Manitoba Organization: Agassiz School Division No. 13

The Agassiz 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, listed below. In 2002, the rural portion of the Transcona-Springfield School Division (east of the Red River Floodway) was merged with it to become the Sunrise School Division.

Ward	School Districts
1	Beausejour School District No. 609 Cloverleaf School District No. 1638 Cromwell School District No. 1117 Garson School District No. 1375 Golden Bay School District No. 1429 Hazel Glen School District No. 1858 Lydiatt School District No. 1199 St. Ouens School District No. 909 Sebright School District No. 1182
2	Brightstar School District No. 2024 Brodie School District No. 1854 Brokenhead School District No. 472 Fatima School District No. 2334 Glenmoor School District No. 2293 Greenwald School District No. 1160 Greenwich School District No. 2005 Gull Lake School District No. 2269 Ladywood School District No. 555 Mars School District No. 1774 Sandhill School District No. 1372 Thalberg North School District No. 2270 Thalberg South School District No. 1411 Tyndall School District No. 568 White Poplar School District No. 1877
3	Allard School District No. 1172 Broadlands School District No. 1945 C. C. Irvine School District No. 2338 Chevrefils School District No. 2277 Dupont School District No. 2288 Great Falls School District No. 2011 Leonard School District No. 1911 Mud Falls School District No. 2281
4	Bird River School District No. 1700 Crescent Bay School District No. 2259 Lac du Bonnet School District No. 1235 Lee River School District No. 2104 Newcombe School District No. 1716 Pinawa School District No. 1627 Pointe du Bois School District No. 1696 Poplar Bay School District No. 2175 Riverland School District No. 1557
5	Berryland School District No. 2246 Bonar Law School District No. 1863 Brightstone School District No. 1646 Brookfield School District No. 2052 Buchan School District No. 1883 Green Bay School District No. 1010 Green Oak School District No. 1595 Julius School District No. 1943 Landerville School District No. 1888 Lonely Dale School District No. 2251 Maple Creek School District No. 2275 Milner Ridge School District No. 1859 Molson School District No. 1520 Oldenburg School District No. 968 Overwater School District No. 2349 Rattray School District No. 1372 Red Deer School District No. 1916 Seven Sisters Falls School District No. 2218 Smith Siding School District No. 1847 Winnipeg Falls School District No. 1346 Woodrow School District No. 1897
6	Birch River School District No. 1502 Darwin Station School District No. 1950 Dollard School District No. 1686 Elma School District No. 1286 Glenn School District No. 1932 Juno School District No. 1679 McMunn School District No. 1892 Midwinter School District No. 1891 Rennie School District No. 2032 Scott’s Hill School District No. 2261 Sheridan School District No. 1942 Stony Hill School District No. 1410 Whitemouth Consolidated School District No. 139

Superintendents

Period	President
1966-1969	H. Keith Long
1969-1990	Michael P. Czuboka

Assistant Superintendents

Period	President
1969-1983	Ernest Joseph Hafichuk (1928-2016)

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)

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.

“Michael Czuboka calls it quits after 20 years as Supt,” Lac du Bonnet Leader, 8 May 1990, page 13.

“A historical look at River East Transcona School Division, 1959-2002,” River East Transcona School Division, 2018.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Mark Szymanski for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 November 2020