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The Regina Public School District No. 4 of Saskatchewan became the Regina School Division No. 4 of Saskatchewan effective January 1, 1979 pursuant to the Education Act (S.S. 1978, c.17). The Board of the school division is responsible for administering the public elementary and secondary schools in the City of Regina. Elected through a public vote held every three years, the Board consists of seven members including a chairman and vice-chairman. Funding to administer and operate the schools in the division is provided through provincial grants and locally generated revenues.

The responsibilities of the Board are the same as those assigned to the separate and francophone school boards in the province. The Board's duties and powers include administering and managing the educational affairs of the school division; exercising general supervision and control over the schools in the division; approving administrative procedures pertaining to the internal organization, management and supervision of the schools; providing and maintaining school accomodation, equipment and facilities; and appointing and employing qualified teachers, principals and other necessary staff.

Senior administrative staff of the school division include the director of education, who is appointed by the Board; the secretary-treasurer; and deputy directors. Superintendents; principals; teachers; speech language pathologists; psychologists and clerical and maintenance staff are also part of the administrative organization. The division's administration office was located at 1860 Lorne Street until 1982, when it was moved to 1600 4th Avenue.

The Regina School Division No. 4 is currently (2009) the largest school division in the province with 9 high schools and 45 elementary schools under its jurisdiction.

In 1965, The School Act was passed by the Saskatchewan Government, allowing for the amalgamation of school boards. On January 1, 1966, the Board of the Regina Public School District No. 4 of Saskatchewan and the Board of the Regina Collegiate Institute School District No. 1 (High School) amalgamated to form the Board of Education for the Regina Public School District No. 4 of Saskatchewan and the Regina Collegiate Institute. The first meeting of the new Board was held on January 3, 1966. The first Board consisted of A.S. Cochrane (chairman); Dr. J.J.A. McLurg (vice-chairman) and seven members (A.S. Cochrane; Dr. J.J.A. McLurg; B.G. Brown; Ruth Mathison Buck; G.A. Dawley; J.A. Griffin and H. Ingham).

The Board was responsible for administering the public elementary and high schools in the City of Regina. In 1966, the Board was responsible for Balfour Technical School; 45 public elementary schools and 6 collegiates. The Board was elected through a public vote held every three years. Funding was secured through provincial grants and locally generated revenues. The Board's duties and powers included administering and managing the educational affairs of the school district; exercising general supervision and control over the schools in the district; approving administrative procedures pertaining to the internal organization, management and supervision of the schools; providing and maintaining school accomodation, equipment and facilities; and appointing and employing qualified teachers, principals and other necessary staff.

The administration office was located at 1860 Lorne Street. Senior administrative staff included the Director and Superintendent, who served as the chief executive officer; the Deputy Director and Deputy Superintendent; the Planning and Research Officer; the Secretary-Treasurer; the Chief Clerk and the Business Manager. Superintendents; assistant superintendents; consultants; principals, teachers and clerical and maintenance staff were also part of the administrative organization.

In 1978, all school districts became school divisions pursuant to the Education Act (S.S. 1978, c.17). The Regina Public School District No. 4 of Saskatchewan was disestablished and ceased to exist on January 1, 1979 while the Regina Collegiate Institute School District No. 1 (High School) was disestablished effective March 30, 1979. The Regina School Division No. 4 of Saskatchewan was established effective January 1, 1979 to continue administering and operating the public elementary and high schools in Regina.

Outlook School Unit No. 32 of Saskatchewan was established on August 27, 1945 pursuant to The Larger School Units Act (SS 1944, c.41). The Unit originally consisted of 106 rural and village public school districts, which were arranged in five subunits. On September 22, 1945, the Board of the Unit assumed office and took over the assets and liabilities of the school districts under its control. The Board was elected and consisted of five members (one for each of the subunits) who served two year terms. The Unit office was located in the town of Outlook, which is located approximately 90 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.

The Board of the Outlook School Unit No. 32 was responsible for administering and managing each school district in the unit and for generally supervising and controlling each school. The Board provided buildings, equipment and supplies; hired qualified teachers; paid teachers their monthly salaries; and dealt with attendance, transportation and disciplinary issues. The Board was assisted by a secretary-treasurer, who managed the finances and kept minutes of Board meetings. The Superintendent of Schools for the Unit, appointed by the Minister of Education, was responsible for the general supervision of the schools and conferred with teachers and the Board on various issues.

In 1978, the Larger School Units Act was replaced by the Education Act (SS 1978). Outlook School Unit No. 32 became Outlook School Division No. 32 effective January 1, 1979.

The Village of Wilcox, Saskatchewan in an urban municipality incorporated on April 19, 1907. In April of 1902, the first settlers arrived by train at milepost 35 along the Soo Line Railroad. Within one week, surveyors arrived to lay out the site, and soon more settlers arrived. Wilcox was named after Albert Wilcox, the train dispatcher at the Canadian Pacific Railway office in Moose Jaw. The village of Wilcox is situated midway between Moose Jaw and Weyburn along the Soo Line Railway and Highway 39. It is approximately 42 kilometres south on Highway 6, and 8 kilometres west of the City of Regina. It is located in Bratt's Lake Rural Municipality No. 129.

The village is governed by an elected council that can hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council include enforcing bylaws; waste management; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices, and collecting taxes and other fees.

The Village of Wilcox was governed originally by an overseer, councilors, and a secretary-treasurer. Around 1970 the governance structure changed to include a mayor (formerly the overseer), councilors, and a secretary-treasurer. The first overseer was Alexander Weston, elected April 29, 1907.

The current (2009) population of the Village of Wilcox is 262.

The Regina General Hospital School of Nursing was located at the Regina General Hospital (RGH) in Regina, Saskatchewan from 1907 to 1972. Prior to 1907, the hospital was called the Victoria Hospital and was staffed by members of the Victorian Order of Nurses. The first nursing student began in 1901 under the supervision of Lilly Bristow, an English nurse. In 1902 the Victorian Order of Nurses founded the Victoria Hospital Nurses Education Program. The program continued under the supervision of the Victorian Order of Nurses until the City of Regina took over the facility and its associated programs in 1907. The facility was renamed the Regina General Hospital, and the nursing school was renamed the Regina General Hospital School of Nursing.

The RGH was administrated by a board of governors, appointed by the Regina City Council. The board controlled the hospital finances and approved budgetary spending for the School of Nursing. The board of governors also appointed a director of nursing, who reported to the board, and who oversaw both the school of nursing and nursing service in the hospital. Within the School of Nursing, there was an associate director, a clinical coordinator, student counselors, instructors and a resident health nurse. The first director of nursing and school superintendent was E. Chalmers, who held the position from 1903 to 1909.

Nursing students generally lived in residence, and completed a combination of classroom work and practical rotations on hospital wards to achieve their education. Until 1963, the nursing program was three years in length, consisting of two years of classroom and hospital instruction, followed by a third year practicum. After 1963, the program was reduced to two years in length.

In 1972, the training program for nurses was fully transferred to Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina. On August 20, 1972 the RGH Board of Governors and the RGH School of Nursing Alumnae hosted a function to commemorate the Regina General Hospital School of Nursing, to officially close the program and to recognise the final class of graduates.

The Village of Truax, Saskatchewan was an urban municipality incorporated on September 9, 1912. The town was originally to have been named Schuett after Joseph Schuett, one of the first homesteaders in the district, but was named Truax, after Reuben Truax of Ontario, a close friend of Martin Schuett Sr. The Village of Truax was located on the Canadian National Railway line between Moose Jaw and Radville.

The village was governed by an elected council that could hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council included enforcing bylaws; waste management; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices, and collecting taxes and other fees.

The Village of Truax was governed originally by an overseer, councilors, and a secretary-treasurer. Later, the governance structure of Saskatchewan villages changed to include a mayor (formerly the overseer), councilors and a secretary-treasurer. In Truax, the first overseer was F.A. Bennett, and the first secretary-treasurer was Joseph Duck. In February 1923, a fire consumed the Municipal Office building in Truax, destroying many of the records for the village.

On December 31, 1970, the Village of Truax reverted to a hamlet and sometime before 2002 the hamlet was dissolved. The residents of the community came under the jurisdiction of Elmsthorpe Rural Municipality No. 100.

In 1912, resident ratepayers in the St. Denis, Saskatchewan district petitioned the Department of Education for the formation of a school district. Approval was granted and the Dinelle's Hill School District No. 1176 was established on August 23, 1912 pursuant to the provisions of the School Act. The responsibilities of the district board included selecting and acquiring a school site; contracting the building of the school; furnishing and maintaining the school and grounds, buildings and equipment; hiring qualified teachers; providing books, globes, maps and other supplies to students and teachers; administering grants; settling disputes and maintaining school records and accounts.

In 1913, the board of trustees borrowed $2000.00 to build and furnish a school house. The school was located at SE 27-36-1-W3. M. A. Beatrice Houde was the first teacher. On May 3, 1915, the name of the district was changed to Dinelle's School District No. 1176. After the school burned down on March 8, 1943, classes were held in a vacant house until a two room school was purchased and situated on the same site.

The duties and powers of the district board were revised when Dinelle's School District joined the Saskatoon (East) School Unit No. 41 on December 12, 1944. The school was permanently closed on June 30, 1961 and the district consolidated with Casavant School District No. 3127 to form the Casavant Central School Board, which administered a centralized school in the hamlet of St. Denis. Dinelle's School District was officially disorganized on July 24, 1973 and the lands from the district were consolidated with Vonda School District No. 1312 and Vonda Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 18.

The Town of Radville was incorporated on May 1, 1913. Radville was originally incorporated as a village on January 3, 1911. The town is governed by an elected council that can hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council include enforcing bylaws; waste collection/landfill; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices and collecting taxes and other fees.

The town of Radville is named, in part, for Conrad Paquin, whose undeveloped farm formed the site for the town. The name was created using the last letters of Paquin's first name and the French derivative of "ville" to denote the settlement. Radville is an agricultural based community located in southern Saskatchewan. It is situated approximately 112 kilometres south of the City of Regina on Highway No. 28 and is located in the Laurier Rural Municipality No. 38.

The town is currently (2009) administered by a mayor, six councillors, an administrator, and an assistant administrator. The current population is 755.

In September 1912, a committee of ratepayers in the Regina Beach, Saskatchewan district petitioned the Department of Education for the formation of a school district. At a meeting held by the committee on December 5, 1912, ten resident ratepayers voted on the proposed district. Six were in favour of the district and four were opposed. The first trustees elected were Roy Comstock, George (Geo) Leask, and John Colvin. John Colvin resigned on November 4, 1913 and was replaced as trustee by Norman Elliot.

Regina Beach School District No. 2913 was officially established on February 22, 1913 in accordance with the provisions of The School Act. The responsibilities of the district board included selecting and acquiring a school site; contracting the building of the school; furnishing and maintaining the school, grounds, building and equipment; hiring qualified teachers; providing books, globes, maps and other supplies to students and teachers; administering grants; settling disputes, and maintaining school records and accounts.

In April 1913, the Board of Trustees borrowed $1,500 to build and furnish a one room school house. This schoolhouse was located at block one, lots 1-18 in the Village of Regina Beach. Ella MacNaughton was the first teacher. In April of 1921, the Board of Trustees again borrowed money, this time to build a new two room school house on the same site at a cost of $15,000.

The duties and powers of the district board were revised when the Regina Beach School District joined the Regina School Unit No. 21 effective January 1, 1964. By the late 1960s most of the Regina Beach students were bussed to Lumsden with the exception of Grades I and II.

The Regina Beach School was closed permanently in June 1970. On September 11, 1972, the land on which the school sat was sold back to the Village of Regina Beach.

The Village of Goodwater is an urban municipality incorporated on May 8, 1911. At the first meeting of the village council on August 7, 1911, councilors were William Hobbs, Edward McIntyre, and James Seeley, with S.A. Davidson appointed as secretary-treasurer and Hobbs as overseer.

The village is governed by an elected council that can hire staff to manage daily administration and maintain municipal services, such as roads, utilities and recreation facilities. The responsibilities of the council include enforcing bylaws; waste collection/landfill; fire protection; maintaining public utilities, roads and streets; issuing tax and assessment notices and collecting taxes and other fees.

The Village of Goodwater was named for its proximity to a good source of water for steam engines that ran along the nearby railroad. Goodwater is an agricultural and oil industry based community located at 21-5-13-W2 in southeastern Saskatchewan, approximately 160 kilometers southeast of Regina. The town is situated in Lomond Rural Municipality No. 37.

The village is currently (2009) governed by mayor and two councilors, each elected to three-year terms. The general administration of the village is handled by a village administrator. The population was 25 in 2006.