Durham District School Board

The Durham District School Board (DDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 15 prior to 1999[1]) is a public school board in the province of Ontario, Canada. The board serves most of the Regional Municipality of Durham, except for schools within the Municipality of Clarington, which instead belong to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. The Durham District School Board Education Centre head office is based in Whitby.

Durham District School Board
Address
400 Taunton Road East
Whitby
, Ontario, L1R 2K6
Canada
Coordinates43.9198°N 78.9411°W / 43.9198; -78.9411
District information
TypeSchool Board
MottoIgnite Learning
Chair of the boardCarolyn Morton
Director of educationNorah Marsh
Governing agencyMinistry of Education
Schools134
Students and staff
Enrollment74,000
Staff7,000
Colours    Maroon, yellow, and blue
Other information
Websitewww.ddsb.ca

The school board has families of schools Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, and Brock-Uxbridge-Scugog, each of which has two trustees except Oshawa, which has three. Three student trustees, using a non-binding, recorded vote, represent the region of Durham. In total the school board has more than 7000 staff who serve approximately 46,000 elementary and 24,000 secondary school students.

Previously known as the Ontario County Board of Education, the board was known as the Durham Region Board of Education when it came into existence in 1974. The DRBE was renamed to the Durham District School Board in 1998 and francophone schools that were managed by this board are now part of Conseil scolaire Viamonde.

A unique program to the Durham District School Board that is running in a number of its secondary schools is called the Culture of Peace Committee, which works on a wide variety of social and humanitarian issues within the schools and in the community.

The Durham District School Board operates a gifted program in select schools. This program for students in grades 4–12 entails material being taught at an accelerated rate. Acceptance into the program is based on ranking in the top 1% of a test in mathematics, logic and literacy during grade 3.

Secondary schools

Elementary schools

Located in the Town of Ajax

  • Alexander Graham Bell Public School - named for Canadian inventor
  • Applecroft Public School
  • Bolton C. Falby Public School - named after former town manager of Ajax
  • Cadarackque Public School
  • Carruthers Creek Public School
  • daVinci Public School
  • Dr. Roberta Bondar Public School - named after Canadian astronaut and neurologist
  • Duffin's Bay Public School
  • Eagle Ridge Public School
  • J. Clarke Richardson Public Secondary School
  • Lakeside Public School
  • Lester B. Pearson Public School - named for former Prime Minister of Canada
  • Lincoln Alexander Public School - named for former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  • Lincoln Avenue Public School
  • Lord Elgin Public School - named for former Governor General of the Province of Canada
  • Nottingham Public School
  • Roland Michener Public School - named for former Governor General of Canada
  • Roméo Dallaire Public School - named for Canadian military officer, humanitarian and Senator
  • Rosemary Brown Public School - named for the first black woman elected to the provincial government of British Columbia
  • Southwood Park Public School
  • Terry Fox Public School - named for famous Canadian athlete and cancer advocate
  • Viola Desmond Public School - named for Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent
  • Valley View Public School
  • Vimy Ridge Public School
  • Westney Heights Public School

Located in the Township of Brock

  • Beaverton Public School
  • McCaskill's Mills Public School
  • Sunderland Public School
  • Thorah Central Public School

Located in the City of Oshawa

  • Adelaide McLaughlin Public School - 1958
  • Athabasca Public School - 1969
  • Beau Valley Public School - 1966
  • Bobby Orr Public School (formerly Cedardale Public School) - named for Canadian hockey legend - 2002
  • Clara Hughes Public School - named for Canadian Olympian - 2015
  • College Hill Public School - 1953
  • Coronation Public School - 1953
  • David Bouchard Public School - a Canadian author, a Member of the Order of Canada and former high school principal - 2012
  • Dr. C.F. Cannon Public School - 1969
  • Forest View Public School - 2017
  • Glenholme Public School - 1959
  • Glen Street Public School - 1971
  • Gordon B. Attersley Public School - 1999
  • Harmony Heights Public School - 2003
  • Hillsdale Public School - 1960
  • Kedron Public School - 1977
  • Lakewoods Public School - 1971
  • Mary Street Community School - 1969
  • Norman G. Powers Public School - 2005
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau Public School - named for former Prime Minister of Canada - 1969
  • Queen Elizabeth Public School - named after Queen Elizabeth I - 1969
  • Ritson Public School - 1923
  • Seneca Trail Public School - 2013
  • Sherwood Public School - 2003
  • Stephen G. Saywell Public School - 1990
  • Sunset Heights Public School - 1954
  • Village Union Public School - 1999
  • Vincent Massey Public School - named for former Governor General of Canada - 1959
  • Walter E. Harris Public School - named for Canadian analytical chemist and academic - 1971
  • Waverly Public School - 1969
  • Woodcrest Public School - 2007

Located in the City of Pickering

  • Altona Forest Public School
  • Bayview Heights Public School
  • Biidassige Mandamin Public School
  • Claremont Public School
  • Elizabeth B. Phin Public School
  • Fairport Beach Public School
  • Frenchman's Bay Public School
  • Gandatsetiagon Public School
  • Glengrove Public School
  • Grandview Public School
  • Highbush Public School
  • Maple Ridge Public School
  • Rosebank Road Public School
  • Valley Farm Public School
  • Vaughan Willard Public School
  • Westcreek Public School
  • William Dunbar Public School

Located in the Township of Scugog

  • Cartwright Central Public School
  • Greenbank Public School
  • Prince Albert Public School
  • R.H. Cornish Public School
  • S.A. Cawker Public School

Located in the Township of Uxbridge

  • Goodwood Public School
  • Joseph Gould Public School - former reeve, Member of Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, farmer, businessman
  • Quaker Village Public School
  • Scott Central Public School
  • Uxbridge Public School

Located in the Town of Whitby

  • Bellwood Public School
  • Blair Ridge Public School
  • Brooklin Village Public School
  • Captain Michael Vandenbos Public School - Snowbirds pilot who died in accident in 1998
  • C.E. Broughton Public School
  • Colonel Farewell Public School
  • Chris Hadfield Public School - named for Canadian astronaut
  • Dr. Robert Thornton Public School - named for Presbyterian minister and superintendent of education in Whitby Township
  • E.A. Fairman Public School
  • Fallingbrook Public School
  • Glen Dhu Public School
  • Jack Miner Public School - named for Canadian conservationist
  • John Dryden Public School - named for farmer and reeve of Whitby
  • Julie Payette Public School - named for Canadian astronaut, engineer and former governor general of Canada
  • Meadowcrest Public School
  • Ormiston Public School
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau Public School - named for former Canadian Prime Minister
  • Pringle Creek Public School
  • Robert Munsch Public School - name for Canadian children author
  • Sir Samuel Steele Public School - named for Canadian soldier and NWMP officer
  • Sir William Stephenson Public School - named for Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster
  • West Lynde Public School
  • Whitby Shores Public School
  • Williamsburg Public School
  • Willows Walk Public School | 2021-present | The only known possible origin is likely because of Esquire Homes - Willows Walk, in which they seem to have made houses in the area.
  • Winchester Public School

Transfer to Scarborough

In 1974, West Rouge became part of Scarborough resulting in a few schools moving from the then Ontario County Board of Education over to the then Scarborough Board of Education:

  • West Rouge Public School - became Junior Public School
  • William G. Davis Public School - became Junior Public School
  • Joseph Howe Senior Public School - became Junior Public School

See also

References
  1. "Ontario Regulation 107/08". e-Laws. Government of Ontario. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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