Etobicoke Board of Education

Board of Education for the City of Etobicoke
District 12
Board of Education for the City of Etobicoke District 12
Location
	1 Civic Centre Court, Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 2B3Canada
District information
Established	1949
Closed	December 31, 1997
Chair of the board	Suzan Hall
District ID	EBE

Last updated July 29, 2024

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-secular school board administering the schools of Etobicoke, Ontario, headquartered in the Etobicoke Civic Centre.^[1] In 1998, it was merged into the Toronto District School Board. 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.^[2] 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 has offered continuing education programs. Furthermore, it had 52 elementary schools, nine of which included the French Immersion Program.^[3] After an increasing in advertising of the programs, by January 1988 the district's programs had an increase of students.^[4]

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 Toronto Board of Education secretaries earned $11.96 hourly or $418.49 weekly.^[5]

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.^[6]

In 1991 the district was attempting to have its early French immersion program closed effective 1992.^[7]

Schools

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

Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute
Central Etobicoke High School (formerly Westway High School)
Elmbanks Junior Middle Academy
Etobicoke Collegiate Institute
Etobicoke School of the Arts (formerly Royal York Collegiate Institute, 1953-1982)
James S. Bell Junior Middle School (formerly Long Branch Public School)
John English Junior Middle School (formerly Mimico High School)
Kipling Collegiate Institute
Lakeshore Collegiate Institute (formerly New Toronto Secondary School)
Martingrove Collegiate Institute
North Albion Collegiate Institute
Richview Collegiate Institute
Silverthorn Collegiate Institute
Thistletown Collegiate Institute
West Humber Collegiate Institute

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

Alderwood Collegiate Institute (vacant since 2006, sold 2012)
Douglas Park Public School
Heatherbrae Middle School (sold 2004)
Humbergrove Secondary School
Kellier Mackay Collegiate Institute (sold 1983)
Kingsmill Secondary School
Queensway Public School (closed 1969, demolished 1990s)
High Park School, Toronto (closed 1990, demolished 1996)
Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute
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 Toronto Catholic District School Board)'s application to lease the Parkview Junior School.^[8] The MSSB wanted 400 students of the Christ the King School to attend classes at the campus.^[9] EBE had also leased three secondary school sites and five elementary school properties to the MSSB.^[10]

For a brief period in 1985, the MSSB occupied the Sunnylea Junior School building near Bloor Street West and Royal Oak Road, calling it Josyf Cardinal Slipyj Catholic School. The school had Eastern Rite Catholicism classes and Ukrainian language heritage classes.^[11] The board had evicted the MSSB from the Sunnylea building when the lease expired in July 1990 it stated that south Etobicoke neighborhoods have a shortage of classrooms, so it wanted 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. Later the Slipyj school was relocated to the West Deane Junior School building which was closed in 1984.^[10]

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References

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↑ Kostyniuk, Susi; DISTRICTS, REALTOR specializing in SCHOOL. "Best Etobicoke Schools | SUSI Rankings" . Retrieved 2023-09-06.
↑ Anderson, Sandy. "School board still accepting students for continuing education programs." Toronto Star . January 19, 1988. Neighbors p. W15. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
↑ "65 secretaries strike against school board." Toronto Star . January 1, 1985. News A6. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
↑ Byrne, Caroline. "Education taxes in Etobicoke drop below double digits." Toronto Star . April 19, 1990. Neighbors section, p. W2. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
↑ Funston, Mike. "Etobicoke parents confident of saving French program." Toronto Star . April 25, 1991. News p. A6. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
↑ Livesey, Bruce. "Christ the King move stalled again as public school board refuses to rent." Toronto Star . June 10, 1986. Neighbors p. W11. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.
↑ Livesay, Bruce. "School politics endangers health of 400 children." Toronto Star . June 17, 1986. Neighbors p. W4. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.
1 2 Ainsworth, Lynne. "Etobicoke Catholics vow fight over school." Toronto Star . December 17, 1989. News p. E7. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.
↑ Thompson, Allan. "Etobicoke board to reclaim school from Catholics." Toronto Star . 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."