Scarborough Board of Education

Scarborough Board of Education (SBE) was the school district serving Scarborough, Ontario from 1954 when it was established to 1998 it merged into the Toronto District School Board.[1]

Schools

Scarborough's schools in the south end of the city were built from the 1920 to 1960s. Older 19th and 20th century school houses were demolished to make way for large buildings as the area grew.

On the north end of the city schools were built from the 1960s to 1980s.

Schools include:

Name Opened Notes Image
Donwood Park Public School
Highbrook Senior Public School closed 1980s and used as ASE
St Andrews Public School
Anson S Taylor Public School
Charles Gordon Senior Public School
Henry Kelsey Senior Public School
Terry Fox Public School
Hillside Public School

Secondary schools that were in the district include:[2]

Name Opened Notes Image
Agincourt Collegiate Institute 1915 Formerly Agincourt Continuation School
Alternative Scarborough Education 1 c.1980s Shared space with St. Andrews PS
Delphi Secondary Alternative School c.1980s Alternative Scarborough Education 2 - located a Chartland PS
Bendale Secondary School 1962
Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute 1979
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute 1964
Sir Robert L. Borden Business and Technical School c.1966
Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute 1976
Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute 1961
Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute 1953
Timothy Eaton Business and Technical School c.1970s
R. H. King Academy 1921 previously R.H. King CI and Scarborough High School
L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute 1973
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute 1965
Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute 1970
Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute 1964
Maplewood Vocational School c.1957
Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute 1963 Close 2000 and became Bond Academy until 2010
Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute 1969
Sir William Osler Vocational School
Tabor Park Vocational School 1965 closed 1980s and now Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School since 1989
Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute c.1978
W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute 1964
Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies @ Centennial College 1984 Moved to former Midland CI site 2011
David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute 1958
West Hill Collegiate Institute 1955
Wexford Collegiate Institute 1965
Woburn Collegiate Institute 1963
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Directors of Education

  • Dr Reginald H. King (1896-1962) 1954-1960 [3]
  • Anson S. Taylor (1918-2007) 1961-1977[4]
  • Earl G. Campbell 1992-1997 [5]
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Facilities

The board's administrative offices were located at 140 Borough Drive within the Scarborough Civic Centre and operations out of a building at 2466 Eglinton Avenue East (northside of Eglinton and west of Midland Avenue, but sold and replaced by Rainbow Village condos in 1990. Buses and board vehicles were later stored on Mclevin Avenue.

The board operated a fleet of their own school buses, similar to the Toronto Board of Education and Board of Education of North York and were stored at 2466 Eglinton Avenue East site.

Hillside Outdoor Education Centre, formerly Hillside PS (SS No 4), was used for outdoor education programs and located near Rouge Park.

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External links

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