Manitoba Organization: Transcona-Springfield School Division No. 12

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The Transcona-Springfield 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 the urban portion (west of the Red River Floodway) was merged with the River East School Division to become the River East Transcona School Division. The rural portion (east of the Red River Floodway) was merged with the Agassiz School Division.

Ward	School Districts
1	Springfield School District No. 1569 Transcona School District No. 39
2	Cooks Creek School District No. 20 Cornwall School District No. 1129 Corona School District No. 1706 Hazelridge School District No. 1583 Melrose School District No. 1039 North Springfield School District No. 38 Oakbank School District No. 40 Pine Ridge School District No. 608 Rose School District No. 2332 Sapton School District No. 894 Zora School District No. 1518
3	Anola School District No. 1602 Beatrice School District No. 164 Corrall School District No. 1382 Craig Siding School District No. 2031 Eastdale School District No. 1640 Grafton School District No. 2331 McDavid School District No. 1234 Oak Crossing School District No. 1407 Queens Valley School District No. 1034 Uppingham School District No. 1428
4	Dugald School District No. 80 Isbister School District No. 500 Meadowvale School District No. 241 Millbrook School District No. 101 Navin School District No. 1000 Oak Hummock School District No. 256 Prairie Grove School District No. 271 Rossmere School District No. 97 South Plympton School District No. 81 Suthwyn School District No. 530

Board Chairs

Term	Chair
1959-1961	Arthur Henry Day (1916-1962)
1962-1963	Marion Trudell
1964-1965	Harry R. Fisher
1966-1969	Sam Maslovsky
1970	Mary Andree
1971	Theodore Malashewski
1972-1974	Mary Andree
1974-1976	H. John Vaags
1976-1978	George E. Marshall
1978-1980	Jack F. Quail
1980-1982	Jim Ilchyshyn
1982-1983	Michael Buyachok (1939-2022)
1983-1984	Irene Boriskewich
1984-1985	Wally Stoyko
1985-1986	Mary Andree
1986-1987	Wally Stoyko
1987-1988	Mary Andree
1988-1989	Karen Watson
1989-1991	Mary Andree
1991-1992	Betty Ann Watts
1992-1993	Mary Andree
1993-1994	Georgette Ilchyna
1994-1997	Mary Andree
1997-1998	Betty Ann Watts
1998-2000	Colleen Carswell
2000-2002	Mary Andree

Superintendents

Term	Superintendent
1965-1969	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)
1969-1972	Reevan Francis Barrett Cramer (1924-1998)
1972-1990	Vera Marie Sopuck Derenchuk (1930-2019)
1990-1991	Frank Fiorentino
1991-1993	Peter Blahey
1993-1998	Gerry Saleski
1998-2001	Paul Moreau
2001	Diane Phillips
2001-2002	Ken Bell

Schools

The following schools were operating in the Division at the time of its 2002 dissolution.

Anola School

Arthur Day Middle School (43 Whitehall Boulevard, Winnipeg)

Bernie Wolfe Community School (95 Bournais Drive, Winnipeg)

École Centrale

École Margaret Underhill (25 Regina Place, Winnipeg)

École Regent Park School (411 Moroz Street, Winnipeg)

Grafton School

Harold Hatcher Elementary School

Hazelridge Elementary School (Hazelridge, RM of Springfield)

Heartland School

John W. Gunn Middle School (351 Harold Avenue West, Winnipeg)

Joseph Teres School

Murdoch MacKay Collegiate (260 Redonda Street, Winnipeg)

Oakbank Elementary School (826 Cedar Avenue, RM of Springfield)

Collège Pierre-Elliott Trudeau

Radisson School (1105 Winona Street, Winnipeg)

Richland School

Springfield Collegiate

Springfield Middle School

Transcona Collegiate (1305 Winona Street, Winnipeg)

Wayoata Elementary School (605 Wayoata Street, Winnipeg)

Westview Elementary 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)

Sources:

Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.

“Bend’s school job filled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1969, page 3.

From Slate to Computer in the Transcona-Springfield Area 1873-1983 by Nan Shipley, 1983, pages 339-341.

“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.

Pagee revised: 29 October 2022