Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools or Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 734 is a separate school board serving St. Albert, Morinville, and Legal, Alberta, Canada.

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools
Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School district No. 734
Location
6 St. Vital Avenue
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Canada
Coordinates53°38′14″N 113°37′57″W
District information
SuperintendentDavid Keohane
Chair of the boardRosaleen McEvoy
Schools16[1]
BudgetCA$70.2[2] million (2012/2013)
Students and staff
Students6,200[1]
Other information
Elected trusteesDave Caron
Joan Crockett
Jacquie Hansen
Rosaleen McEvoy
Cathy Proulx
Noreen Radford
Lauri-Ann Turnbull
Websitewww.gsacrd.ab.ca

History

Quick facts
  • Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools formed in 1995 after the amalgamation of three historic school jurisdictions. We are the 4th largest Catholic jurisdiction in Alberta.
  • Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools was the first jurisdiction to offer a cyber school. St. Gabriel High School marks 14 years of success providing online learning opportunities for Alberta and overseas students.
  • Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools was the first jurisdiction in Alberta to offer the highly acclaimed Learning Through the Arts program developed by the Royal Conservatory of Music.

2013 - 2014 School Year

  • Superintendent: Mr. David Keohane
  • Schools: 16 located in 3 municipalities (Morinville, Legal & St. Albert) with 1 outreach location (St. Albert)
  • Students: 6000
  • Teachers: 378 (371 in schools + 7 in district operations)
  • Total Staff: 579 (552 in schools + 27 in district operations)
  • Trustees: 7 (4 in St. Albert ward; 2 in Morinville ward; and 1 in Legal ward)
  • Board Chair: Mrs. Joan Crockett
  • Budget: $67.2 million

Board of trustees
  • vacant – St. Albert Ward
  • Joan Crockett – St. Albert Ward,
  • Serena Shaw – St. Albert Ward
  • Rosaleen McEvoy – St. Albert Ward, Vice Chair
  • Cathy Proulx - Legal Ward
  • Noreen Radford – Morinville Ward, Board Chair
  • Rene Tremblay – Morinville Ward

Programs
  • Kindergarten
  • Pre-Kindergarten
  • Faith Education
  • French Immersion
  • International Baccalaureate (IB)
  • Learning Through the Arts
  • Sports Academy

Schools

St. Albert:

  • Albert Lacombe School
  • Bertha Kennedy Catholic Community School
  • Ecole Father Jan
  • Ecole Marie Poburan
  • J.J. Nearing Catholic Elementary School
  • Neil M. Ross Catholic School
  • Holy Family (formerly Vital Grandin) Catholic School
  • Richard S. Fowler Junior High School
  • Vincent J. Maloney Catholic Junior High School
  • Ecole Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville
  • St. Albert Catholic High School
  • St. Gabriel High School
  • Greater St. Albert Sports Academy

Legal:

  • Legal School

Morinville:

Alleged human rights violations

In October, 2009 it was reported that a man formerly employed by the district had filed a human rights complaint against the district.[3] The man, Jan Buterman, claimed that in 2008 he had been removed from the district's substitute teaching list after he declared his intention to transition from a female to male. In a letter to Buterman dated October 14, 2008 the division's deputy superintendent, Steve Bayus stated "Since you made a personal choice to change your gender, which is contrary to Catholic teachings, we have had to remove you from the substitute teacher list."[4] As of October 15, 2009, the Alberta Human Rights Commission had accepted Buterman's complaint.[3]

2011 Morinville controversy

One anomaly of the school system in Alberta is that the Town of Morinville has only a public Catholic high school (part of the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division), and no secular or Protestant high schools of any kind, when the surrounding Sturgeon County, is a part of the public Sturgeon School Division.[5] This led, in 2011, for non-Catholic parents to start an advocacy campaign to secularize education in Morinville.[6][7]

References
  1. "Quick Facts". Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  2. "Budget Report For The Year Ending August 31, 2010" (PDF). Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  3. Staples, David (2010-01-18). "Story of the Oilers: Hanging out, hands in pockets, shirts not tucked in, goals against | Edmonton Journal". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  4. Copy of Letter to Mr. Buterman - http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.edmontonjournal.com/news/2059641.bin
  5. Sturgeon School Division
  6. "In an Alberta town, parents fight for a secular education". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. March 5, 2011.
  7. "Parents want secular school". Archived from the original on 2011-03-08.
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