The Assiniboine South 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:
Ward
School Districts
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Fort Whyte School District No. 2198
Loudoun School District No. 1511
Tuxedo School District No. 17092
In August 2002, it was amalgamated with the Fort Garry School Division to form the Pembina Trails School Division.
Period
Superintendent
1958-1966
Ernest Friesen Reimer (1909-1999)
1967-1968
Harold Albert Mourtisen (1917-1969)
1968-1972
Ernest Friesen Reimer (1909-1999)
1972-1975
Arthur L. Miller
1975-1977
David A. Coburn
1977-1998
Stephen Norbert “Steve” Dvorak (1941-2018)
1998-2001
Howard Holtman
2001-2002
Paul Moreau
After 2002
Period
Assistant Superintendent
1973-1977
Stephen Norbert “Steve” Dvorak (1941-2018)
1973-1996
James Patrick “Pat” Krecsy (1941-2018)
1977-1998
Howard Holtman
1997-2000
Jeanne Margaret Gitzel
1999-2002
Lawrence Lussier
1999-2002
Linda Dier
After 2002
See a map of schools in the Assiniboine South School Division.
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)
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.
We thank Nathan Kramer, Howard Holtman, Margaret Stimson, and David Beer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 December 2021
