York Region District School Board

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York Region District School Board

Board office location	Aurora, Ontario
Communities served	Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Whitchurch-Stouffville
Number of schools	180 Total (29 Secondary, 151 Elementary)
2004-2005 budget (CAD $ millions)	$844.92^[1]
Number of students	108,000
Chair of the Board	Bill Crothers
Director of Education	Bill Hogarth
Elected Trustees	Susan Plamondon (Aurora and King) Loralea Carruthers (East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville) Nancy Elgie (Georgina) Stan Korolnek (Markham) Gary Unitas (Markham) Bill Crothers (Markham) Tessa Benn-Ireland (Markham) Martin Van Beek (Newmarket) Diane Giangrande (Richmond Hill) Marg Aldridge (Richmond Hill) Anna DeBartolo (Vaughan) Joel Hertz (Vaughan)
http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/

The York Region District School Board is a school board in the public school system of Ontario, Canada, in York Regional Municipality. Its head office is in Aurora.

1 Mission statement
2 Governance
3 Programs
4 Divisions
5 Secondary schools
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Mission statement

We unite in our purpose to inspire and prepare learners for life in our changing world community.

[edit] Governance

The YRDSB is governed by an elected board of Trustees, whose election coincides with the Ontario municipal elections held across the province every three years. The Board is made up 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 their first meeting in December.

The most senior staff member of the board is the Director of Education, under whom all of the Superintendents and Associate Directors work.

[edit] Programs

Besides the curriculum established by the Government of Ontario, the York Region District School Board places heavy emphasis on their 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.

[edit] Divisions

The school board is divided into four centres (North, Central, East and West)^[2]. 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).