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Halton District School Board
Location
J.W. Singleton Education Centre 2050 Guelph Line Burlington, Ontario New Street Education Centre 3250 New Street Burlington, OntarioBurlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville Canada
Coordinates	43°20′35″N 79°46′37″W / 43.3430°N 79.7770°W / 43.3430; -79.7770
District information
Superintendent	Jacqueline Newton Scott Podrebarac Colette Ruddock Tina Salmini
Chair of the board	Margo Shuttleworth
Director of education	Curtis Ennis
Schools	102; 84 elementary, 18 secondary
Budget	CA$664 million
Other information
Elected trustees	Kelly Amos Amy Collard Donna Danielli Tracey Ehl Harrison Heather Gerrits Jeanne Gray Andrea Grebenc Tanya Rocha Joanna Oliver Margo Shuttleworth Leah Reynolds
Website	www.hdsb.ca

The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. 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.

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

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

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

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 enrolment and Fraser Institute provincial rankings are as follows:

Trustees

Student Trustees

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

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.

Other

The Board also operates the following specialized facilities:

• Gary Allan High School - for adult, alternative and Community Education programs.
• Syl Apps School

Programming

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

The International Baccalaureate programme is offered at:

• Georgetown District High School
• Burlington Central High School
• White Oaks Secondary School
• Craig Kielburger Secondary School (IBDP candidate school)

See also

• Halton Catholic District School Board
• Ontario Student Trustees' Association
• List of school districts in Ontario
• List of high schools in Ontario

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". www.hdsb.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
4. "City of Burlington". www.burlington.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
5. "Town of Halton Hills | Welcome to the Town of Halton Hills' Official website". www.haltonhills.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
6. "Town of Milton". milton.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
7. "Welcome to the Town of Oakville". www.oakville.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
8. as provided under The Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act, R.S.O. 1960, c. 362
9. "Study single board of education". The Canadian Champion. Milton. May 3, 1967. p. 1.
10. "A direction for education". The Canadian Champion. Milton. November 22, 1967. p. C1.
11. 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
12. "Oakville headquarters for County Board of Education". The Canadian Champion. Milton. January 15, 1969. p. 1.
13. The Regional Municipality of Halton Act, 1973, S.O. 1973, c. 70, s. 139
14. Fewer School Boards Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 3
15. Transition from Old Boards to District School Boards, O. Reg. 460/97
16. Establishment, Areas of Jurisdiction, and Names of District School Boards, O. Reg. 185/97
17. "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2018" (PDF). Fraser Institute. February 18, 2018.
18. Student Trustees, O. Reg. 7/07
19. "Halton District School Board welcomes Student Trustees for 2022-2023 school year". hdsb.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
20. "Halton District School Board welcomes Student Trustees for 2021-2022 school year".
21. "Halton District School Board welcomes Student Trustees for 2021-2022 school year".
22. "Board of Trustees".
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24. Halton District School Board. "2017-18 Halton DSB Student Trustees introduced".
25. "Halton District School Board Trustees elect Margo Shuttleworth as Chair, Tracey Ehl Harrison acclaimed as Vice-Chair". hdsb.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
26. "Kelly Amos profile". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
27. "Pathways Program". Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
28. "eLearning". Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
29. "International Baccalaureate (IB) Program". Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

• School districts in Ontario
• Education in Burlington, Ontario
• Education in the Regional Municipality of Halton