English Montreal School Board
English Montreal School Board (EMSB or in French, CSEM, Commission scolaire English-Montréal) is one of the 5 school boards in the island of Montreal. The EMSB is the largest anglophone minority school board of 9 in Quebec.
The EMSB is responsible for English-speaking public schools in the centre and eastern sectors of Montreal Island. Anglophone public education in the western portion of Montreal Island is administered by the Lester B. Pearson School Board.
Robert A. Stocker is the current Director General of the school board and its chief administrative officer. He is assisted by Roma Medwid, Deputy Director General, several department heads, coordinators and four regional directors. The school board has divided its territory into three regions for administrative purposes. The regional directors are the immediate superiors of elementary and high school principals.
Angela Mancini is the current chair of the school board. Silvia Lo Bianco is the vice chair. Twenty-one other commissioners representing different wards within the school board's territory and two non-voting parent representatives also sit on the Council of Commissioners. The Council sets school board policy and gives the board its political direction. It usually meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month. All members of the council are elected every four years. The next election is expected to take place on November 6, 2011.
The main offices of the board are at 6000, Fielding Avenue in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. The building was formerly occupied by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM).
Read more about English Montreal School Board: History, Current Issues, English Montreal School Board Chairpersons, List of EMSB Schools
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