the sexual abuse of its students by now deceased teacher and Bell High School basketball coach, Donald Greenham. In 2022 a disciplinary panel with the Ontario College of Teachers found former OCDSB teacher Peter Des Brisay guilty of professional misconduct after sexually abusing a former student in the late 1990s. Schools and programs The OCDSB has 147 school sites (117 elementary, 25 secondary including the Adult High School, plus five secondary alternate sites). Schools within the OCDSB provide English with Core French, Alternative, Early French Immersion, Middle French Immersion, Late French Immersion, Special Education, IEP's and gifted program. Finances The OCDSB has an operating budget of $784.8 million for the 2010–2011 school year. In 2007, the school busses belonging to the OCDSB and the co-terminus catholic school board were taken over by a new corporation: The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (See external link, below) Demographics The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario, serving students within the City of Ottawa, covering an area of . The OCDSB is the seventh largest district by school population in the province of Ontario. Enrolment as of 31 October 2007 totalled 72,388 students (47,099 elementary and 25,455 secondary). The District has 2,711 full-time equivalent (FTE) elementary teachers and 1,337 secondary teachers, as of 31 October 2007, with 238 principals and vice-principals. In addition to the full-time teachers, approximately 2,494 teachers are on the district's occasional teachers list. The OCDSB also has 2,059 administrative and support staff of whom 1,817 work in the schools. The chair of the OCDSB is Lyra Evans. Trustees The following is a list of trustees elected to the school board since its creation. Notes See also Schools of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board List of schools in Ottawa Ottawa Catholic School Board Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation List of school districts in Ontario List of high schools in Ontario References External links Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) public