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The River East 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 several school districts, listed below. It was dissolved on 30 June 2002 and merged with the Transcona-Springfield School Division to become the River East Transcona School Division.
Ward
School Districts
1
East Kildonan School District No. 14
2
North Kildonan School District No. 2116
3
McIvor School District No. 2323
4
East St. Paul School District No. 2322
Donald School District No. 1094
Term
Chair
1959-1962
Bertrun Elwood “Bert” Glavin (1904-1972)
1963-1964
Jim Coulter
1965-1967
Bertrun Elwood “Bert” Glavin (1904-1972)
1967-1971
James Gordon “Jim” Smith (1932-2001)
1972
Bertrun Elwood “Bert” Glavin (1904-1972)
1972-1974
Allen “Al” Rouse (1925-2017)
1974-1976
Bryan Peterson
1976-1981
Allen “Al” Rouse (1925-2017)
1981-1984
Alex Novak
1984-1986
Allen “Al” Rouse (1925-2017)
1986-1988
Robert Fraser
1988-1989
Allen “Al” Rouse (1925-2017)
1989-1990
Helen Mayba
1990-1991
Robert Fraser
1991-1992
Brian Croxford
1992-1993
Barbara Buffie
1993-1995
Robert Fraser
1995-1996
Helen Mayba
1996-1997
Vicki Lazaruk
1997-1998
Robert Fraser
1998-1999
Ron Schuler
1999-2000
Robert Fraser
2000-2002
Gail Scheer
Term
Superintendent
1966-1967
Walter Alvin Smith Green (1918-2004)
1967-1979
David Alexander “Dave” Downie (1921-2014)
1980-1990
Walter William Melnyk (1935-2009)
1991-1996
George Wall
1997-1999
Henry Kojima
1999
George Wall
1999-2006
John Carlyle
2006-2012
Dennis Pottage
2012-2022
Kelly Barkman
2022-present
Sandra Herbst
The following are schools that have operated in the Division since its inception, although not all of them are currently in operation, and few are based in their original buildings.
Angus McKay School (850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg)
Arthur Day Middle School (43 Whitehall Boulevard, Winnipeg)
Bernie Wolfe School (95 Bournais Drive, Winnipeg)
Bertrun E. Glavin School (166 Antrim Road, Winnipeg)
Bird's Hill School (3950 Raleigh Street, East St. Paul)
Chief Peguis Middle School (1400 Rothesay Street, Winnipeg)
Miles Macdonell Collegiate (757 Roch Street, Winnipeg)
College Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau (216 Redonda Street, Winnipeg)
Donwood School (400 Donwood Drive, Winnipeg)
Dr. F. W. L. Hamilton School (3225 Hendersy Highway, East St. Paul)
Ecole Centrale (604 Day Street, Winnipeg)
John Henderson Middle School (930 Brazier Street, Winnipeg)
Margaret Underhill School (25 Regina Place Winnipeg)
Munroe Middle School (405 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg)
Neil Campbell School (845 Golspie Street, Winnipeg)
Regent Park School (411 Moroz Street, Winnipeg)
Salisbury Morse Place School (795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg)
Springfield Heights School (505 Sharron Bay, Winnipeg)
Sun Valley School (125 Sun Valley Drive, Winnipeg)
Emerson School (323 Emerson Avenue, Winnipeg)
Hampstead School (920 Hampstead Avenue, Winnipeg)
Harold Hatcher School (500 Redonda Street, Winnipeg)
John de Graff School (1020 Louelda Street, Winnipeg)
John G. Stewart School (2069 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg)
John Pritchard School (1490 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg)
John W. Gunn Middle School (351 Harold Avenue West, Winnipeg)
Joseph Teres School (131 Sanford Fleming Road, Winnipeg)
Kildonan East Collegiate (845 Concordia Avenue, Winnipeg)
Lord Wolseley School (939 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg)
Maple Leaf School (251 McIvor Avenue, Winnipeg)
Murdoch MacKay Collegiate (260 Redonda Street, Winnipeg)
Polson School (491 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg)
Prince Edward School (649 Brazier Street, Winnipeg)
Princess Margaret School (367 Hawthorne Avenue, Winnipeg)
Radisson School (1105 Winona Street, Winnipeg)
River East Collegiate (295 Sutton Avenue, Winnipeg)
Robert Andrews Middle School (3230 Manlius Street, East St. Paul)
Sherwood School (509 Grey Street, Winnipeg)
Transcona Collegiate (1305 Winona Street, Winnipeg)
Valley Gardens Middle School (220 Antrim Road, Winnipeg)
Wayoata School (605 Wayoata Street, Winnipeg)
Westview School (600 Hoka Street, Winnipeg)
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.
“River East appoints Melnyk,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 February 1979, page 16.
“RESD superintendent retires,” Winnipeg Free Press Weekly Northeast Edition, 15 April 1990, page 2.
“A historical look at River East Transcona School Division, 1959-2002,” River East Transcona School Division, 2018.
We thank Mark Szymanski and Ted Fransen for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 November 2023
