# North York Board of Education

The North York Board of Education (NYBE, commonly known as School District 13), officially the Board of Education for the City of North York is the former public school board for the former city of North York in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In 1998, the provincial Government of Ontario passed legislation which amalgamated North York into the City of Toronto. As part of the amalgamation process, the NYBE ceased to exist. Today, administration of schools in North York is handled by the Toronto District School Board. The NYBE building was located at 5050 Yonge Street, in the same complex as Mel Lastman Square, the former North York City Hall. This building now houses the Toronto District School Board offices.

## Schools

North York operated various elementary, junior high, and secondary schools along with its alternative programs. Active schools are now operated by TDSB , but all existing properties unless disposed are owned by Toronto Lands Corporation.

### Elementary schools

| Name | Address | Opened | Notes |
| Africentric Alternative School | 1430 Sheppard Avenue West North York, ON, M3M 2W9 | 1958 2009 | Housed in the Sheppard Avenue Public School (1958-2008) building. Post-amalgamation school c 2009 Alternative school. |
| Amesbury Middle School | 201 Gracefield Avenue North York, ON, M6L 1L7 | 1959 | Formerly Queensborough Junior High School |
| Ancaster Public School | 44 Ancaster Road North York, ON, M3K 1S6 | 1957 | |
| Don Mills Junior High School | 3100 Don Mills Road North York, ON, M2J 3C3 | 1971 | Don Mills Middle School from 1986 |
| Burnett Public School | 21 Eddiefield Avenue North York, ON, M2N 3M5 | 1955 | Used as St. Edward Catholic School from 1985 to 2014. Occupied by The Prestige School in April 2014. |
| Calico Public School | 35 Calico Drive North York, ON, M3L 1V5 | 1959 | Formerly attached by St. Blaise Catholic School (1976-1994) |
| C.B. Parsons Junior High School | 2999 Dufferin Street North York, ON, M6B 3T4 | 1945 | Used by Seneca College 1980s-1990s Occupied by the Fieldstone Day School. |
| Cummer Public School | 500 Cummer Avenue North York, ON, M2M 2G5 | 1952 | Used by Lester B. Pearson ES from 1987 to 2003. Operated the Cummer LINC program. Sold to the Toronto Catholic District School Board in 2012 for reconstruction of St. Joseph's Morrow Park High School. Demolished in 2014. |
| Fairmeadow Public School | 17 Fairmeadow Avenue, North York, Ontario | 1951 | Closed 1981 and students likely absorbed by Owen Public School to the south. later used by Seneca College as Fairmeadow Campus 1981-1991 now as Fairmeadow Centre by TDSB as administrative site owned by Toronto Lands Corporation |
| Greenland Public School | 15 Greenland Road North York, ON, M3C 1N1 | 1956 | |
| Hollywood Public School | 360 Hollywood Avenue North York, ON, M2N3L4 | 1950 | |
| Lillian Public School | 1059 Lillian Street North York, ON, M2M 3G1 | 1949 | Section of school used for juvenile delinquent classes Section of school used as School of Experiential Education |
| McNicoll Public School | 155 McNicoll Avenue North York, ON, M2H 2C1 | 1966 | Closed in 2000 Section of school used as School of Experiential Education |
| Melody Road Public School | 24 Strathburn Boulevard North York, ON, M9M 2K3 | 1951 | Closed in 1986 Served as the South Campus for St. Basil-the-Great College School from 1987 to 1999. Leased to the Taric Islamic School until 2006. Portion sold to the TCDSB in 2009. |
| Owen Public School | 111 Owen Boulevard | 1993 | rebuilt and relocated from corner of Owen and Seneca Street original site was opened around 1956 and now used for sports field and portables likely took on students from Fairmeadow PS when it closed in 1981. |
| Pleasant View Junior High School | 175 Brian Drive North York, ON, M2J 3Y8 | 1971 | |
| Sheppard Public School | 1430 Sheppard Avenue West North York, ON, M3M 2W9 | 1958 | |
| Woodbine Junior High School | 2900 Don Mills Road North York, ON, M2J 3B6 | 1966 | |
| Yvonne Public School | 36 Yvonne Avenue North York, ON, M3L 1C9 | 1957 | Sold to the TCDSB. Demolished 2015 Site now occupied by St. Andre Catholic School |
| Zion Heights Junior High School | 5900 Leslie Street North York, ON, M2H1J9 | 1967 | |

### Secondary schools

* Avondale Alternative Secondary School
* A. Y. Jackson Secondary School
* Bathurst Heights Secondary School
* Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate Institute
* Downsview Secondary School
* Drewry Secondary School
* Emery Collegiate Institute
* Sir Sandford Fleming Academy
* Earl Haig Secondary School
* George S. Henry Academy
* C. W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute
* William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
* Don Mills Collegiate Institute
* Newtonbrook Secondary School
* Northview Heights Secondary School
* Victoria Park Collegiate Institute
* Westview Centennial Secondary School
* York Mills Collegiate Institute
* Yorkdale Secondary School

### French-language schools

Previously the district operated two French-language schools in addition to English-language schools. As of May 1980 the district operated two of the seven public French-language schools in Metropolitan Toronto, with the other five being operated by the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board). The North York school board required that a potential student must know French before being admitted to a French-speaking school. The Conseil des écoles françaises de la communauté urbaine de Toronto (CEFCUT) assumed control of French-language education in the Toronto area on 1 December 1988.
In 1977 the school board voted to build a school out of surplus portable buildings on the site of the Ecole Etienne Brule, spending $120,000 to construct the school. The residents in the area where it was being constructed were against the proposal because 172 children from the area were bussed 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) away to another school, and the new school in their community would not serve them. At nighttime, when workers tried to move the portables onto the site, some residents tried to obstruct their efforts.