York Region District School Board

York Region District School Board
Location
Aurora, Ontario Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Whitchurch-Stouffville Canada
District information
Chair of the board	Anna DeBartolo
Director of education	J. Philip Parapally
Schools	208 Total (33 Secondary, 175 Elementary)[1][2]
Budget	CA$1,335.7[3] million (2014-2015)
District ID	B66095
Students and staff
Students	122,000[4]
Other information
Elected trustees	Peter Adams-Luchowski (Aurora and King) Loralea Carruthers (East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville) Nancy Elgie (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	Mustafa Ismail Claire Zhou
Website	York Region District School Board

The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) is the English-language public school board for York Regional Municipality located in Ontario, Canada. The York Region District School Board is currently 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 the 1990s to York Region District School Board.^[6]

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. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board are chosen by secret ballot of the trustees at the inaugural meeting in December.^[7]

The most senior staff member of the board is the Director of Education, to whom the Associate Director and all of the Superintendents report.

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).^[8] 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]

Name	Location	Founded	Enrolment[9]	Notes	Image
ACCESS Program Jefferson Community Learning Centre	Richmond Hill		34	Alternative school
Alexander Mackenzie High School	Richmond Hill	1969	946	Arts specialized school
Aurora High School	Aurora	1972	1175	French Immersion school
Bayview Secondary School	Richmond Hill	1960	1968	International Baccalaureate school
Bill Crothers Secondary School	Markham	2008	1453	Athletics focused
Bur Oak Secondary School	Markham	2007	1703
Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School	Aurora	1888	735
Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School	Newmarket	1989	886
Emily Carr Secondary School	Vaughan	2003	1509
Huron Heights Secondary School	Newmarket	1962	1329	Arts specialized school
Keswick High School	Georgina	2000	1042
King City Secondary School	King Township	1961	1046
Langstaff Secondary School	Richmond Hill	1964	1042	French Immersion school
Maple High School	Maple	2002	1153
Markham District High School	Markham	1953	1473	Offers gifted education and the Advanced Placement Program Non-Semestered School
Markville Secondary School	Markham	1990	1351	Offers gifted education, Advanced Placement Program, SHSM
Middlefield Collegiate Institute	Markham	1992	1358	Offers the Advanced Placement Program
Milliken Mills High School	Markham	1988	995
Newmarket High School	Newmarket	1843	1343	Offers gifted education & French immersion
Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School	Markham	2002	1984	French immersion school
Richmond Green Secondary School	Richmond Hill	2005	1240
Richmond Hill High School	Richmond Hill	1851	1699	Offers gifted education
Sir William Mulock Secondary School	Newmarket	2001	1226	Offers blended learning and SHSM
Stephen Lewis Secondary School	Vaughan	2006	1337
Stouffville District Secondary School	Whitchurch-Stouffville	1954	1254
Sutton District High School	Georgina	1956	579
Thornhill Secondary School	Thornhill	1955	1155	Offers gifted education
Thornlea Secondary School	Thornhill	1968	745	Offers French Immersion Program and Pre-AP and Advanced Placement Programs.
Tommy Douglas Secondary School	Vaughan	2015	721	Only grade 9 and 10 in its first year
Unionville High School	Markham	1985	1649	Offers a Arts specialized program[10] and SHSM in arts & culture or business.[11]
Vaughan Secondary School	Vaughan	1989	1203	French Immersion school
Westmount Collegiate Institute	Vaughan	1995	1257	Arts specialized school
Woodbridge College	Vaughan	1958	644

Elementary schools

The school board currently manages 175 facilities which provides elementary education.^[2]

Aurora

• 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.^[12]
• 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)

East Gwillimbury

Queensville Public School

• 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

Georgina

• 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.

King

• Kettleby P.S.
• King City P.S.
• Nobleton Junior P.S.
• Nobleton Senior P.S.
• Schomberg P.S.

Markham

• 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.

Newmarket

• 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)

Richmond Hill

• Adrienne Clarkson P.S.
• Bayview Hill E.S.
• Beverley Acres P.S.
• Charles Howitt P.S.
• Crosby Heights P.S.
• Doncrest 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.
• 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.

Vaughan

• 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.

Whitchurch-Stouffville

• Ballantrae 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

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

1. Secondary Schools, Queen's Printer, Ontario. Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
2. Elementary Schools, Queen's Printer, Ontario. Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
3. "Financial Overview". Director's Report. York Region District School Board. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
4. "Enrolment and Demographics". Director's Report. York Region District School Board. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
5. "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
6. Student Transportation in Canada: Facts and Figures. Canadian Education Association. 1987. ISBN 0920315240.
7. "2014-2018 Board of Trustees". York Region Board of Education. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
8. "Your Trustees". York Region District School Board. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
9. "York Region District School Board - Monthly Enrolment Report" (PDF). York Region District School Board. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
10. "Arts Unionville". Unionville High School. York Region District School Board. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
11. "SHSM". Unionville High School. York Region District School Board. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
12. Latchford, Teresa (November 19, 2007). "Brand new school reflects early heritage". Aurora Banner. Retrieved 2007-11-20.

External links

• Media related to York Region District School Board at Wikimedia Commons
• York Region District School Board
• Student Trustees' information