Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
School board in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario, also widely known as CEPEO, is the public school board responsible for education in the French language in Eastern Ontario, including the Ottawa area. The board consists of 12 trustees elected every 4 years during municipal elections in Ontario and 2 student trustees elected every year. The area in which the board operates covers 40,314 km2 of Ontario. It employs more than 3000 employees, the majority being teachers.
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de L'Ontario | |
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Location | |
Ottawa, Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Pembroke, Trenton and Kingston
Canada | |
District information | |
Chair of the board | Samia Ouled Alo |
Director of education | Stéphane Vachon (par intérim) |
Schools | 38 |
Budget | C$211.7 Million (2014-2015) |
Students and staff | |
Students | 14000 |
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Elected trustees |
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Student trustees |
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Website | www |
Its headquarters are in Ottawa.
The board was created January 1, 1998, when the Government of Ontario decided to create 12 French school boards across Ontario. The CEPEO is a member of the Association des conseils des écoles publique de l'Ontario (ACÉPO).
Formerly, the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario was officially known as the Conseil de district des écoles publiques de langue française no 59.