The Central Québec School Board (CQSB; ) is an English-language

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in the province of

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, Canada, with its headquarters at 2046 chemin Saint-Louis,

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. It is one of nine English-language school boards in the province, having served the English-speaking community, under various names, since 1867. As a school board, CQSB's jurisdiction covers the largest territory in the province of Quebec, at . The Central Québec School Board administers 18 schools and one adult and vocational education centre. In 2012, eight of its nine secondary schools had a student population of less than 500. CQSB's largest elementary school served almost 500 students, and its smallest one served less than 60 students in 2012.

History

In 1997, the Quebec government abolished denominational school boards, adopting linguistic school boards instead. Born out of the Eastern Quebec Regional School Board, Greater Quebec School Board, Mauricie School Board and the Saguenay "P" School Board, it has sprouted from their denominational origins, also incorporating English-language schools from other school boards.

Schools

Central Québec School Board comprises the following schools: *A.S. Johnson Memorial School and St. Patrick Elementary School — in

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*Dollard-Des-Ormeaux School — in Shannon *Jimmy Sandy Memorial School — in Kawawachikamach *La Tuque High School — in La Tuque *MacLean Memorial School (formerly Chibougamau Protestant School) — in

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*Mauricie English Elementary School and

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— in

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* Shawinigan High School — in

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*Portneuf Elementary School — in Cap-Santé *Riverside Regional Elementary School and Riverside Regional High School (formerly St. Patrick's and Saguenay Valley Schools) in Saguenay *Valcartier Elementary School in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier *Everest, Holland, and Ste-Foy elementary schools; St. Patrick's High School, Quebec High School, and Saint-Vincent School — in the Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge borough of

The school board also provides services through its Eastern Québec Learning Centre, which dispenses both adult general education and vocational education at its location in the Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City.

School board profile

Enrollment is small comparatively to French-language school boards in the

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s where the schools are located; some remote schools have student populations of under 100; the largest schools have nearly 600 students. Because of the small number of English-speaking students in the area served by the school board, its schools are spread hundreds of kilometres apart. Some schools, as in Jonquière or Valcartier, serve

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bases; the school board also has students of the

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Nation in northern Quebec under its care. The school board holds an annual

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tournament, which is held at a member school, generally in Quebec City, but at times elsewhere.

References

External links

* School districts in Quebec Quebec English School Boards Association Education in Quebec City 1998 establishments in Quebec Educational institutions established in 1998 Quebec Anglophone culture in Quebec City {{Quebec-school-stub