Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools

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.

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
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

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
• 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 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

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

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]