Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools

School district in 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
Coordinates| 53°38′14″N 113°37′57″W﻿ / ﻿53.63722°N 113.63250°W﻿ / 53.63722; -113.63250
District information
Superintendent| David Keohane
Chair of the board| Rosaleen McEvoy
Schools| 16[1]
Budget| CA$70.2[2] million (2012/2013)
Students and staff
Students| 6,200[1]
Other information
Elected trustees| Dave Caron
Joan Crockett
Jacquie Hansen
Rosaleen McEvoy
Cathy Proulx
Noreen Radford
Lauri-Ann Turnbull
Website| www.gsacrd.ab.ca

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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

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## Quick facts

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* 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

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* 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

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

## Schools

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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:

* Ecole Notre Dame Elementary
* Georges H. Primeau Middle School
* Morinville Community High School

## Alleged human rights violations

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In October 2009, it was reported that Jan Buterman, a former employee of the district, had filed a human rights complaint against the district.[3] 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."[4] As of October 15, 2009, the Alberta Human Rights Commission had accepted Buterman's complaint.[3]

## 2011 Morinville controversy

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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.[5] In 2011, this led non-Catholic parents to start an advocacy campaign to secularize education in Morinville.[6][7]

## References

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1. ^ a b "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. [permanent dead link]
3. ^ a b 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.
4. ^ Copy of Letter to Mr. Buterman - http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.edmontonjournal.com/news/2059641.bin [permanent dead link]
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.

* http://www.gsacrd.ab.ca
* http://education.alberta.ca/parents/educationsys/factsheets.aspx Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School district No. 734