Founded 1985 Principal Jean Bouchard | Phone +1 416-393-5537 | |
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School type Bill 30 Catholic High school
Bill 30 Catholic Elementary school Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
(Congregation of Notre Dame) Superintendent André Blais
John Shain
Area 4 Area trustee Nathalie Dufour-Séguin
North Toronto
Reno-Claude D'Aigle
South Toronto
Maria Rizzo
Ward 5 School number 537 / 733458
537 / 705128 Address 110 Drewry Ave, North York, ON M2M 1C8, Canada Motto Rien de moins que l'excellence District Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Similar School Secondary Étienne‑B, Board School Of District C, St Joseph's Morrow P, St Robert Catholic High Sch, Brebeuf College School Profiles | ||
École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel (occasionally called ESCMDC, ESC Charbonnel, or Charbonnel); known in English as Monsignor Charbonnel Catholic Secondary School is a French-language Catholic elementary and high school operated by the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (CSDCCS) in Toronto, Canada.
It was part of Le Conseil des écoles catholiques du Grand Toronto (the Metropolitan Separate School Board) as the only French secondary school until 1998 when the board became the Toronto Catholic District School Board and its schools for francophones were transferred to the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.
Located at the North York Board of Education's former Lewis S. Beattie Secondary School, the school is attached by the offices of CSDCCS. The school was named after Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, who was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto from 1847 to 1860. Its motto is "Rien de moins que l'excellence", which means Nothing less than excellence.
History
In April 1969 two trustees of the Metropolitan Toronto School Board tried to stop the opening of the school in the fall of that year. At that time the board was expected to approve a plan that would lease the existing De Charbonnel high school, which was owned by the Congregation of Notre Dame. The district expected that 12 teachers and 235 students would be a part of the school and that there would be an annual operation cost of $225,000.
The school reopened in 1985 as École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel at the 70 Bainbridge Avenue facility, which is the current home of St. Robert Elementary with 66 students. In 1989, with 221 students enrolled, Charbonnel moved to the former Lewis S. Beattie Secondary School when the North York Board of Education had moved their students to Drewry Secondary School as the Beattie school was given to the CECGT/MSSB. Beattie was handed over around in May of 1988 as parents protested the handover. One member of the Metro School Board negotiation team, John Fillon, stated that if the North York board did not release Lewis S. Beattie, an arbitrator may have ruled to give away more schools as well as Beattie.
There were plans in April 1988 to have 200 separate school students and a group of secular public schools slow learners share the Beattie campus for a two-year period until the new Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School building in Scarborough that was opened in 1992. Opponents stated concerns that the separate students would ridicule the secular students. Beattie served as the only school for special students in North York, and had around 200 students from North York and Scarborough. It mainly included students with mental and physical disabilities and slow learners.