York Region District School Board
York Region District School Board | |
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Aurora, Ontario Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Whitchurch-Stouffville
Canada | |
District information | |
Chair of the board | Corrie McBain |
Director of education | Louise Sirisko |
Schools | 208 Total (33 Secondary, 175 Elementary)[1][2] |
Budget | CA$1,335.7[3] million (2014-2015) |
District ID | B66095 |
Other information | |
Elected trustees | Peter Adams-Luchowski (Aurora and King) Loralea Carruthers (East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville) Cynthia Cordova (Georgina) Billy Pang (Markham, Wards 2, 3 & 6) Susan Geller (Vaughan, Ward 5 and (Markham, Ward 1) Allan Tam (Markham, 4 & 5) Juanita Nathan (Markham, Wards 7 & 8) Martin Van Beek (Newmarket) Corrie McBain (Richmond Hill, Wards 1, 2, & 4) Carol Chan (Richmond Hill, Wards 3, 5, & 6) Anna DeBartolo (Vaughan, Wards 1 & 2) Linda Aversa (Vaughan, Wards 3 & 4) |
Student trustees | Mingze Hong Stephanie Rico |
Website | York Region District School Board |
The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) is the English-language public school board for York Regional Municipality in Ontario, Canada. The York Region District School Board is the province's third largest school board, with an enrollment of over 122,000 students.[4] It is in the fastest-growing census division in Ontario and the third fastest growing in Canada.[4]
The public francophone (Conseil scolaire Viamonde), English Catholic (York Catholic District School Board), and French Catholic (Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud) communities of York Region also have their own publicly funded school boards and schools that operate in the same area.
History
The school board has been referred to as "English-language Public District School Board No. 16" in Ontario legislation prior to 1999.[5] It was officially known as the York Region Board of Education until it changed its name in 1998 to York Region District School Board.[6] Prior to 1971 it was called York County School Board.
Governance
The YRDSB is governed by an elected board of trustees, whose election coincides with the municipal elections in Ontario held throughout the province every four years. The Board consists of 12 trustees, divided amongst the constituent municipalities based on population. Two student trustees are elected by the York Region Presidents' Council every school year (since 2004), which is made up of the 33 Student Council Presidents of all the secondary schools in York Region.[7] The student trustees facilitate communication between students and the school board.[7] The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board are chosen by secret ballot of the trustees at the inaugural meeting in December.[8]
For day-to-day operations the most senior staff member of the board is the Director of Education, to whom the Associate Director and all of the Superintendents report. The Director of Education is Louise Sirisko (appointed January 2018).
Programs
Besides the curriculum established by the Government of Ontario, the York Region District School Board places heavy emphasis on its Character Matters program. As well, due to the multicultural nature, and large immigrant population of students under the YRDSB, the Board established the Race Relations Advisory Committee, a standing committee of the board to advise the trustees on issues related to ethnocultural relations. The committee is made up of trustees, staff, community members and students.
Divisions
The school board is divided into four Community Education Centres (North, Central, East and West).[9] The centres represent communities as follows:
- North: Georgina; Whitchurch-Stouffville, and East Gwillimbury; Newmarket;
- Central: Aurora and King; Richmond Hill (2 trustees); and Vaughan;
- East: East Gwillimbury, and Whitchurch-Stouffville; Markham (3 trustees); and
- West: Maple; Vaughan; Woodbridge; Thornhill (2 trustees).
The school board teaches approximately 70 000 elementary and 40 000 secondary school students.
Secondary schools
The school board currently manages 33 facilities that provide secondary education.[1]
Elementary/Intermediate schools
The school board currently manages 175 facilities which provides elementary education.[2]
- Aurora Grove P.S.
- Aurora Heights P.S.
- Aurora Senior P.S (now Wellington P.S)
- Devins Drive P.S
- George Street P.S.(now Wellington P.S)
- Hartman P.S.[14]
- Highview P.S.
- Lester B. Pearson P.S.
- Northern Lights P.S.
- Regency Acres P.S.
- Rick Hansen P.S
- Wells Street P.S.
- Wellington P.S (Formerly Aurora Senior P.S)
- Unnamed E.S. (Hartwell Way)
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- Holland Landing P.S.
- Mount Albert P.S.
- Park Avenue P.S.
- Queensville P.S.
- Robert Munsch P.S. (in Mount Albert)
- Sharon Public School
- Phoebe Gilman Public School
- Black River P.S.
- Deer Park P.S.
- Fairwood P.S.
- Georgina Island Building
- Jersey P.S. (JK-8)
- Keswick P.S.
- Lake Simcoe P.S.
- Lakeside P.S.
- Morning Glory P.S.
- R.L. Graham P.S.
- Sutton P.S.
- W.J. Watson P.S.
- Kettleby P.S.
- King City P.S.
- Nobleton Junior P.S.
- Nobleton Senior P.S.
- Schomberg P.S.
- Aldergrove P.S.
- Armadale P.S.
- Ashton Meadows P.S.
- Baythorn P.S.
- Bayview Fairways P.S.
- Bayview Glen P.S.
- Black Walnut P.S.
- Boxwood P.S.
- Buttonville P.S.
- Castlemore P.S.
- Cedarwood P.S.
- Central Park P.S.
- Coledale P.S.
- Coppard Glen P.S.
- Cornell Village P.S.
- David Suzuki P.S.
- Donald Cousens P.S.
- E.J. Sand P.S.
- Edward T. Crowle P.S.
- Ellen Fairclough P.S.
- Franklin Street P.S.
- German Mills P.S.
- Greensborough P.S.
- Henderson Avenue P.S.
- Highgate P.S.
- James Robinson P.S.
- John McCrae P.S.
- Johnsview Village P.S.
- Legacy P.S.
- Lincoln Alexander P.S.
- Little Rouge P.S.
- Markham Gateway P.S.
- Milliken Mills P.S.
- Mount Joy P.S.
- Parkland P.S.
- Parkview P.S.
- Ramer Wood P.S.
- Randall P.S.
- Reesor Park P.S.
- Roy H. Crosby P.S.
- Sam Chapman P.S.
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier P.S.
- Sir John A. Macdonald P.S.
- Stonebridge P.S.
- Stornoway Crescent P.S.
- Unionville Meadows P.S.
- Unionville P.S.
- Unnamed ES (Angus Glen)
- Unnamed ES (Berczy Southwest)
- Unnamed ES (Greensborough #3)
- Unnamed ES (Wismer #4 Southwest)
- Wilclay P.S.
- William Armstrong P.S.
- William Berczy P.S.
- Willowbrook P.S.
- Wismer P.S.
- Woodland P.S.
- Alexander Muir P.S.
- Armitage Village P.S.
- Bogart P.S.
- Clearmeadow P.S.
- Crossland P.S.
- Denne P.S.
- Glen Cedar P.S.
- J.L.R. Bell P.S.
- Maple Leaf P.S.
- Mazo de la Roche P.S.
- Meadowbrook P.S.
- Poplar Bank P.S.
- Prince Charles P.S.
- Rogers P.S.
- Stonehaven E.S.
- Stuart Scott P.S.
- Terry Fox P.S.
- Unnamed ES (Newmarket Southeast)
- Adrienne Clarkson P.S.
- Bayview Hill E.S.
- Beverley Acres P.S.
- Charles Howitt P.S.
- Crosby Heights P.S.
- Doncrest P.S.
- Frank Puskas P.S.
- H.G. Bernard P.S.
- Kettle Lakes P.S.
- Lake Wilcox P.S.
- MacLeod's Landing P.S.
- Michaëlle Jean P.S.
- Moraine Hills P.S.
- O.M. MacKillop P.S.
- Oak Ridges P.S.
- Pleasantville P.S.
- Red Maple P.S.
- Redstone P.S.
- Richmond Rose P.S.
- Roselawn P.S.
- Ross Doan P.S.
- Silver Pines P.S.
- Silver Stream P.S.
- Sixteenth Avenue P.S.
- Tom Needham P.S.
- Trillium Woods P.S.
- Unnamed ES (Oak Ridges East #1)
- Unnamed ES (Oak Ridges East #3)
- Unnamed ES (Oak Ridges West #2)
- Walter Scott P.S.
- Windham Ridge P.S.
- Anne Frank P.S.
- Bakersfield P.S.
- Blue Willow P.S.
- Brownridge P.S.
- Carrville Mills P.S.
- Charlton P.S.
- Discovery P.S.
- Dr. Roberta Bondar P.S.
- Elder's Mills P.S.
- Forest Run Public School
- Fossil Hill Public School
- Glen Shields P.S.
- Glen Gould P.S.
- Joseph A. Gibson P.S.
- Julliard P.S.
- Kleinburg P.S.
- Lorna Jackson P.S.
- Louis-Honore Frechette P.S.
- Mackenzie Glen P.S.
- Maple Creek P.S.
- Michael Cranny E.S.
- Pierre Berton P.S.
- Pine Grove P.S.
- Roméo Dallaire P.S.
- Rosedale Heights P.S.
- Teston Village P.S.
- Thornhill P.S.
- Thornhill Woods P.S.
- Unnamed ES (Block 11 North)
- Unnamed ES (Block 11 South)
- Unnamed ES (Block 11 #3)
- Unnamed ES (Block 12 South)
- Unnamed ES (Block 18 North)
- Unnamed ES (Block 39 West)
- Unnamed ES (Block 40)
- Vellore Woods Public School
- Ventura Park P.S.
- Westminster P.S.
- Wilshire E.S.
- Woodbridge P.S.
- Yorkhill E.S.
- Ballantrae P.S.
- Barbara Reid P.S.
- Glad Park P.S.
- Harry Bowes P.S.
- Oscar Peterson P.S.
- Summitview P.S.
- Wendat Village P.S
- Whitchurch Highlands Public School
Georgina Island
YRDSB provides assistance to Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation and serves the schooling needs for students in grades 7 to 11.
See also
- York Catholic District School Board
- Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
- List of school districts in Ontario
- List of high schools in Ontario
References
- ^ a b Secondary Schools, Queen's Printer, Ontario. Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
- ^ a b Elementary Schools, Queen's Printer, Ontario. Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
- ^ "Financial Overview". Director's Report. York Region District School Board. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ a b "Enrolment and Demographics". Director's Report. York Region District School Board. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ^ Student Transportation in Canada: Facts and Figures. Canadian Education Association. 1987. ISBN 0920315240.
- ^ a b http://www.yrdsb.ca/Trustees/Pages/Student-Trustees.aspx
- ^ "2014-2018 Board of Trustees". York Region Board of Education. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "Your Trustees". York Region District School Board. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
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- ^ "Pages - International Baccalaureate (IB) Program". www.yrdsb.ca. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ "Arts Unionville". Unionville High School. York Region District School Board. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ "SHSM". Unionville High School. York Region District School Board. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Latchford, Teresa (November 19, 2007). "Brand new school reflects early heritage". Aurora Banner. Retrieved November 20, 2007.
External links
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