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Manitoba Organization: Portage la Prairie School Division No. 24
The Portage la Prairie School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:
Superintendents
Term
Superintendent
1966-?
Alfred Leslie Stevens (1920-2004)
?-1973
?
1973-1986
Virgil Elroy Holmes (1927-1986)
Chairs
Term
Chair
1959-?
Marietta Emily Taylor “Reita” Richardson (1898-1970)
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)
Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)
Manitoba Organization: University Women’s Club of Portage la Prairie
Sources:
Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.
“5 boards appoint new men,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 June 1966, page 31.
Rural Schools of Portage la Prairie School Division #24 by Muriel Wright, 1996.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Profile revised: 20 December 2021
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