Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

{{Infobox school district

| name = Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

| logo = OCDSB_Logo.svg

| country = Canada

| location = Ottawa, Ontario

| coordinates = {{coord|45.3322|N|75.7800|W|type:edu_region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| chair_of_the_board = Lyra Evans

| director_of_education = Pino Buffone

| free_label2 = Student trustees

| free_text2 = Emma Hong
Malaika Kamanzi{{cite web | url=https://www.ocdsb.ca/student_portal/student_trustees | title=Student Trustees }}

| accreditations =

| schools = 113 elementary schools
25 secondary schools
5 secondary alternative program sites{{cite web |title=2019-2020 Director's Annual Report to the Community

|url=https://ocdsb.ca/about_us/annual_reports |website=OCDSB.ca |publisher=Ottawa-Carleton District School Board |access-date=27 November 2021 |ref=1}}

| budget = CA$974.3 million (2018-2019){{cite web |title=2018-2018 Director's Annual Report to the Community |url=https://ocdsb.ca/UserFiles/Servers/Server_55394/File/About%20Us/Director%20of%20Education/Annual%20Report/2018/2017-2018_Annual%20Report.pdf |website=OCDSB.ca |publisher=Ottawa-Carleton District School Board |access-date=29 September 2019 |ref=1}}

| district_id = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070807152924/http://sbinfo.edu.gov.on.ca/brddata.asp?boardNo=B66184 B66184]

| website = {{URL|http://www.ocdsb.ca}}

}}

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 25 prior to 1999{{cite web|title=Ontario Regulation 107/08|url=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/source/regs/english/2008/elaws_src_regs_r08107_e.htm|work=e-Laws|publisher=Government of Ontario|access-date=15 April 2014}}) refers to both the institution responsible for the operation of all English public schools in the city of Ottawa, Ontario and its governing body. Like most school boards, the OCDSB is administered by a group of elected trustees and one director selected and appointed by the Board itself. Additionally, annually, two student trustees are selected per provincial regulation.

Every four years, within the context of the Ottawa municipal elections, an election is held within each of Ottawa's twelve trustee electoral zones to elect each trustee. Following election and annually thereafter, the board of trustees holds its organizational meeting, where the Board membership elects two of its members to the positions of chair and vice-chair of the Board. Chairs and membership of each of the Board's committees are also determined as part of the organizational meeting. In addition to the twelve trustees, two student trustees are elected by their peers, providing opportunities for the student body to become informed and involved in Board governance.

History

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board was created on 1 January 1998 in accordance with Ontario provincial government legislation including merging of the former adjacent Carleton Board of Education and the Ottawa Board of Education. The headquarters of the amalgamated school district is located at the former headquarters of the Carleton Board of Education at 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean.

Historically, and to this day, the OCDSB is one of the very few school boards in Ontario with an advisory council on the arts providing input and annual reports to the board of trustees.

In 2009–2010 the OCDSB tried to shut down the Alternative program. A group of students and parents from Lady Evelyn Alt teamed up with a trustee and won the Review.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In 2017 a family was awarded approximately $3,000 after winning a lawsuit against the OCDSB over the board's failure to take a student's complaints about bullying seriously.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/winston-vania-karam-bullying-ocdsb-broadview-1.3691086|title=Family who successfully sued school board over bullying claims shares story {{!}} CBC News|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US}}

In 2018 two former students filed lawsuits against the OCDSB for failing its "legal duty to provide for the safety of its students".{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bell-high-school-historical-sexual-assaults-lawsuit-women-4m-stanutz-1.4839795|title=Former students sue board over alleged abuse by music teacher {{!}} CBC News|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US}}

In 2019 an investigation was launched to look into what ultimately resulted in three sex offense charges against OCDSB teacher Majed Turk in July 2020. The alleged incidents occurred between September and November 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/majed-turk-teacher-sexual-assault-interference-1.5635125|title=OCDSB teacher charged with sex offences {{!}} CBC News|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2020-07-02|language=en-US}}

As of 2020, there were ongoing lawsuits filed against the OCDSB for the sexual abuse of its students by now deceased teacher and Bell High School basketball coach, Donald Greenham.{{Cite news|last=Ireton|first=Julie|date=8 July 2020|title=Ontario school board found 'vicariously liable' in sexual abuse case|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-school-board-case-precedent-vicariously-liable-historical-sexual-abuse-by-teacher-1.5640688|access-date=1 September 2021}}

In 2022 a disciplinary panel with the Ontario College of Teachers found former OCDSB teacher Peter Des Brisay guilty of professional misconduct after sexually abusing a former student in the late 1990s.{{Cite news|last=Ireton|first=Julie|date=27 May 2022|title=Retired Ottawa teacher sanctioned for sexual abuse of student in 1990s|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bell-high-teacher-des-brisay-guilty-professional-misconduct-richards-case-1.6467185|access-date=26 July 2022}}

Schools and programs

The OCDSB has 147 school sites (117 elementary, 25 secondary including the Adult High School, plus five secondary alternate sites). Schools within the OCDSB provide English with Core French, Alternative, Early French Immersion, Middle French Immersion, Late French Immersion, Special Education, IEP's and gifted program.{{cite press release | publisher =Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | url =http://www.ocdsb.ca/Documents/OCDSB_Publications/Final_RTTC.pdf | title = Strategic Directions – A Report to the Community – Fall 2007 | access-date =}}

Finances

The OCDSB has an operating budget of $784.8 million for the 2010–2011 school year. In 2007, the school busses belonging to the OCDSB and the co-terminus catholic school board were taken over by a new corporation: The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (See external link, below)

Demographics

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario, serving students within the City of Ottawa, covering an area of {{cvt|3,760|sqkm}}. The OCDSB is the seventh largest district by school population in the province of Ontario. Enrolment as of 31 October 2007 totalled 72,388 students (47,099 elementary and 25,455 secondary).{{ref_label|2008-2009 District Profile|1|e}}

The District has 2,711 full-time equivalent (FTE) elementary teachers and 1,337 secondary teachers, as of 31 October 2007, with 238 principals and vice-principals. In addition to the full-time teachers, approximately 2,494 teachers are on the district's occasional teachers list. The OCDSB also has 2,059 administrative and support staff of whom 1,817 work in the schools.{{ref_label|Strategic Directions – A Report to the Community – Fall 2007|1|f}}

The chair of the OCDSB is Lyra Evans.

Trustees

The following is a list of trustees elected to the school board since its creation.

Election	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4	Zone 5
class="wikitable"
1997 \|rowspan="13"\| Lynn Scott \|rowspan="4"\| Jim Libbey \| rowspan="4" \| Norm MacDonald	Alex Getty	Patty Anne Hill \|rowspan="2"\| Russ Jackson \|rowspan="2"\| Pam Morse \|rowspan="3"\|Sheryl MacDonald{{efn\|name=note-mcd\|MacDonald resigned to run in the 2006 Orléans Ward by-election and was replaced by David Primeau in January 2006.{{r\|oc17jan}} }} \| rowspan="4" \| Lynn Graham	Albert Chambers	Andrew Lam	Cynthia Bled
2000 \|rowspan="4"\| Margaret Lange{{efn\|name=note-llo}} \| Myrna Laurenceson \|rowspan="3"\| Joan Spice	Brian Gifford \|rowspan="5"\| David Moen
rowspan="2" \| 2003 \| rowspan="2" \| Alex Getty \| rowspan="6" \| Bronwyn Funiciello \| rowspan="3" \| Greg Laws{{efn\|name=note-mor\|Morse replaced Laws who moved to Toronto in December 2008.{{r\|oc03dec}} }} \| rowspan="4" \| Riley Brockington
David Primeau{{efn\|name=note-mcd}}
rowspan="2"\| 2006 \| rowspan="3" \| Cathy Curry{{efn\|name=note-boo\|Boothby replaced Curry who resigned in 2012.{{r\|oc13sep}} }}	Alex Getty{{efn\|name=note-fis\|Fisher replaced Getty who died in 2009.{{r\|oc22oct}} }} \|rowspan="4"\| Pam FitzGerald \|rowspan="4"\|John Shea \|rowspan="4"\| Rob Campbell \|rowspan="4"\| Jennifer McKenzie
Mark Fisher{{efn\|name=note-fis}}	Douglas Lloyd{{efn\|name=note-llo\|Lloyd replaced Lange who was appointed as the Canadian Trade Commissioner in Buffalo in March 2008.{{r\|oc19mar}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/douglas-lloyd-obituary?id=41330881 \|title=Douglas LLoyd Obituary (2016) \|access-date=October 17, 2016 \|website=ottawacitizen.remembering.ca}} }}	Pam Morse {{efn\|name=note-mor}}
rowspan="2"\| 2010 \| rowspan="7" \| Donna Blackburn \| rowspan="3" \|Theresa Kavanagh \| rowspan="3" \| Mark Fisher \| rowspan="3" \| Shirley Seward \| rowspan="2" \| Katie Holtzhauer
rowspan="4" \| Christine Boothby{{efn\|name=note-boo}}
2014 \| Anita Olsen Harper \| rowspan="3" \| Chris Ellis \| rowspan="3" \|Keith Penny	Shawn Menard \| rowspan="2" \| Erica Braunovan{{efn\|name=note-bel\|Bell replaced Braunovan in February 2020.{{r\|oc12feb}} Braunavon resigned 31 December 2019.{{r\|oc05dec}} }} \| rowspan="3" \| Sandra Schwartz
rowspan="2"\| 2018 \| rowspan="2" \| Wendy Hough \| rowspan="2" \| Rob Campbell \| rowspan="4" \| Jennifer Jennekens \| rowspan="2" \| Lyra Evans \| rowspan="2" \| Mark Fisher
rowspan="3" \| Justine Bell{{efn\|name=note-bel}}
rowspan="2"\| 2022 \| Alysha Aziz{{efn\|name=Aziz\|Aziz announced her resignation due to personal reasons July 2024{{cite web \|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ocdsb-trustee-alysha-aziz-announces-she-is-resigning-for-personal-reasons\|title=OCDSB trustee Alysha Aziz announces she is resigning 'for personal reasons'\|access-date=July 29, 2024 \|website=Ottawa Citizen}}}} \| rowspan="2"\| Suzanne Nash \| rowspan="2"\| Amanda Presley \| rowspan="2"\| Lyra Evans \| rowspan="2"\| Donna Dickson \| rowspan="2"\| Nili Kaplan-Myrth \| rowspan="2"\| Matthew Lee \| rowspan="2"\| Cathryne Milburn
Julia Fortey{{efn\|name=Fortey\|Fortey was appointed on October 29, 2024, replacing Aziz{{cite web \|url=https://www.ocdsb.ca/news/julia_fortey_sworn_in\|title=Julia Fortey sworn in as OCDSB’s Kanata North/Kanata South (Zone 2) Trustee\|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|website=OCDSB}}}}

;Notes

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite news|title=School board chooses new board member|date=17 January 2007|page=B3|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50658788/the-ottawa-citizen/|access-date=10 May 2020}}

{{cite news|title=Huge turnover at school board|date=13 September 2004|page=A3|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50661742/the-ottawa-citizen/|access-date=10 May 2020}}

{{cite news|title=Anyone's race to win in Zone 3|date=22 October 2010|page=C3|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50662899/the-ottawa-citizen/|access-date=10 May 2020}}

{{cite news|title=Lloyd picked as school board trustee|date=19 March 2008|page=C2|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50663550/the-ottawa-citizen/|access-date=10 May 2020}}

{{cite news|title=Former trustee resumes Zone 7 seat|date=3 December 2008|page=C5|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50672897/the-ottawa-citizen/|access-date=10 May 2020}}

{{cite news|title=New trustee appointed to Ottawa-Carleton District School Board|date=12 February 2020 |newspaper=ottawamatters.com |url=https://www.ottawamatters.com/local-news/new-trustee-appointed-to-ottawa-carleton-district-school-board-2087552 |access-date=11 May 2020}}

{{cite news|title=School trustee Erica Braunovan announces resignation|date=5 December 2019|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/school-trustee-erica-braunovan-announces-resignation/|access-date=11 May 2020}}

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External links

[http://www.ocdsb.ca/ Ottawa-Carleton District School Board]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150810142735/http://www.ottawaschoolbus.ca/ Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA)]

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Election	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4	Zone 5
class="wikitable"
1997 \|rowspan="13"\| Lynn Scott \|rowspan="4"\| Jim Libbey \| rowspan="4" \| Norm MacDonald	Alex Getty	Patty Anne Hill \|rowspan="2"\| Russ Jackson \|rowspan="2"\| Pam Morse \|rowspan="3"\|Sheryl MacDonald{{efn\|name=note-mcd\|MacDonald resigned to run in the 2006 Orléans Ward by-election and was replaced by David Primeau in January 2006.{{r\|oc17jan}} }} \| rowspan="4" \| Lynn Graham	Albert Chambers	Andrew Lam	Cynthia Bled
2000 \|rowspan="4"\| Margaret Lange{{efn\|name=note-llo}} \| Myrna Laurenceson \|rowspan="3"\| Joan Spice	Brian Gifford \|rowspan="5"\| David Moen
rowspan="2" \| 2003 \| rowspan="2" \| Alex Getty \| rowspan="6" \| Bronwyn Funiciello \| rowspan="3" \| Greg Laws{{efn\|name=note-mor\|Morse replaced Laws who moved to Toronto in December 2008.{{r\|oc03dec}} }} \| rowspan="4" \| Riley Brockington
David Primeau{{efn\|name=note-mcd}}
rowspan="2"\| 2006 \| rowspan="3" \| Cathy Curry{{efn\|name=note-boo\|Boothby replaced Curry who resigned in 2012.{{r\|oc13sep}} }}	Alex Getty{{efn\|name=note-fis\|Fisher replaced Getty who died in 2009.{{r\|oc22oct}} }} \|rowspan="4"\| Pam FitzGerald \|rowspan="4"\|John Shea \|rowspan="4"\| Rob Campbell \|rowspan="4"\| Jennifer McKenzie
Mark Fisher{{efn\|name=note-fis}}	Douglas Lloyd{{efn\|name=note-llo\|Lloyd replaced Lange who was appointed as the Canadian Trade Commissioner in Buffalo in March 2008.{{r\|oc19mar}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/douglas-lloyd-obituary?id=41330881 \|title=Douglas LLoyd Obituary (2016) \|access-date=October 17, 2016 \|website=ottawacitizen.remembering.ca}} }}	Pam Morse {{efn\|name=note-mor}}
rowspan="2"\| 2010 \| rowspan="7" \| Donna Blackburn \| rowspan="3" \|Theresa Kavanagh \| rowspan="3" \| Mark Fisher \| rowspan="3" \| Shirley Seward \| rowspan="2" \| Katie Holtzhauer
rowspan="4" \| Christine Boothby{{efn\|name=note-boo}}
2014 \| Anita Olsen Harper \| rowspan="3" \| Chris Ellis \| rowspan="3" \|Keith Penny	Shawn Menard \| rowspan="2" \| Erica Braunovan{{efn\|name=note-bel\|Bell replaced Braunovan in February 2020.{{r\|oc12feb}} Braunavon resigned 31 December 2019.{{r\|oc05dec}} }} \| rowspan="3" \| Sandra Schwartz
rowspan="2"\| 2018 \| rowspan="2" \| Wendy Hough \| rowspan="2" \| Rob Campbell \| rowspan="4" \| Jennifer Jennekens \| rowspan="2" \| Lyra Evans \| rowspan="2" \| Mark Fisher
rowspan="3" \| Justine Bell{{efn\|name=note-bel}}
rowspan="2"\| 2022 \| Alysha Aziz{{efn\|name=Aziz\|Aziz announced her resignation due to personal reasons July 2024{{cite web \|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ocdsb-trustee-alysha-aziz-announces-she-is-resigning-for-personal-reasons\|title=OCDSB trustee Alysha Aziz announces she is resigning 'for personal reasons'\|access-date=July 29, 2024 \|website=Ottawa Citizen}}}} \| rowspan="2"\| Suzanne Nash \| rowspan="2"\| Amanda Presley \| rowspan="2"\| Lyra Evans \| rowspan="2"\| Donna Dickson \| rowspan="2"\| Nili Kaplan-Myrth \| rowspan="2"\| Matthew Lee \| rowspan="2"\| Cathryne Milburn
Julia Fortey{{efn\|name=Fortey\|Fortey was appointed on October 29, 2024, replacing Aziz{{cite web \|url=https://www.ocdsb.ca/news/julia_fortey_sworn_in\|title=Julia Fortey sworn in as OCDSB’s Kanata North/Kanata South (Zone 2) Trustee\|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|website=OCDSB}}}}