Manitoba Organization: Rolling River School Division School District No. 39

The Rolling River 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
1	Audy School District No. 2183 Clear Creek School District No. 2147 Clear Lake School District No. 2135 Coldwell School District No. 1547 Fraser School District No. 1301 Makepeace School District No. 637 Newdale Consolidated School District No. 431 Providence School District No. 2184 Pulvers Lake School District No. 2220 Rackham School District No. 2123 Round Lake School District No. 1664 Sandy Lake Consolidated School District No. 2370
2	Bradwardine Consolidated School District No. 1307 Cardale Consolidated School District No. 1763 Daly Union School District No. 193 Harrow School District No. 464 Hunter School District No. 571 Marney School District No. 275 Mayne School District No. 753 Medina School District No. 402 Oak River Consolidated School District No. 253 Poplar Grove School District No. 686 Robinville School District No. 1392 Spring Valley School District No. 649 Westwood School District No. 1308
3	Erickson School District No. 1366 Hilltop School District No. 801 Lund School District No. 1190 Nedrob School District No. 1934 Norland School District No. 1115 Onanole School District No. 2262 Otter Lake School District No. 2265 Scandinavia School District No. 567 Tales School District No. 721 Westmount School District No. 1587 Whirlpool School District No. 2146
4	Basswood Consolidated School District No. 1252 Centreview School District No. 858 Little Saskatchewan School District No. 134 McBride School District No. 558 Moline School District No. 543 Oakleigh School District No. 914 Rapid City School District No. 124 Tremaine School District No. 502 Wallace School District No. 405
5	Bethany Consolidated School District No. 161 Cameron Consolidated School District No. 406 Clanwilliam School District No. 178 Coldstream School District No. 435 Crocus Hill School District No. 1448 Empire School District No. 216 Glenburney School District No. 387 Grey School District No. 1356 Havelock School District No. 1514 Hazelwood School District No. 217 Lakelet School District No. 229 Lorndale School District No. 228 Rookhurst School District No. 432 Roseneath Consolidated School District No. 691 Willow Grove School District No. 306
6	Minnedosa School District No. 232
7	Rivers Consolidated School District No. 1484
8	Elton Municipal School District No. 2360

Superintendents

Period	President
1966-?	James Keith Cooper (1931-2000)
?-c1976	?
c1976-1981	Arnold James Nicholls (1929-2003)

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.

Advertisement, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 May 1976, page 60.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 April 2018