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30-544: The Limestone District School Board serves 21,206 students at 70 schools and centres, employing 2,200 teachers and staff. The district covers a geographic area of 7,719 square kilometres including the townships of Central Frontenac , Addington Highlands , North Frontenac , South Frontenac , Frontenac Islands , Loyalist and Stone Mills , as well as the Town of Greater Napanee and the City of Kingston . As of September 1, 2014,

60-774: A Committee of the Whole Model of Governance. The committee made recommendations to the board on all of aspects of building and property management, Board operations, information technology and Tri-Board Student Transportation Services. As of January 2016, this committee was merged into a Committee of the Whole Model of Governance. This is a committee of the whole board whose mandate is to review school accommodation data and prepare recommendations for formal Board approval based on Program and Accommodation Review Reports and Senior Staff Reports. The committee has recently reviewed school accommodations in Kinston East, Greater Napanee,

90-493: A change of 11.9% from its 2016 population of 4,373 . With a land area of 991.41 km (382.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km (12.8/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census: The main road is Highway 7 which runs through the entire township from east to west. Central Frontenac Road 38 intersects Highway 7 at Sharbot Lake and runs south to South Frontenac Township , providing connectivity with Kingston . The route of

120-484: A local rural or semirural government within the country itself. In Eastern Canada , a township is one form of the subdivision of a county . In Quebec, the term is canton in French. The historic colony of Nova Scotia (present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island ) used the term township as a subdivision of counties and as a means of attracting settlers to the colony. In Prince Edward Island,

150-556: A lower-tier municipality (if located in a county or regional municipality , i.e. in Southern Ontario ) or single-tier municipality (if located in a district, i.e. in Northern Ontario ). A township municipality may consist of a portion of one or more geographic townships united as a single entity with a single municipal administration. Often rural counties are subdivided into townships. In some places, usually if

180-543: A one-year term and are elected by the Limestone District Inter-School Student Council each spring. The chair of the board for 2021-2022 is Suzanne Ruttan. The vice-chair is Tom Gingrich. All board business is conducted at regularly scheduled board of trustees meetings. They are held the on the second Wednesday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. during the school year, except in the months of December, May, June and August, when

210-514: A recommendation for the annual operating and capital budgets to the full board of trustees in June of each year. The Committee Chair is Tom Gingrich. Tri-Board Student Transportation Services transports over 32,000 students over 95,062 kilometers daily across the region. It transports students from the three regional school boards: Limestone District School Board, Hastings and Prince Edward County DSB and Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB who are co-owners of

240-510: Is a township in eastern Ontario , Canada in the County of Frontenac . Central Frontenac was created in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Olden and Oso. There are 28 communities: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Central Frontenac had a population of 4,892 living in 2,177 of its 3,618 total private dwellings,

270-672: Is expanding enrolment in all elementary schools and is now available in all elementary schools. The board of trustees of the Limestone District School Board has recently built two new elementary schools and one K-12 high school (opened January 2014) within the district. These schools have been built in the Pittsburgh District of the City of Kingston, in the south end of the Town of Napanee and in Sharbot Lake. An expansion of Sydenham High School

300-639: The Frontenac Islands , send students to schools part of the Limestone District School Board , based in neighboring Kingston . [REDACTED] Media related to Central Frontenac at Wikimedia Commons Township (Canada) The term township , in Canada , is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe

330-648: The Prairie Provinces and parts of British Columbia , a township is a division of the Dominion Land Survey . Townships are (mostly) 6-by-6-mile (9.7 by 9.7 km) squares, about 36 square miles (93 km ) in area. The townships are not political units (although political boundaries often follow township boundaries) but exist only to define parcels of land relatively simply. Townships are divided into 36 equal 1-by-1-mile (1.6 by 1.6 km) square parcels, known as "sections." In Saskatchewan ,

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360-708: The British Conquest, primarily as a surveying unit. They were designated and cover most of the unattributed territory in Eastern Quebec and what is now known as the Eastern Townships and later used in surveying the Outaouais and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions. Townships often served as the territorial basis for new municipalities, but township municipalities are no different from other types such as parish or village municipalities. In

390-498: The Sharbot Lake area, Kingston West, Kingston North and Kingston Central (2012–13). The Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) is an advisory committee to the Board. It may make recommendations in any matter affecting the establishment and development of special education programs and services in respect of exceptional students of the Board. This committee provides an avenue for community involvement and receives advice and input from

420-436: The board of trustees in 2013. Public concerns have arisen about the possible creation of a "school desert" in the central part of Kingston as a result of school closures or changes approved by the trustees in June 2013. The final form of these changes was confirmed after a review by the board of trustees of a number of contributing factors including funding, site availability and technical development issues. The design concept for

450-579: The board operates 53 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools, the Limestone School of Community Education and other specialized education centres. The community served by each school is indicated in the list below after each school's name. Some students may attend a school outside of the area they reside so that they may take part in a special program. The school board is expecting slowly declining enrollment, particularly of secondary students, until about 2016. A provincial full-day kindergarten program

480-443: The board regarding the establishment and development of education programs and practices of the board related to environmental sustainability: Its co-chairs are Alec Ross and a community representative. The committee is responsible to the board for overseeing the financial accounting processes of the board. This responsibility includes communications with the external auditor concerning the auditor's roles and responsibilities within

510-455: The colonial survey of 1764 established 67 townships, known as lots, and 3 royalties, which were grouped into parishes and hence into counties; the townships were geographically and politically the same. In New Brunswick, parishes have taken over as the present-day subdivision of counties, and present-day Nova Scotia uses districts as appropriate. In Ontario , there are both geographic townships and township municipalities. Geographic townships are

540-442: The community. The SEAC Committee is mandated by Ontario Education Act , Regulation 464/97. (Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.) Its co-chairs are Karen McGregor and an association representative. Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC) is an advisory committee of the board that provides an avenue for community involvement and receives advice and input from the community. ESAC may make recommendations to

570-515: The dates are determined by the board. Some parts of the board of trustees or committee meetings are held in "private session" (confidential or in camera sessions) if there are items with respect to board personnel, land negotiations or other items to be reviewed privately as mandated by the Ontario Education Act. Private sessions usually take place at the end of the public portion of the meeting. The Education/Human Resources committee

600-416: The financial reporting process. Internal audit functions are provided regionally in collaboration with other school boards operating across eastern Ontario. In 2010 the committee's mandate was expanded to include two outside members with financial expertise. The committee has five members: three trustees (elected for their full four-year term) and two outside public members appointed by the board of trustees for

630-618: The former Kingston and Pembroke Railway runs through the township, and has been converted into the K&;P Rail Trail . On June 7, 2020, a gunman opened fire on his neighbours after lighting a building on fire in Parham. The fire spread to the adjacent historic century-old St. James Anglican church, destroying both buildings. One person was injured. The gunman was charged with attempted murder, arson and firearms-related charges. Central Frontenac, along with South Frontenac , North Frontenac and

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660-615: The new intermediate and secondary school to be located on the QECVI school property in Kingston was approved in December 2015 by the board of trustees. Limestone's board of trustees are elected officials responsible for the operation of public schools in the district. Trustees are the critical political link between community and school boards. They ensure public schools meet the diverse needs of students in their community. They are elected by

690-476: The organization. Tri-Board reports to the Property and Operations Committee of the board. The Limestone District School Board provides some administrative services to Tri-Board. Contact information: voice 613-354-1981 or 1-866-569-6638 Mailing address : 81 Dairy Ave Napanee, Ontario K7R 1M5 Recently closed or consolidated elementary schools Central Frontenac, Ontario Central Frontenac

720-432: The original historical administrative subdivisions surveyed and established primarily in the 1800s. They are used primarily for geographic purposes, such as land surveying, natural resource exploration and tracking of phenomena such as forest fires or tornados , but are not political entities. Township municipalities, also called "political townships", are areas that have been incorporated with municipal governments, and are

750-428: The public school taxpayers every four years, during municipal elections and are directly accountable to the community. The current nine-member board will serve until November 30, 2022. Trustees are elected by geographic electoral areas within the area administered by the school board. The board also has three Student Trustees representing urban and rural secondary schools, as well as an Indigenous representative. They serve

780-457: The term of office which ends on November 30, 2022. Committee Chair is Laurie French. A committee of the whole board, it makes recommendations to the board concerning the development of the annual budget, and on any aspects of the board's financial affairs except for audit matters. The committee usually meets in April, May and June. The committee is chaired by the vce-chair of the board. It makes

810-401: The township is in a county rather than in a regional municipality , the head of a political township may be called a " reeve ", not a mayor. However, the distinction is changing as many rural townships are replacing the title with "mayor" to reduce confusion. A few townships keep both titles and designate "mayor" as the head of the municipal council and use "reeve" to denote the representative to

840-412: The upper tier (usually county) council. The term "geographic township" is also used in reference to former political townships that were abolished or superseded as part of municipal government restructuring. In Quebec , townships are called cantons in French and can also be political and geographic, similar to Ontario although the geographic use is not used much or at all. They were introduced after

870-561: Was completed in January 2014. A number of existing elementary schools in the district will be closed as these new consolidated schools open. Each new elementary school will have an enrolment of between 600 and 800 students. Program and Accommodation Review Committees (PARC) for Central Kingston and Kingston North presented reports in 2012-13 with respect to changes to elementary and secondary school accommodation. Senior staff made further recommendations based on these reports for consideration by

900-401: Was responsible for reviewing matters related to the education of and service delivery for students within the jurisdiction of the board. Responsibilities also include ensuring all board employees are valued, respected and principles of fairness and equity are practiced within the provisions of current employment labour laws and board agreements. As of January 2016, this committee was merged into

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