Manitoba Organization: Swan Valley School Division No. 35

The Swan Valley 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	Bell River School District No. 2157 Birch River Village School District No. 2053 Drury School District No. 1671 Glover Creek School District No. 2304 Little Creek School District No. 2306 McKinley School District No. 2235 Mafeking Village School District No. 1889 Novra School District No. 2172 Old Fort School District No. 1868 Pasadena School District No. 2329 Steele School District No. 1800
2	Avonlea School District No. 1606 Bowsman Union School District No. 1273 Brierley School District No. 1613 Craigsford School District No. 1764 Cropper Tops School District No. 1186 Deer Path School District No. 2300 Dunkinville School District No. 2122 Evenlode School District No. 2347 Floradale School District No. 1173 Grahamville School District No. 2213 Hall School District No. 2295 Kemulch School District No. 1323 Lalecheur School District No. 2345 Lens School District No. 2023 McKay School District No. 1884 Norths Creek School District No. 2284 Sinclair River School District No. 1895 Swanford School District No. 2268 Swan Woody School District No. 2307 West Favelle School District No. 1037
3	Allenvale School District No. 2224 Cowan School District No. 1132 Cowan Ridge School District No. 2305 Cowan River School District No. 1808 Fishers Siding School District No. 1200 Home Valley School District No. 2209 Lidstone School District No. 1064 Meadowbrook School District No. 2320 Minitonas School District No. 1102 Oakhurst School District No. 1114 Ravensworth School District No. 1185 Roaring River School District No. 1215
4	Big Woody School District No. 1621 Crestview School District No. 2068 Davidson School District No. 1250 Egilson School District No. 1476 Egremont School District No. 1110 Harlington School District No. 1164 Kenville School District No. 1404 Lady Hubble School District No. 2098 Lancaster School District No. 1542 Lavender School District No. 1082 Little Woody School District No. 1271 McVey School District No. 2303 Mountain Crest School District No. 2079 Pretty Valley School District No. 1162 Ruby School District No. 1081 Shaw School District No. 1107 Square Plains School District No. 1053 Swan Valley School District No. 1038 Thunder Hill School District No. 1156 Trout Creek School District No. 2315 Wild Rose School District No. 1405
5	Swan River School District No. 1047
6	Alpine Consolidated School District No. 1738 Benito Consolidated School District No. 1408 Durban Consolidated School District No. 1080

Superintendents:

Period	Superintendent
1967-1985	John Kastrukoff (1920-2009)

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 January 2020