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The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board takes in the regions of the previous Peterborough County Board of Education and the Northumberland-Clarington Board of Education and covers almost 7,000 square kilometres. It serves the communities located in the Kawarthas to the north, and south to Lake Ontario . Hastings County is its eastern border and its western border extends to the City Of Kawartha Lakes and to the edge of the City Of Oshawa .

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has 82 Elementary Schools , 15 Secondary Schools and four adult learning centres to serve its Urban and Rural communities.


SCHOOLS


Elementary

The 82 elementary schools within the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board serve students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8. The schools provide caring, supportive learning environments in which students can grow and develop.



Secondary

The Kawartha Pine Ridge (KPR) District Board's 15 secondary schools offer a variety of programs and initiatives that build on the strong learning foundation developed at the elementary level. All secondary schools currently offer programs from Grade 9 to Grade 12.



STUDENTS

  • 37 156 students (24 780 elementary, 12 376 secondary)

  • 4 385 of these students receive special education services (2 043 elementary, 2 342 secondary)

  • approximately 23 000 students are bused to school every day on 500 different bus routes



STATISTICS

  • 1 million library books and learning materials

  • over 8,000 computers

  • a wide area network and Internet access at each school

  • over 78,000 items in our central Learning Resources Centres collections

  • a library resource centre in every school

  • French Immersion programs in eight elementary schools; students start the Immersion program in Kindergarten

  • Extended French programs in five elementary schools; students start the Extended French program in Grade 5

  • a range of special services provided to assist schools and teachers in meeting the needs of our students; these include special education, behavioral, psychological, social work and attendance and counselling services

  • instruction in the Ojibwa language in five schools as an optional program available to Native and non-Native students

  • school councils in every school; these councils are comprised of parents, staff, students and community members



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