The file BOARD.TXT has the following file layout. Position Length Data Item Name Data Type 1 5 board_id N 6 5 new_board_id N 11 50 board_name A 61 40 addr A 101 20 city A 121 10 postalcode A 131 2 prov_code A 133 20 country A 153 2 region_code A 155 3 areacd_phone N 158 7 phone N 165 3 areacd_fax N 168 7 fax N 175 1 lang_prefer A The board amalgamation has introduced new board numbers and a relationship between the board ids. Board_id contains all of the board ids, new and old. The new_board_id column contains the new board id for old boards that now report to a new board. If this column contains 0, the board does not have a new reporting structure e.g. Private school boards or it is the new board. Applicable to both School and Board data Data Type = A Alphanumeric left-justified within the field length filled with low-order blanks to the end of the field and contains uppercase only. = N numeric right-justified, leading zeros and contains no brackets, dashes or blanks. lang_prefer contains 1 = English, 2 = French, 3 = Bilingual region_code = CE Central EA Eastern MN Mid-Northern NE North-Eastern NW North-Western WE Western OP Out of Province OC Out of Country Space if Not Known