borough of Etobicoke in 1967. In its lifetime the district had offered continuing education programs. After an increasing in advertising of the programs, by January 1988 the district's programs had an increase of students. In January 1985 65 secretaries in elementary schools of the district went on strike. At the time the Etobicoke secretaries earned $11.07 hourly or $387.52 weekly, while

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secretaries earned $11.96 hourly or $418.49 weekly. In April 1990 the district increased its tax rate by 9.9 percent, meaning each Etobicoke homeowner would be paying $130 more in school taxes. At the time, the district had a $202.3 million operating budget. In 1991 the district was attempting to have its early French immersion program closed effective 1992.

Schools

The following schools of the Etobicoke Board of Education were transferred to and remain active with the TDSB *

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* Central Etobicoke High School (formerly Westway High School) * Elmbanks Junior Middle Academy *

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(formerly Royal York Collegiate Institute, 1953-1982) *

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(formerly Long Branch Public School) * John English Junior Middle School (formerly

Mimico High School Mimico High School (MHS) is a former public secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It served the Mimico neighborhood in Etobicoke. The school was opened in 1924 by the Mimico Board of Education and joined the Etobicoke Board of Education in ...

) *

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(formerly New Toronto Secondary School) *

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North Albion Collegiate Institute North Albion Collegiate Institute (abbreviated as North Albion CI, NACI or North Albion) is a high school in the Etobicoke area of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Toronto District School Board. Prior to 1998, it was part of ...

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The following schools of the board were transferred or sold to the MSSB (some were sold outright years later, see below): *

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(vacant since 2006, sold 2012) * Douglas Park Public School * Heatherbrae Middle School (sold 2004) *

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* Kellier Mackay Collegiate Institute (sold 1983) *

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* Queensway Public School (closed 1969, demolished 1990s) *

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(closed 1990, demolished 1996) *

Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute (Vincent Massey, VMCI, or Massey) is a Toronto District School Board facility that was previously operated as public secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was operated by the Etobicoke Board of Educ ...

* Vincent Massey Public School (formerly Daisy Avenue Public School c. 1929 and now 68 Daisy Avenue as Vincent Massey Childcare Centre)) * West Deane Public School

Leasing of campuses to separate board

In 1986, 9 of the 10 Etobicoke trustees rejected the Metropolitan Separate School Board or MSSB (now the

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)'s application to lease the Parkview Junior School. The MSSB wanted 400 students of the Christ the King School to attend classes at the campus. EBE had also leased three secondary school sites and five elementary school properties to the MSSB.Ainsworth, Lynne.
Etobicoke Catholics vow fight over school
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''. December 17, 1989. News p. E7. Retrieved on July 25, 2013. Since 1985 the MSSB had used a leased Etobicoke School Board building near Bloor Street West and Royal Oak Road, calling it Josyf Cardinal Slipyj Catholic School. The school had Eastern Rite Catholicism classes and

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heritage classes.Thompson, Allan.
Etobicoke board to reclaim school from Catholics
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''. June 29, 1989. News p. A7. Retrieved on July 25, 2013. "The Metro separate board has been using the building, near Royal York Rd. and Bloor St W., since 1985. Josyf Cardinal Slipyj Catholic School has offered Ukrainian-language heritage classes and Catholic instruction in the Eastern Rite." In 1989 the district stated that it planned to close Cardinal Josyf Slipyj in July 1990, when the lease with the MSSB was scheduled to expire, and reopen it as Sunnylea Junior School. The Etobicoke board stated that south Etobicoke neighborhoods have a shortage of classrooms, so it wants to use the school building. Surveys from the board projected that Sunnylea would have 200 students in 1994. Area Catholic residents expressed opposition to the proposal.

History

Schools

Leasing of campuses to separate board

References

Further reading