Rideau High School
| Rideau High School | |
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| Address | |
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815 St. Laurent Boulevard Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 3A7 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°26′05″N 75°38′32″W / 45.434721°N 75.642339°WCoordinates: 45°26′05″N 75°38′32″W / 45.434721°N 75.642339°W |
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| Founded | 1957 |
| School board | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board |
| Principal | Steve Spidell |
| Enrollment | 550 (2013) |
| Campus | urban |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Team name | Rams |
| Feeder schools | Queen Elizabeth Public School, York Street Public School, Henry Munro Middle School |
| Website | rideauhs |
Rideau High School [Website] is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . It is located at 815 St. Laurent Boulevard in the east end of the city on the edge of Vanier. It is located next to the Queen Elizabeth Public School.
The school opened in 1957 under Principal E. D. Hendry. It was the second of a series of ten high schools built by the local school board to cope with rapidly rising attendance and the baby boom. The project generated some controversy as the Collegiate Board presented a plan that included an auditorium, double gym, and a cafeteria. The Ottawa Property Owners association objected to these as expensive and unneeded luxuries, and the mayor Charlotte Whitton agreed. The dispute delayed the construction of the school for some time.
In 1971-72, Rideau High School concert and stage bands produced an album.
In an October 6, 2009 report by the OCDSB, closure of the school was recommended, with its current students to be redirected to Gloucester High School. and incoming students to be re-directed to Lisgar Collegiate Institute (English) or Glebe Collegiate Institute (French Immersion). However, due to a vote in December 7, 2009 (wherein the OCDSB board members voted to reject the recommendation), the school remained open.
Rideau was designed to hold 800 students. The enrolment fell to about 550 students by 2013, with the rest of the building populated by the children of two day-care programs and an adult English program.
In March of 2017, the Ottawa-Carleton District Board of Trustees voted to close Rideau High School, effective June 2017, and redirect all of its students and programs to Gloucester High School. The reasons for closure were cited as declining enrollment (student population for 2016-2017 was 413) and the consequential reduction in programming opportunities for students.
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