The Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) is the public school board responsible for 137 elementary, junior high, and high schools located within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. The current Superintendent of the HRSB is Carole Olsen, who has held the position since 2002. The board meets in the former Dartmouth City Hall near the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal.

[edit] History

The board was created in 1996 with the amalgamation of three school boards that had jurisdiction over the former components of the Halifax Regional Municipality, which was created at the same time.^[1] Board elections have taken place in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.

[edit] 2006 board dismissal

On December 19, 2006 the Nova Scotia Minister of Education, Karen Casey, dismissed all 13 members of the board due to interpersonal conflicts and having failed to comply with the their Code of Ethics. The Minister stated, "This board has failed to meet the performance standards set out under Section 64 (6) of the Education Act. Sec. 64 states that a school board, in carrying out its responsibilities under this act, shall meet education program services and performance standards established by the minister."^[2] Seven of the former Halifax Regional School Board members are considering legal action against the government for disbanding the elected group.^[3]

Howard Windsor was appointed to run the board until the municipal elections took place in October 2008. Mr. Windsor decided to discontinue their yearly stipends of $8,200(CAD).^[4]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Superintendents

• Don Trider (1996–1999)
• David Reid (1999–2002)
• Carole Olsen (2002–present)

[edit] Current board members

Nine newly-elected members of the board took their oaths of office on November 5, 2008.^[5]

• Irvine Carvery, African Nova Scotian Representative (Chair)
• Steve Brine, District 1: Eastern Shore – Musquodoboit Valley, Preston – Lawrencetown – Chezzetcook (Vice-Chair)
• Gina Conrod, District 2: Cole Harbour, East Dartmouth - The Lakes, Portland – East Woodlawn
• Gin Yee, District 3: Dartmouth Centre, Woodside – Eastern Passage, Albro Lake – Harbourview
• Chris Poole, District 4: Clayton Park West, Halifax North End, Fairview – Clayton Park
• David Cameron, District 5: Halifax Downtown, Northwest Arm - South End, Connaught-Quinpool
• Sheryl Blumenthal-Harrison, District 6: Purcell’s Cove – Armdale, Spryfield – Herring Cove, Timberlea – Prospect
• David Finlayson, District 7: Rockingham – Wentworth, Bedford, Hammonds Plains – St. Margarets
• Donna Hubbard, District 8: Lower Sackville, Waverley – Fall River – Beaver Bank, Middle and Upper Sackville – Lucasville.

[edit] See also

• Education in Canada
• List of Nova Scotia schools

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 44°39′49.8″N 63°34′5.5″W / 44.663833°N 63.568194°W / 44.663833; -63.568194

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