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.
History
Quick facts
- Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools formed in 1995 after the amalgamation of three historic school jurisdictions. It is 4th largest Catholic jurisdiction in Alberta.
- Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools was the first jurisdiction to offer a cyber school. St. Gabriel High School marked 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 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; 2 in Morinville; and 1 in Legal)
- 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
- École Sacré Coeur
- École Sainte Marguerite d’Youville
- École Secondaire St. Albert Catholic High School
- Greater St. Albert Catholic Summer School
- Greater St. Albert Sports Academy OLD
- Holy Family (formerly Vital Grandin) Catholic School
- J.J. Nearing Catholic Elementary School
- Neil M. Ross Catholic School
- Richard S. Fowler Catholic Junior High School
- Sister Alphonse Academy
- St. Gabriel Education Centre
- Vincent J. Maloney Catholic Junior High School
Legal:
- Legal School
Morinville:
- École Notre Dame Elementary
- École Georges H. Primeau Middle School
- Morinville Community High School
- St. Kateri Tekakwitha Academy
Alleged human rights violations
In October 2009, it was reported that Jan Buterman, a former employee of the district, had filed a human rights complaint against the district.[1] Buterman claimed that he had been removed from the district's substitute teaching list in 2008 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."[2] As of October 15, 2009, the Alberta Human Rights Commission had accepted Buterman's complaint.[1]
2011 Morinville controversy
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, though the surrounding Sturgeon County, is a part of the public Sturgeon School Division.[3] In 2011, this led non-Catholic parents to start an advocacy campaign to secularize education in Morinville.[4][5]
References
- 1.[1.2]Staples, David (2010-01-18). "Story of the Oilers: Hanging out, hands in pockets, shirts not tucked in, goals against | Edmonton Journal". edmontonjournal. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- 2.Copy of Letter to Mr. Buterman - http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.edmontonjournal.com/news/2059641.bin
- 3.Sturgeon School Division
- 4."In an Alberta town, parents fight for a secular education". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. March 5, 2011.
- 5."Parents want secular school". Archived from the original on 2011-03-08.