Bluewater District School Board

Bluewater District School Board
Chesley, Ontario, Canada Canada
Coordinates	44°18′36″N 81°05′52″W / 44.31000°N 81.09778°W / 44.31000; -81.09778Coordinates: 44°18′36″N 81°05′52″W / 44.31000°N 81.09778°W / 44.31000; -81.09778
District information
Chair of the board	Ron Motz
Director of education	Alana Murray
Schools	39 elementary schools 9 secondary schools
Budget	CA$203,800,000 million (2017-2018)
Other information
Elected trustees	Jane Thomson (South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula) Ron Motz (West Grey, Hanover) Jim Dawson (Southgate, Grey Highlands) Marg Gaviller (Owen Sound) Jan Johnstone (Kincardine, Huron-Kinloss) David Mason (Saugeen Shores, Arran-Elderslie) Marilyn McComb (Georgian Bluffs. Chatsworth) Fran Morgan (Meaford, The Blue Mountains) Dan Wong (Brockton, South Bruce)
Website	www.bwdsb.on.ca

Bluewater District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 7 prior to 1999) is a school board in the Canadian province of Ontario, with jurisdiction for the operation of schools in Bruce and Grey Counties.

Its head office is located in Chesley, in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie of Bruce County.

Bluewater District School Board has approximately 16,000 students in 39 elementary schools and nine secondary schools. The BWDSB has approximately 3,000 permanent and casual staff, including teachers. There are nine elected trustees on the board and one appointed First Nations trustee.

The Bruce County Board of Education and The Grey County Board of Education amalgamated on January 1, 1998, to form the new Bluewater District School Board.

The Strategic Plan for Bluewater District School Board was launched at the Regular Meeting of the Board on January 24, 2012.

Sports at the secondary level are played through the Bluewater Athletics Association. There are offered at high schools in the BWDSB and the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board. The winning team (BAA Champions) will go onto a CWOSSA Tournament. The following sports are played through BAA:

From each high school in the BWDSB, a representative or student senator goes to monthly meetings at the school board office in Chesley, Ontario and brings ideas and suggestions from their school. They are a part of the Student Senate.

In May 2012, the Student Senate held their first conference, "SOS (Support Our Students) - Voices and Choices" in Owen Sound, Ontario with a focus on student mental health. A sequel titled, "Rumour Has It", followed in May 2013.

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