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Rocky View Schools

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Superintendent
  
Greg Bass

Website
  
www.rockyview.ab.ca

Province
  
Alberta

Schools
  
40

Chair of the board
  
Dr. Bruce Pettigrew

Phone
  
+1 403-945-4000

Number of students
  
17,000

Elected trustees
  
Norma Lang, ward 1 Bev LaPeare, ward 2 Sylvia Eggerer, ward 3 Don Thomas, ward 3 Helen Clease, ward 4 Colleen Munro, ward 5 Bruce Pettigrew, ward 6

Address
  
2651 Chinook Winds Drive Southwest, Airdrie, AB T4B 0B4, Canada

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4:30PMSuggest an edit

Regions
  
Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane, Crossfield

Profiles

Rocky View School Division No. 41 or Rocky View Schools (RVS) is the public school authority that serves Rocky View County in the province of Alberta. The region includes the communities and hamlets of Balzac, Bottrel, Bragg Creek, Cochrane Lake, Conrich, Elbow Valley, Dalemead, Dalroy, Delacour, Indus, Janet, Kathyrn, Keoma, Langdon, Madden, Shepard, the Bearspaw-Glendale area, and Springbank, the village of Beiseker, the towns of Cochrane, Crossfield, the City of Chestermere,Airdrie, and small regions west, north and east of the City of Calgary.

Contents

The original boards' name was called Calgary Rural Schools Division #41, then eventually changed to Rocky View Schools Division #41.

Size

The RVS serves approximately 17000 students with educational services from grades Kindergarten to Grade 12. The district operates forty schools in its jurisdiction.

Governance

The Rocky View Schools Division 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 seven members who are elected every three years during municipal elections to represent seven urban and rural wards.

Special programs

The RVS offers a variety of special program to their students such as French Immersion, Christian Programs, Home Education and Outreach Campuses. The district board also recognises students and their families with First Nations, Metis, and Inuit heritage by providing support services and programs through Native Liaison Workers.

Senior high schools

In Alberta, a senior high school teaches grades 10-12. However, due to the population size of its district, rural schools often teach lower grades (Kindergarten to grade 9)

References

Rocky View Schools Wikipedia