District School Board of Niagara

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District School Board of Niagara
District School Board of Niagara Logo.png
Location
191 Carlton St
St. Catharines, ON
L2R 7P4
Canada
Coordinates 43°10′30″N79°14′50″W / 43.17511°N 79.24713°W / 43.17511; -79.24713
District information
School boardKate Baggott
Sue Barnett (Chair)
Nancy Beamer
Alex Bradnam (Vice Chair)
Lora Campbell
Jonathan ast
Elizabeth Klassen
Kevin Maves
Shannon Mitchell
Doug Newton
Dave Schaubel
Director of educationKelly Pisek [1]
Schools88 elementary
15 secondary [2]
District IDB66150 [3]
Students and staff
Students43,000 [4]
Other information
Website dsbn.org

The District School Board of Niagara (DSBN, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 22 prior to 1999 [5] ) is a school board in the public school system of Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara. Its head office is in St. Catharines. The DSBN operates schools in each of the twelve municipalities in the region. It employs close to 2,500 instructional staff to teach over 43,000 students in 97 elementary schools and 18 secondary schools. As of 2018, it was considered the top employer by number of employees in the Niagara Region. [6] DSBN offers high school level courses online through Desire2Learn (D2L).

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The board was created on January 1, 1998, as a result of the amalgamation of the Lincoln County Board of Education serving the boundaries of the former Lincoln County, and the Niagara South Board of Education which served the boundaries of the former Welland County.

Secondary schools

School nameStreet addressCommunityPostal
A. N. Myer Secondary School 6338 O'Neil Street Niagara Falls L2J 1M7
DSBN Academy 130 Louth Street St. Catharines L2S 2T4
Eastdale Secondary School170 Wellington StreetWellandL3B 1B3
Eden High School 535 Lake Street St. Catharines L2N 4H7
E.L. Crossley Secondary School 350 Highway #20 Fonthill L0S 1E0
Governor Simcoe Secondary School 15 Glenview AvenueSt. CatharinesL2N 2Z7
Greater Fort Erie Secondary School 1640 Garrison Road Fort Erie L2A 5M4
Laura Secord Secondary School 349 Niagara StreetSt. CatharinesL2M 4V9
Port Colborne High School 211 Elgin Street Port Colborne L3K 3K4
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School 101 Glen Morris Drive St. Catharines L2T 2N1
Stamford Collegiate Secondary School5775 Drummond RoadNiagara FallsL2G 4L2
St. Catharines Collegiate Secondary School34 Catherine StreetSt. CatharinesL2R 5E7
Thorold Secondary School 50 Ormond Street North Thorold L2V 1Z1
Welland Centennial Secondary School240 Thorold Road West Welland L3C 3W2
West Niagara Secondary School 5699 King Street Lincoln L0R 1B3
Westlane Secondary School 5960 Pitton RoadNiagara FallsL2H 1T5

Stamford Collegiate began as Drummond Grammar School in 1856, Drummondville High School in 1871, Niagara South High School in 1882 and Stamford in 1907. [7]

Former schools

Pelham District Secondary School (1949) began as a Pelham Continuation School in 1922 and closed in 1974. [8]

Thorold Fonthill High School opened in 1958 and became a senior public school in 1970 due to decline enrollment and as Glynn A Green Public School since 2011. [9]

Niagara District Secondary School was closed in 2010 and is now the site of the Royal Elite International Academy.

Fort Erie Secondary School and Ridgeway-Crystal Beach High School were closed and merged into a new school known as Greater Fort Erie Secondary School, in September 2017. [10]

Grimsby Secondary School and Beamsville District Secondary School were closed in 2022 and merged into a new school known as West Niagara Secondary School.

See also

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References

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  3. "Find a School Board". Ontario Ministry of Education. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. "DSBN Facts". District School Board of Niagara. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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  6. 2018 Niagara Region Annual Report
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  9. "Thorold-Fonthhill Time Capsule History Page".
  10. Vandervoet, Matthew (5 September 2017). "Smooth Start As Two High Schools Become One". District School Board of Niagara. Retrieved 24 June 2019.