Waterloo Region District School Board
| Waterloo Region District School Board WRDSB |
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51 Ardelt Ave. Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2R5 Waterloo Region Canada |
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| District information | |
| Director of education | John Bryant |
| Schools | 103 elementary 16 secondary |
| Budget | CA$675 million |
| District ID | B66176 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | approx 63,000 |
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| Elected trustees |
T. Martin A. Mitchell C. Harrington J. Hendry C. Millar N. Waddell M. Ramsay K. Smith C. Watson K. Woodcock S. McMillan |
| Student trustees |
H. Jamal R. Barnes |
| Website | www |
Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 24 prior to 1999) is the public school board for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It operates 103 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools, and other facilities, serving almost 63,000 students in the Region of Waterloo. It has approximately 7500 staff and a budget of $675 million. It is the largest public sector employer in the Region and the second largest employer overall.
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. Two student trustees are elected each year to represent the student voice in policy discussions.
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