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The Toronto Board of Education (TBE; commonly known as School District 15), officially known as the Board of Education for the City of Toronto, is the former secular school district serving the pre-merged city of
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
. The board offices were located at 155 College Street.City of Toronto Council and Committees School Board Lands
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. City of Toronto. March 26, 1999. Retrieved on July 23, 2013. "The TDSB administrative capital management strategy identifies the former Toronto Board of Education's facility at 155 College Street as the main headquarters of the new School Board, for its sole use."
Following a referendum in 1900, the Toronto Board of Education was created in 1904 from the merger of the Toronto Public School Board, the Collegiate Institute Board, and the Technical School Board. As of December 1996, the TBE operated 169 schools and had over 4,800 teachers and principals and about 78,000 full-time students and over 250,000 continuing education and adult students. At one time the board operated educational programs for Francophone students. The ''
Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto The Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto, commonly known as CÉFCUT (English: Metropolitan Toronto French School Board), is a former public secular education, secular French language, French first language school di ...
'' (CEFCUT) assumed control of French-language education in the Toronto area on 1 December 1988.Behiels, Michael D. ''La francophonie canadienne: renouveau constitutionnel et gouvernance scolaire'' (Issue 12 of Collection Amérique française, ).
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"Le Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto (CEFCUT), le 1er décembre 1988, s'établit dans un climat beaucoup moins acrimonieux qu'à Ottawa-Carleton. Jusqu'en 1987, les conseils scolaires de Toronto, North York et Scarborough ainsi que leurs CCLF gèrent les classes et les écoles de langue française qui accueillent près de 1700 élèves."
In 1998 the TBE merged into the
Toronto District School Board The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), formerly known as English-language Public District School Board No. 12 prior to 1999, is the English-language public-secular school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The minority public-secular franco ...
(TDSB). At that point, 155 College Street became solely used as the board headquarters of the TDSB. The building was subsequently sold to the
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and the TDSB moved its headquarters to 5050 Yonge Street, formerly the headquarters of the North York Board of Education.


Preceding School Boards

The Board of Education for the City of Toronto was created by the merger of the Toronto Public School Board, the Collegiate Institute Board, and the Technical School Board following a municipal referendum in 1900.


The Collegiate Institute Board

The Collegiate Institute Board was created in 1807 to oversee what we would now call secondary schools. Unlike the Toronto Public School Board whose trustees were elected, the Collegiate Institute Board was appointed. In its earliest years, Bishop Strachan influenced appointments, but starting in 1841 trustees were appointed by the provincial executive government and by municipal council from 1853-1904.Dean H.J. Grasset
is most associated with the board, having served on the board for ten years. Until the late 1880s the board was only responsible for one school, but this changed with the annexation of Parkdale in 1889, leading the Parkdale High School to be renamed the Jameson Avenue Collegiate Institute, and the construction of
Harbord Collegiate Institute Harbord Collegiate Institute (HCI or Harbord) is a public secondary school located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is located in the Palmerston-Little Italy-Annex neighbourhood, situated on the north side of Harbord Street, betw ...
in 1892. The addition of schools meant that the Toronto High School was renamed the
Jarvis Collegiate Institute Jarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after Jarvis Street where it is located. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to 1998, it was within the Toronto Board of Education (T ...
in 1890, though the school did not move to its current location until 1924.


The Technical School Board

The Technical School Board was created to oversee a single school, the Toronto Technical School. Classes were first offered in 1892 in
St. Lawrence Hall St. Lawrence Hall is a meeting hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at the corner of King Street East and Jarvis Street. It was created to be Toronto's public meeting hall home to public gatherings, concerts, and exhibitions. Its main featur ...
, but when enrollment exceeded expectations they were moved to Old Wycliffe Hall, now part of the University of Toronto campus. In 1901, classes were moved to the
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due to growing enrollment. Finally, the school moved to its current location in 1915 and is now known as the
Central Technical School Central Technical School (CTS or Central Tech) is a Canadian composite high school in Toronto, Ontario. The school is run by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB); before 1998, it was run by the Toronto Board of Education (TBE). Central Tech ...
due to the construction of addition technical schools in the board. Members of the Technical School Board were also appointed but by a different process than members of the Collegiate Institute Board. Members of the Technical School Board were appointed by municipal council, the Architectural Guild, the Trades and Labour Council, and the Association of Stationary Engineers. After amalgamation in 1904, members of the board became part of a special committee of the Toronto Board of Education. Dr. A.C.McKay was an early champion of technical education.


Schools


Secondary schoolsSecondary Schools
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Toronto Board of Education. November 12, 1997. Retrieved on July 23, 2013.

* Jarvis Collegiate * Parkdale Collegiate * Harbord Collegiate *
Central Technical School Central Technical School (CTS or Central Tech) is a Canadian composite high school in Toronto, Ontario. The school is run by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB); before 1998, it was run by the Toronto Board of Education (TBE). Central Tech ...
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Danforth Collegiate & Technical Institute Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute (known as Danforth CTI, DCTI, or Danforth), formerly Danforth Technical School and Riverdale Branch Technical School is a secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the east of the ci ...
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Forest Hill Collegiate Forest Hill Collegiate Institute (FHCI) is a semestered public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood. Having about 900 students and 55 teachers, it is part of the Toronto District School Board. ...
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Lakeview Secondary School Lakeview Secondary School (LSS, Lakeview), formerly East End High School is a Toronto District School Board public and vocational high school facility that was formerly operated as a secondary school by the Toronto Board of Education from 1967 unti ...
(closed 1989) *
Le Collège français Le Collège français (LCF) is a French-language high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada part of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde. Prior to 1998, the school was part of the Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto (CEFCUT ...
(transferred to CEFCUT in 1988) *
Northern Secondary School Northern Secondary School (often referred to as Northern Secondary, Northern, or NSS) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It teaches grades 9 through 12. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to Amalgama ...
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West Park Secondary School West Park Secondary School (WPSS, West Park), originally known as West Park Vocational School is a Toronto District School Board public high school facility that operated as a regular school from 1968 to 1988 by the Toronto Board of Education f ...
(closed 1988) *
Central Commerce Collegiate Central Toronto Academy (CTA); formerly Central Commerce Collegiate Institute and originally High School of Commerce and Finance is a public, semestered secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbo ...


Primary schoolsElementary Schools
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Toronto Board of Education. November 12, 1997. Retrieved on July 23, 2013.

*Adam Beck P.S. *Blake Street P.S. *Blythwood P.S. *Charles G. Fraser P.S. *Jackman Avenue P.S. *Keele Street P.S. *Kew Beach P.S. *Mountview Alternative P.S. *Rosedale P.S. *Runnymede P.S. *Whitney P.S. *Wilkinson P.S. *D'Arcy P.S. (formerly
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) - Became the D'Arcy Street Education Office of the
Toronto District School Board The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), formerly known as English-language Public District School Board No. 12 prior to 1999, is the English-language public-secular school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The minority public-secular franco ...
D'Arcy Street Education Office
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Archive
Toronto District School Board The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), formerly known as English-language Public District School Board No. 12 prior to 1999, is the English-language public-secular school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The minority public-secular franco ...
. December 2, 1998. Retrieved on July 23, 2013.
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Island Public/Natural Science School The Island Public/Natural Science School (also called Island PNSS, IPNSS or Island) is a primary school located on Centre Island in the Toronto Islands in the Old Toronto region of Toronto, Canada. It is operated by the Toronto District School Bo ...


References


Further reading


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