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Waterloo Region District School Board

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Waterloo Region District School Board
WRDSB
Location
51 Ardelt Ave.
Kitchener, Ontario
N2C 2R5
Canada
District information
Director of educationjeewan chanicka
Schools
  • 105 elementary
  • 16 secondary
BudgetCA$675 million
District IDB66176[1]
Students and staff
Students64,712[2]
Staff6,808
Other information
Elected trustees
  • B. Cody
  • C. Johnson
  • K. Meissner
  • S. Piatkowski
  • M. Radlein
  • M. Ramsay
  • M. Waseem
  • C. Watson
  • J. Weston
  • K. Woodcock
Websitewww.wrdsb.ca

Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 24 prior to 1999[3]) is the public school board for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It operates 105 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools, and other facilities, serving more than 64,000 students[4] in the Region of Waterloo. It has approximately 6,800 staff and a budget of $675 million. It is the largest public sector employer in the Region and the second-largest employer overall. In 2024, the Director of Education is jeewan chanicka.[5]

The board serves Waterloo Region, which consists of the cities of Kitchener, Cambridge, and Waterloo, and the townships of Wellesley, Woolwich, Wilmot, and North Dumfries. Within the townships, WRDSB operates schools in the communities of Ayr, Baden, Breslau, Conestogo, Elmira, Floradale, Linwood, New Dundee, New Hamburg, St. Jacobs, and Wellesley.

Trustees are elected every four years by the public school ratepayers in their area. Four trustees are elected in Kitchener, three trustees are elected in each of Waterloo/Wilmot and Cambridge/North Dumfries and one trustee represents Elmira/Woolwich. Although trustees are elected in specific areas, once they are elected they must represent the entire region. Annually, two students are elected by their peers to represent the student voice on the school board. They have a voice at the table but no binding vote. Every year in December, the trustees elect a chair and vice-chair for the coming year. Board policy dictates that no one may serve in either role for more than two consecutive years.[6] In 2016, the trustees published a new Strategic Plan consisting of three priorities to provide "first-class public education to Waterloo Region".[4]

In January 2018, the Board announced that it was considering the building of up to 12 new schools and the expansion of 11 existing facilities over the subsequent years, due to an increasing population. An additional 7,100 new students were expected by 2027.[7] At the same time, the Board was considering a study of the feasibility and benefits that might be provided by year-round schooling, but did not agree to proceed with a pilot programme.[8] Their newest school, Oak Creek Public School, opened in September 2022.

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board operates the Catholic schools which educates approximately one of every three students in the Region.[9]

Safe and secure schools policy

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The School Board was criticized for its role in maintaining a confidential file on Ronald Wayne Archer (Ron Archer), a teacher convicted in 2000 of four charges of sexual assault on his student. The file documented allegations that Archer sexually assaulted children beginning in the 1970s. In 2006, the Ontario College of Teachers revoked Archer's certificates of qualification and registration.[10] Members of the public believed that had the file been disclosed, subsequent abuse would have been prevented. In 2001, the Board created new policies to prevent abuse in future.[11]

A Safe and Secure Schools policy was developed including a Code of Conduct that outlines expected behaviour standards of all members of the school community: students, parents, guardians, volunteers, staff and visitors.[12]

In 2017 It's OK to be white posters were taped to the doors of two collegiate institutes. A spokesman for the school board said "Our schools are safe spaces. We want to see them be safe for all of our children, so to see this kind of thing emerge is a worry."[13]

List of Elementary Schools

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Name City/Town
Abraham Erb PS Waterloo
Alpine PS Kitchener
Avenue Road PS Cambridge
Ayr PS Ayr
Baden PS Baden
Blair Road PS Cambridge
Blue Heron PS Cambridge
Breslau PS Breslau
Bridgeport PS Kitchener
Brigadoon PS Kitchener
Cedar Creek PS Ayr
Cedarbrae PS Waterloo
Centennial PS Cambridge
Centennial PS Waterloo
Central PS Cambridge
Chalmers Street PS Cambridge
Chicopee Hills PS Kitchener
Clemens Mill PS Cambridge
Conestogo PS Conestogo
Coronation PS Cambridge
Country Hills PS Kitchener
Courtland Avenue PS Kitchener
Crestview PS Kitchener
Doon PS Kitchener
Driftwood Park PS Kitchener
Edna Staebler PS Waterloo
Elgin Street PS Cambridge
Elizabeth Ziegler PS Waterloo
Empire PS Waterloo
Floradale PS Elmira
Forest Glen PS New Hamburg
Forest Hill PS Kitchener
Franklin PS Kitchener
Glencairn PS Kitchener
Grand View PS Cambridge
Grandview PS New Hamburg
Groh PS Kitchener
Hespeler PS Cambridge
Highland PS Cambridge
Hillcrest PS Cambridge
Hillside PS Kitchener
Howard Robertson PS Kitchener
J F Carmichael PS Kitchener
J W Gerth PS Kitchener
Janet Metcalfe PS Kitchener
Jean Steckle PS Kitchener
John Darling PS Kitchener
John Mahood PS Elmira
Keatsway PS Waterloo
King Edward PS Kitchener
Lackner Woods PS Kitchener
Laurelwood PS Waterloo
Laurentian PS Kitchener
Lester B Pearson PS Waterloo
Lexington PS Waterloo
Lincoln Heights PS Waterloo
Linwood PS Linwood
MacGregor PS Waterloo
Mackenzie King PS Kitchener
Manchester PS Cambridge
Margaret Avenue PS Kitchener
Mary Johnston PS Waterloo
Meadowlane PS Kitchener
Millen Woods PS Waterloo
Moffat Creek PS Cambridge
N A MacEachern PS Waterloo
New Dundee PS New Dundee
Northlake Woods PS Waterloo
Oak Creek PS Kitchener
Park Manor PS Elmira
Parkway PS Cambridge
Pioneer Park PS Kitchener
Preston PS Cambridge
Prueter PS Kitchener
Queen Elizabeth PS Kitchener
Queensmount PS Kitchener
Riverside PS Elmira
Rockway PS Kitchener
Saginaw PS Cambridge
Sandhills PS Kitchener
Sandowne PS Waterloo
Sheppard PS Kitchener
Silverheights PS Cambridge
Sir Adam Beck PS Baden
Smithson PS Kitchener
Southridge PS Kitchener
St. Andrew's PS Cambridge
St. Jacobs PS St. Jacobs
Stanley Park PS Kitchener
Stewart Avenue PS Cambridge
Suddaby PS Kitchener
Sunnyside PS Kitchener
Tait Street PS Cambridge
Trillium PS Kitchener
Vista Hills PS Waterloo
W.T. Townshend PS Kitchener
Wellesley PS Wellesley
Westheights PS Kitchener
Westmount PS Kitchener
Westvale PS Waterloo
William G Davis PS Cambridge
Williamsburg PS Kitchener
Wilson Avenue PS Kitchener
Winston Churchill PS Waterloo
Woodland Park PS Cambridge

List of Secondary Schools

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School City/Town Year Founded Enrollment (as of 2021-2022)[14]
Bluevale Collegiate Institute Waterloo 1972 1220
Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute Kitchener 1969 1715
Eastwood Collegiate Institute Kitchener 1956 1235
Elmira District Secondary School Elmira 1939 1340
Forest Heights Collegiate Institute Kitchener 1964 1380
Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Cambridge 1852 955
Glenview Park Secondary School Cambridge 1957 1000
Grand River Collegiate Institute Kitchener 1966 1390
Huron Heights Secondary School Kitchener 2006 1500
Jacob Hespeler Secondary School Cambridge 1105
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School Kitchener 1855 1645
Laurel Heights Secondary School Waterloo 2004 1740
Preston High School Cambridge 1934 1095
Southwood Secondary School Cambridge 1962 655
Waterloo Collegiate Institute Waterloo 1960 1365
Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School Baden 1955 1380

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Find a School Board". Ontario Ministry of Education. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "By The Numbers". Waterloo Region District School Board. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "About Us". Waterloo Region District School Board. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Corporate Services". Waterloo District School Board. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Roles and Responsibilities". Waterloo District School Board. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Outhit, Jeff (January 22, 2018). "Waterloo Region public board plans 12 more schools for 7,100 more students". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  8. ^ Rutledge, Lisa (January 17, 2018). "Waterloo Region public board eyes year-round schools, just not yet". Cambridge Times. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  9. ^ Outhit, Jeff (January 3, 2018). "Catholic schools get their groove back as enrolment surges". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "Governing Ourselves - Professionally Speaking - June 2006". professionallyspeaking.oct.ca. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Board staff working towards new policies". New Hamburg Independent. May 9, 2001. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.
  12. ^ "Safe and Secure Schools". Waterloo Region District School Board. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  13. ^ "'It's okay to be white' signs posted outside schools". CTV News Kitchener. November 7, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  14. ^ Ontario School Information Finder https://www.app.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/secondary.asp. Retrieved September 19, 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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