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Alberta has 17 separate school authorities. [1] Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1; Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3; East Central Alberta Catholic Separate Schools Regional Division No. 16; Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7; Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41
The district was founded on 18 December 1885 as the Lacombe Roman Catholic School District No. 1 in what was then part of the North West Territories.Its first school, also built in 1885, was St. Mary's, which is the oldest operating school in Calgary (though in a newer building).
The origins of the district go back to the 1950s when Catholic parents in Drumheller and Oyen separately formed Catholic school districts and each opened a school, St. Anthony's School in Drumheller and Assumption School in Oyen. The then parish priest in Oyen, Father Molnar, was instrumental in helping with the foundation of the Oyen School.
Bishop O'Byrne High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in Calgary, Alberta operated under the jurisdiction of the Calgary Catholic School District.The school's designated boundaries include the deep southwest communities of Calgary like Bridlewood, Millrise, and Shawnessy, and southeast quadrants of Calgary like Midnapore, McKenzie Lake, and Sundance.
RVS is the fifth-largest school board in Alberta, and operates independently of its neighbouring Calgary school boards; Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District, but still operates under the direct authority of the provincial government of Alberta. The board consists of eight members who are elected every four years ...
In Alberta, for example, the geographic basis for separate school establishment is the underlying public school district. At any time, three or more residents, either Protestant or Roman Catholic, who believe that they are members of the minority faith locally, can initiate the process.
The CBE is the largest school board in Alberta, and over twice the size of the other major school district board in Calgary, [6] the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD), which teaches mainly Catholic students. The other two districts based in the city, both Francophone, are a fraction of the size of the CBE with only a handful of schools each.
Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 150; Lethbridge School District No. 51; Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42; Livingstone Range School Division No. 68; Lloydminster Catholic School Division; Lloydminster Public School Division