Western Québec School Board (WQSB) is an English-language school district

School district

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 based in Gatineau

Gatineau

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, Quebec

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, Canada

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. It was formerly a Protestant school district. The chairperson is Michael Chiasson, and the director general is Mike Dawson.

History

The WQSB was created by a series of amalgamations of smaller school boards. In 1998, when Quebec's religious school boards were replaced by linguistic boards, seven English-language schools formerly designated as Roman Catholic were transferred to the WQSB. School boards in Quebec had been organized along confessional lines, Catholic

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 and Protestant, since before Canadian Confederation

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Schools

The board operates the following schools:

• Buckingham Elementary School
• Chelsea Elementary School
• D’Arcy McGee High School
• Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School
• Dr. Wilbert Keon School
• Eardley Elementary School
• G. Théberge School
• Golden Valley School
• Greater Gatineau Elementary School
• Hadley Junior High School
• Lord Aylmer School
• Maniwaki Woodland School
• Namur Intermediate School
• Noranda School
• Onslow Elementary School
• Philemon Wright High School
  Philemon Wright High School
  Philemon Wright High School is an anglophone high school located in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is administered by the Western Quebec School Board and named after Philemon Wright, founder of Hull. Philemon Wright High school also offers an Enriched French program course to...
  
  
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School
• Poltimore Elementary School
• Pontiac High School
  Pontiac High School
  Pontiac High School is an English-language high school in Shawville, Quebec, Canada with about 560 students. It is operated by the Western Quebec School Board. The principal is Eldon Keon.-Notable alumni:...
  
  
• Queen Elizabeth Elementary School
• South Hull Elementary School
• St. John’s/John Paul II School
• St. Michael’s High School
• Symmes Junior High School
• Wakefield Elementary School