# Halton District School Board

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:
HDSB secondary schools (2018 Fraser Institute Rankings) :
| Name | Area | Enrolment | 1-year ranking of 747 | 5-year ranking of 623 |
| Abbey Park High School | East | 954 | 2 | 9 |
| Garth Webb Secondary School | East | 1092 | 33 | 42 |
| Iroquois Ridge High School | East | 1358 | 25 | 12 |
| Oakville Trafalgar High School | East | 1245 | 11 | 9 |
| T. A. Blakelock High School | East | 1125 | 59 | 70 |
| White Oaks Secondary School | East | 1865 | 43 | 36 |
| Acton District High School | North | 453 | 338 | 279 |
| Craig Kielburger Secondary School | North | 1499 | 175 | 148 |
| Georgetown District High School | North | 1654 | 175 | 120 |
| Milton District High School | North | 921 | 115 | 120 |
| Aldershot High School | West | 436 | 156 | 148 |
| Burlington Central High School | West | 593 | 445 | 279 |
| Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School | West | 1425 | 115 | – |
| Lester B. Pearson High School | West | 416 | 68 | 87 |
| M.M. Robinson High School | West | 740 | 462 | 416 |
| Nelson High School | West | 996 | 47 | 42 |
| Robert Bateman High School | West | 797 | 413 | 262 |

## Trustees
### Student Trustees

As required by the Ontario Ministry of Education, the following student trustees have been named to serve on the Board:
Student trustees at the HDSB, by term :
| Term | Trustees |
| 2022 - 2023 | Ethan Ruggiero (Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School) Cindy Wang (Oakville Trafalgar High School) |
| 2021 - 2022 | Vanditha (Vandy) Widyalankara (White Oaks Secondary School) Kacy Bao (Milton District High School) |
| 2020 - 2021 | Vanditha (Vandy) Widyalankara (White Oaks Secondary School) Evan Taylor (Milton District High School) |
| 2019 - 2020 | Matthew Burnes (Oakville Trafalgar High School) Olivia Lau (White Oaks Secondary School) |
| 2018-2019 | Connor Clark (Nelson High School) Kevin Meng (White Oaks Secondary School) |
| 2017-2018 | Dasha Metropolitansky (White Oaks Secondary School) Muqtasid Mansoor (Milton District High School) |
| 2016-2017 | Dasha Metropolitansky (White Oaks Secondary School) Zaid Haj Ali (Abbey Park High School) |
| 2014-2016 | Sophie Schneider (Abbey Park High School) Jovan Sahi (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2013-2014 | Allison Zheng (Craig Kielburger Secondary School) Zoha Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2012-2013 | Shaan Bhambra (Robert Bateman High School) Arjun Dhanjal (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2011-2012 | Jason Earl (Milton District High School) Rudy Unni (Robert Bateman High School) |
| 2010-2011 | Jason Earl (Milton District High School) Haniya Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2009-2010 | Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School) Chaitanya Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2008-2009 | Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School) Nupur Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2007-2008 | Jason Karmody (Aldershot High School) Jonathan Yantzi (Burlington Central High School) |
| 2006-2007 | Russell Baker (Abbey Park High School) Simon Beck (Iroquois Ridge High School) |
| 2005-2006 | Amreen 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.
| Term | Board of Trustee Chair | Board of Trustees Vice-Chair |
| 2022 - 2023 | Margo Shuttleworth | Tracey Ehl Harrison |
| 2020 - 2021 2019 - 2020 2018 - 2019 2017 - 2018 | Andréa Grebenc | Tracey Ehl Harrison |
| 2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016 2014 - 2015 2013 - 2014 | Kelly Amos | |

## 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)