Halton District School Board

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Halton District School Board
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Location
J.W. Singleton Education Centre
2050 Guelph Line
Burlington, Ontario

New Street Education Centre
3250 New Street
Burlington, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°20′35″N79°46′37″W / 43.3430°N 79.7770°W / 43.3430; -79.7770
District information
SuperintendentJacqueline Newton
Scott Podrebarac
Colette Ruddock
Tina Salmini
Chair of the boardMargo Shuttleworth
Director of educationCurtis Ennis
Schools102; 84 elementary, 18 secondary
BudgetCA$664 [1] million
Other information
Elected trusteesKelly Amos
Amy Collard
Donna Danielli
Tracey Ehl Harrison
Heather Gerrits
Jeanne Gray
Andrea Grebenc
Tanya Rocha
Joanna Oliver
Margo Shuttleworth
Leah Reynolds [2]
Website www.hdsb.ca

The Halton District School Board [3] serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, [4] Halton Hills, [5] Milton [6] and Oakville. [7] Its administration area is to the southwest of the city of Toronto. In 2006-2007, it served almost 50,000 students, excluding those in adult, alternative, and Community Education programs.

Contents

History

Education in the former Halton County was previously governed by a framework of boards for various high school districts and public school districts associated with them. [8] In 1967, as a result of initiatives undertaken by then Minister of Education Bill Davis, work was begun to amalgamate all boards on a county-wide level throughout the Province, and such a move was recommended to the Halton County Council that year for its approval. [9] The move was opposed by the southern boards of education in Burlington and Oakville, [10] but that was overruled upon passage of mandatory legislation by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1968. [11]

The Board was constituted as the Halton County Board of Education, which was established on January 1, 1969. [12] When the County was replaced by the Regional Municipality of Halton, the Board became the Halton Board of Education. [13]

As part of the province-wide restructuring of Ontario's school boards as a consequence of the passage of the Fewer School Boards Act, 1997, [14] the English-language Public District School Board No. 20 was created to take over the Region's schools. [15] It was merged with the former Board at the beginning of 1998, and was renamed as the "Halton District School Board" in 1999. [16]

Schools

The Board operates 76 elementary schools, and 17 secondary schools, which are organized into the following areas:

Secondary school enrolment and Fraser Institute provincial rankings are as follows:

HDSB secondary schools (2018 Fraser Institute Rankings) [17]
NameAreaEnrolment1-year ranking of 7475-year ranking of 623
Abbey Park High School East95429
Garth Webb Secondary School East10923342
Iroquois Ridge High School East13582512
Oakville Trafalgar High School East1245119
T. A. Blakelock High School East11255970
White Oaks Secondary School East18654336
Acton District High School North453338279
Craig Kielburger Secondary School North1499175148
Georgetown District High School North1654175120
Milton District High School North921115120
Aldershot High School West436156148
Burlington Central High School West593445279
Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School West1425115
Lester B. Pearson High School West4166887
M.M. Robinson High School West740462416
Nelson High School West9964742
Robert Bateman High School West797413262

Trustees

Student Trustees

As required by the Ontario Ministry of Education, [18] the following student trustees have been named to serve on the Board:

Student trustees at the HDSB, by term
TermTrustees
2022 - 2023Ethan Ruggiero (Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School)

Cindy Wang (Oakville Trafalgar High School) [19]

2021 - 2022Vanditha (Vandy) Widyalankara (White Oaks Secondary School) [20]

Kacy Bao (Milton District High School) [21]

2020 - 2021Vanditha (Vandy) Widyalankara (White Oaks Secondary School) [22]

Evan Taylor (Milton District High School) [23]

2019 - 2020Matthew Burnes (Oakville Trafalgar High School)
Olivia Lau (White Oaks Secondary School)
2018-2019Connor Clark (Nelson High School)
Kevin Meng (White Oaks Secondary School)
2017-2018Dasha Metropolitansky (White Oaks Secondary School)
Muqtasid Mansoor (Milton District High School) [24]
2016-2017Dasha Metropolitansky (White Oaks Secondary School)
Zaid Haj Ali (Abbey Park High School)
2014-2016Sophie Schneider (Abbey Park High School)
Jovan Sahi (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2013-2014Allison Zheng (Craig Kielburger Secondary School)
Zoha Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2012-2013Shaan Bhambra (Robert Bateman High School)
Arjun Dhanjal (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2011-2012Jason Earl (Milton District High School)
Rudy Unni (Robert Bateman High School)
2010-2011Jason Earl (Milton District High School)
Haniya Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2009-2010Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School)
Chaitanya Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2008-2009Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School)
Nupur Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2007-2008Jason Karmody (Aldershot High School)
Jonathan Yantzi (Burlington Central High School)
2006-2007Russell Baker (Abbey Park High School)
Simon Beck (Iroquois Ridge High School)
2005-2006Amreen Azam (Iroquois Ridge High School)

Board of Trustee Chairs & Vice-Chairs

The Halton District School Board's Board of Trustees annually elect its chair and a vice-chair at its Annual Organization Meetings (AOM). The current chair of the Halton District School is Margo Shuttleworth and the current vice-chair is Tracey Ehl Harrison. [25]

TermBoard of Trustee ChairBoard of Trustees Vice-Chair
2022 - 2023Margo ShuttleworthTracey Ehl Harrison
2020 - 2021

2019 - 2020

2018 - 2019

2017 - 2018

Andréa GrebencTracey Ehl Harrison
2016 - 2017

2015 - 2016

2014 - 2015

2013 - 2014

Kelly Amos [26]

Other

The Board also operates the following specialized facilities:

Programming

The Pathways programme encourages all post-secondary options, from apprenticeship, to college, to university, to the workplace. [27] The Board has also introduced specialist high skills majors and other unique programs for students, including fully online high school credits. [28]

The International Baccalaureate programme is offered at:

See also

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