Halton District School Board

The Halton District School Board[4] serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington,[5] Halton Hills,[6] Milton[7] and Oakville.[8] 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.

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

New Street Education Centre
3250 New Street
Burlington, Ontario
Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville

Canada
Coordinates43.3430°N 79.7770°W / 43.3430; -79.7770
District information
SuperintendentDavid Boag
Terri Blackwell
Robert Eatough
Julie Hunt Gibbons
Debra McFadden
Jacqueline Newton
John Pennyfather
Scott Podrebarac
Maia Puccetti
Colette Ruddock
Tina Salmini
Gord Truffen
Lucy Veerman
Mark Zonneveld
Chair of the boardAndrea Grebenc
Director of educationStuart Miller
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]
Student trusteesMatthew Burnes
Olivia Lau[3]
Websitewww.hdsb.ca

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.[9] 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.[10] The move was opposed by the southern boards of education in Burlington and Oakville,[11] but that was overruled upon passage of mandatory legislation by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1968.[12]

The Board was constituted as the Halton County Board of Education, which was established on January 1, 1969.[13] When the County was replaced by the Regional Municipality of Halton, the Board became the Halton Board of Education.[14]

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,[15] the English-language Public District School Board No. 20 was created to take over the Region's schools.[16] It was merged with the former Board at the beginning of 1998, and was renamed as the "Halton District School Board" in 1999.[17]

Schools

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

  • East Area (Oakville)
  • North Area (Halton Hills and Milton)
  • West Area (Burlington)

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

HDSB secondary schools (2018 Fraser Institute Rankings)[18]
Name Area Enrollment 1-year ranking of 747 5-year ranking of 623
Abbey Park High SchoolEast95429
Garth Webb Secondary SchoolEast10923342
Iroquois Ridge High SchoolEast13582512
Oakville Trafalgar High SchoolEast1245119
T. A. Blakelock High SchoolEast11255970
White Oaks Secondary SchoolEast18654336
Acton District High SchoolNorth453338279
Craig Kielburger Secondary SchoolNorth1499175148
Georgetown District High SchoolNorth1654175120
Milton District High SchoolNorth921115120
Aldershot High SchoolWest436156148
Burlington Central High SchoolWest593445279
Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary SchoolWest1425115–
Lester B. Pearson High SchoolWest4166887
M.M. Robinson High SchoolWest740462416
Nelson High SchoolWest9964742
Robert Bateman High SchoolWest797413262

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.[19] The Board has also introduced specialist high skills majors and other unique programs for students, including fully online high school credits.[20]

The International Baccalaureate programme is offered at:

Student Trustees

As required by the Ontario Ministry of Education,[22] the following student trustees have been named to serve on the Board:

Student trustees at the HDSB, by term
TermTrustees
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)[23]
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)

See also

References
  1. McCoy, John. "2014/2015 OPERATING & CAPITAL BUDGET JUNE 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. Halton District School Board. "Board of Trustees".
  3. Halton District School Board. "Board of Trustees".
  4. "Halton District School Board". www.hdsb.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  5. "City of Burlington". www.burlington.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  6. http://www.haltonhills.ca, Halton Hills. "Town of Halton Hills | Welcome to the Town of Halton Hills' Official website". www.haltonhills.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  7. "Town of Milton". milton.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  8. "Welcome to the Town of Oakville". www.oakville.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  9. as provided under The Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act, R.S.O. 1960, c. 362
  10. "Study single board of education". The Canadian Champion. Milton. May 3, 1967. p. 1.
  11. "A direction for education". The Canadian Champion. Milton. November 22, 1967. p. C1.
  12. The Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act, R.S.O. 1960, c. 362, Part VI , as inserted by The Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Amendment Act, 1968, S.O. 1968, c. 122, s. 8
  13. "Oakville headquarters for County Board of Education". The Canadian Champion. Milton. January 15, 1969. p. 1.
  14. The Regional Municipality of Halton Act, 1973, S.O. 1973, c. 70, s. 139
  15. Fewer School Boards Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 3
  16. Transition from Old Boards to District School Boards, O. Reg. 460/97
  17. Establishment, Areas of Jurisdiction, and Names of District School Boards, O. Reg. 185/97
  18. "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2018" (PDF). Fraser Institute. February 18, 2018.
  19. "Pathways Program". Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  20. "eLearning". Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  21. "International Baccalaureate (IB) Program". Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  22. Student Trustees, O. Reg. 7/07
  23. Halton District School Board. "2017-18 Halton DSB Student Trustees introduced".
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