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27-749: The board was formed from the amalgamation of the Norfolk Board of Education , the Brant County Board of Education , and the Haldimand Board of Education in 1998. The announcement of the new board was made in September 1997 as a part of the "Fewer School Boards Act." This was based on a report created in 1996 by the Bob Rae government; who recommended the changes. While the board was officially established on January 1, 1998, many of

54-469: A lack of manpower needed to operate a football or girls' basketball team. Some of the less demanding sports like volleyball (for grades 11 and 12) had been given the authorization to compete by the school's athletics department; with 25% of the students on the team. Absenteeism was virtually non-existent in the final year of school operations. Due to a declining youth population in the Port Dover area,

81-608: A new addition to house the extra students opening in February 2000. Norfolk Board of Education The Norfolk Board of Education ( NBE ) is a former school district in Norfolk County , Ontario , which merged into the Grand Erie District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 23 until the 1999–2000 school year). This defunct school board building

108-476: A well-established theatre arts program which allowed students to take drama in Grades 9 and 10 and then go on to the unique Theatre Co-op Program. This program ran at the community's Lighthouse Festival Theatre and each year culminated in a class-directed and produced production. In 2011, the class performed the play Sticks and Stones . In addition to its drama classes, the school has a long tradition of excellence at

135-624: Is a defunct elementary school in Simcoe, Ontario , Canada that taught children from Kindergarten to sixth grade . This school was once considered a feeder school to Elgin Avenue Public School . Port Dover Composite School (PDCS) was a public middle and high school located in Port Dover, Ontario , Canada . Shortly after closure, PDCS was converted into an elementary school called Lakewood Public School . PDCS had

162-560: Is located in the hamlet of Hillcrest, Ontario , Canada on 173 Hillcrest Road South. Government cutbacks eventually forced the school board to amalgamate with the Haldimand Board of Education and the Brant District Board of Education in 1996. * signifies that the school is still active Doan's Hollow Public School is a defunct public elementary school that existed from the early 20th century until circa 1980. Red Kelly attended Doan's Hollow Public School during

189-822: Is the former name of the Haldimand County Board of Education created in 1969 by the amalgamation of the West Haldimand Board and Dunnville Board of Education. In 1974 with the creation of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand Norfolk the board's name was changed to the Haldimand Board of Education. In 1997 "The Fewer School Boards Act" (written by the NDP in 1996 but introduced to the Legislative Assembly by

216-732: The Nanticoke Refinery . Opened in 1965 by the Walpole Board of Education amalgamated into the Haldimand County Board of Education in 1968, it was precipitously closed in June 1998 because of a Hydrogen Sulphide leak which occurred at the neighbouring refinery. The students were housed at Hagersville Secondary school for the last few weeks of the school year and then the school population was amalgamated with Jarvis Public School that fall with use of portables until

243-492: The 1928. Windham Public School was closed in 2009. Students now attend either Delhi Public School or Teeterville public school, making both schools K-8 (formerly K-6). Nixon Public School was located near Simcoe, Ontario ; it along with Lyndoch were closed and consolidated at an enlarged Walsh Elementary. Port Dover Public School served Port Dover, Ontario , and was a feeder school to Port Dover Composite School before being amalgamated into Doverwood Public School which subsequently

270-464: The 1930s. Lynedoch Public School is a defunct elementary school in the hamlet of Lynedoch, Ontario , Canada which taught students from kindergarten to the second grade starting in the year 1881. This school was considered to be a feeder school to Walsh Public School . Nixon Public School was an elementary school that was located in Nixon. that started out as a one room schoolhouse in

297-586: The 1970s. South Public School is also a defunct elementary school in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. St. Williams Public School is a defunct elementary school that was located in St. Williams, Ontario , Canada . It was closed due to funding cutbacks and declining enrolment in the year 2001 after participating in the Ice Cube project. Haldimand County Board of Education The Haldimand Board of Education

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324-1055: The Grand Erie Board. The secondary schools in the board play in three different sports associations. Schools in Brant County play in the Brant County Secondary School Athletics Association, Norfolk Country Schools play in Norfolk Secondary School Athletics Association, and Haldimand County schools compete in Southern Ontario Secondary School Athletics Association Zone II. Schools winning BCSSAA and NSSAA move onto CWOSSA while Haldimand schools play in SOSSA. All schools move on from there to OFSAA . Located within

351-639: The Grand Erie District, but not part of the public school system, is the Old Colony Mennonite School, a private co-educational school for German Mennonites in the community of Langton, Ontario. The school teaches kindergarten through the eighth grade as in a typical parochial school . Due to its "Old Colony" name, Old Order and Conservative Mennonites tend to dominate the campus. High school students usually go to Valley Heights Secondary School but recent changes in

378-638: The Mike Harris Tories) amalgamated the Haldimand, Norfolk and Brant County boards of education into the Haldimand Norfolk Brant District School Board 23, later changed to Grand Erie District School Board . In the past, high schools from this school board would have rivalries with high schools from the former Norfolk Board of Education . Even though the two counties share the same school board now,

405-492: The Simcoe Composite School campus on November 29, 2012, in order to start the transition from into a high school outside their own community. Had the traditional Norfolk County high school boundaries been strictly enforced as it been in the past, the students would have filled 78% of the school's total capacity. The worst possible outcome for PDCS coming into the 2012–13 school year was to have classes until

432-504: The administrative positions lasted until the beginning of May in 1998. In 1998, under Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris 's government, the way public schools were funded dramatically changed. Among the changes, the province replaced local boards' power to levy taxes to fund schools with a centralized system of education grants. The new regime was accompanied by a law forcing school boards to adopt balanced budgets. These changes contributed to school closures and consolidations in

459-443: The end of January 2013 with each class having less than six students attending, before closing the high school permanently. This has already been achieved despite adding wi-fi Internet access and Smart Boards in an attempt to lure more teenagers into attending PDCS. Most of the students who have attended Port Dover Composite School in the previous (2011–12) school year have left in a sudden "exodus" to attend Simcoe Composite School in

486-412: The mid to late 19th century. During the 1950s, the school was moved to a centralized building; both of these buildings were located in the hamlet of Nixon and across the street from each other. The one-room schoolhouse was sold to become a private residence, and Nixon Public School became a centralized school until it was closed in September 2001 due to cutbacks in education spending. North Public School

513-560: The nearby presence of the Old Colony Mennonite School , which taught the local German Mennonite population, it had to attract students from both the northern and southern parts of Walsingham. Musician Geoff Suderman-Gladwell taught here. North and South Public Schools were elementary schools in Simcoe, Ontario , that taught children from kindergarten to sixth grade . These schools were feeder schools to Elgin Avenue Public School . The schools were established in

540-545: The prestigious Sears Drama Festival. In 2010, the school's production of The Insanity of Mary Girard was one of three plays from the district festival at the Lighthouse Theatre to go on to the regional festival in Hamilton. In 2011 the school's play The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven was also selected to represent the district at the regional festival, again held in Hamilton. Port Dover Composite School

567-658: The school board's policy has opened up all secondary schools in Norfolk County for the eighth-grade graduates. Walsingham Public School was an elementary school that educated in grades K-8, located in Walsingham Township , that was closed along with St. Williams Public School when consolidation review almagmated these two sites into the Port Rowan Public School. The schools were feeder schools to Valley Heights Secondary School . Due to

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594-491: The school was officially closed on January 31, 2013. Compared to 2001, there are 1800 fewer children and young people living in the vicinity of Port Dover Public School. Academic programs in Valley Heights Secondary School and Delhi District Secondary School have been beefed up; hoping to attract former PDCS students to those schools. Port Ryerse School is a defunct elementary school that

621-422: The search of better school programs. Only 14 teachers have remained at the high school as of the beginning of the 2012–13 school year. In addition, almost all athletic teams have been eliminated in favor of a strictly academic approach to schooling. Traditional favorites like high school football and basketball have been scrapped; with a bye given to opponents who were supposed to play against PDCS this year due to

648-549: The winner of each county championship would face off against each other in a Haldimand-Norfolk Bowl championship. The main office was located in Cayuga, Ontario , Canada first in the former Haldimand County then Town of Halimand Offices and lastly in a newly constructed (1991) Haldimand Board Office in Cayuga, next to the existing Cayuga Secondary School site. It was disestablished in 1997 due to cutbacks in education that resulted in

675-457: Was closed when Port Dover Composite was converted to Lakewood Elementary School. Two of the schools located in Paris, Ontario , Bethel-Oakhill and Queen's Ward schools closed during the 2009–2010 school year and were replaced by Cobblestone Elementary School. Walpole South Elementary School was a former K to 8 school located on Sandusk Rd south of the 3rd Concession of Walpole Township adjacent to

702-615: Was located in Port Ryerse. The school operated from the year 1830 until the 1950s when it was finally closed by the Norfolk Board of Education due to funding issues. Both Caucasian and African-Canadian students were photographed attending the school in the year 1898. The Simcoe Lions School was operated as a special elementary school for the mentally challenged by the Simcoe Lions Club from 1957 until

729-415: Was originally given the option of remaining open until September 2013; although it has been officially declared that this school will be closed by January 31, 2013. Students who have not already transferred to Simcoe Composite School had to become permanent students there for the duration of their high school "career. " Several small groups of Port Dover Composite School students had taken small tours around

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