Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB)
Location
802 Drury Lane, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Canada
Coordinates43°20′30″N 79°48′10″W / 43.3417°N 79.8029°W / 43.3417; -79.8029 (Board office)
District information
Chair of the boardMarvin Duarte
Director of educationJohn Klein
Schools46 Elementary
9 Secondary
3 Adult Learning Centres
BudgetCA$375.8 million (September - August, 2016-2017)
Other information
Websitewww.hcdsb.org

The Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) serves over 37,000 students at its 46 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 3 continuing education facilities. The HCDSB serves the communities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville, with the main Board office (Catholic Education Centre) located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

The Halton Catholic District School Board is the Catholic school board for the Halton region.

History

The Halton Catholic District School Board traces its roots back to 1856 when the founder Robin Smith and Father Morgan Rex-Ryan founded St. Mary's School – the first Catholic elementary school in Oakville to establish education programs for Catholic children in the town of Oakville. A separate school zone was formally established in 1856, in which the Oakville Separate School Board was constituted. Under provincial legislation,[1] separate school zones were later formed in Burlington, Georgetown and Milton.

As part of a province-wide restructuring of school boards initiated by then Minister of Education Bill Davis,[2] Halton's separate school boards were merged to form the Halton County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, which came into effect on January 1, 1969. As a result of the formation of the Regional Municipality of Halton in 1974, it became the "Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board", and its jurisdiction was extended to the entire Region.[3]

In the years following amalgamation, the Board witnessed, not only the physical growth of its English language schools, but also the development of French language schools, and the eventual establishment of a French Language Section of the Board to govern the three French-language schools in 1986.[4]

In the late 1970s, the school board ventured into the area of secondary education, and, assisted by the legislative provision for full funding to Ontario's Catholic secondary schools in 1986,[5] established five secondary schools, later adding four more:

InitiallyLater schools

Amalgamation also opened the school system to special needs students, and as a result the Special Education Department was created. This occurred in advance of provincial legislation passed in 1980 on the matter.[6]

In 1986, the new department of Continuing Education Services was created, which first operated out of a portable classroom at the Board's Drury Lane Catholic Education Centre.

Over the same years, the Board dealt with unprecedented growthparticularly in the southern half of Halton Regionculminating in increased demands on the education system and numerous changes in the education field itself.

As part of the province-wide restructuring of Ontario's school boards as a consequence of the passage of the Fewer School Boards Act, 1997,[7] the Board's schools were transferred to the following new bodies:[8]

  • the English-language Separate District School Board No. 46 (which was merged with the former Board at the beginning of 1998), and
  • the French-language Separate District School Board No. 64 (which later became the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud).

The English-language Separate District School Board No. 46 was renamed as the "Halton Catholic District School Board" in 1999.[9]

About the board

The Halton Catholic District School Board provides educational services to over 37,000 students of all ages, in 46 elementary schools, 9 high schools, and three continuing education facilities.[10]

Board of trustees

Name of Trustee Region Wards Source
Chair: Marvin Duarte Milton 1 and 4 [11]
Vice Chair: Brenda Agnew Burlington 4 and 5 [11]
Kirsten Kelly Burlington 1 and 2 [11]
Trish Powell Burlington 3 and 6 [11]
Janet O’Hearn-Czarnota Halton Hills N/A [11]
Emma Murphy Milton 2 and 3 [11]
Robert Kennedy Oakville 1, 2 and 3 [11]
Chris Saunders Oakville 4 and 7 [11]
Helena Karabela Oakville 5 and 6 [11]

The HCDSB Board of Trustees consists of nine elected Trustees, which are elected every four years during the municipal election. There are three trustees representing Burlington, one representing Halton Hills, two representing Milton, and three representing Oakville, respectively.

Student Trustees

As required by the Ontario Ministry of Education, the HCDSB keeps three student trustees. The student trustees are elected every year by the student senate. There are three student trustees, one for Oakville, one for Burlington, and one to represent the entirety of North Halton (Milton, Georgetown, Acton, Halton Hills). Student trustees attend all regular board meetings, although their vote is non-binding. They are allowed to voice their opinions on issues important to students in the board.[12] The following students have been elected to serve on the Board.

Student trustees at the HCDSB, by term
Term Trustees
2023-2024 Lauren McGuire (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

Arianna Chua (St. Francis Xavier, Milton)

Diya Deepu (Assumption CSS, Burlington)

2022-2023 Katie Bowie (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

Arianna Chua (St. Francis Xavier, Milton) [13]

Brady Kuzma (Corpus Christi CSS, Burlington)

2021-2022 Katie Bowie (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

Alicia Tokiwa (Christ the King, Georgetown) [14]

Gabriela Masri Ahmar (Corpus Christi CSS, Burlington)

2020-2021 Joseph Roshdy (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

Nicholas Gubert (Christ the King, Georgetown) [15]

Kirsten Kelly (Assumption CSS, Burlington)

2019-2020 Malika Bhambra (St. Thomas Aquinas, Oakville)

Davin Caratao (Bishop Reding CSS, Milton)

Dylex Suan (Corpus Christi CSS, Burlington)

2018-2019 William Charlebois (Holy Trinity CSS, Oakville)

Denzel Herrero (Jean Vanier CSS, Milton)

Stephanie Mazza (Assumption CSS, Burlington)

2017-2018 Christina Atrach (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

Anamaria Barbul (Holy Trinity CSS, Oakville)

Ingrid Schwecht (Assumption CSS, Burlington)

2016-2017 Christina Atrach (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

Ingrid Schwecht (Assumption CSS, Burlington)

Manuela Zapata (St. Thomas Aquinas, Oakville)

2015-2016 Jackson Brown (Corpus Christi CSS, Burlington)

Chloe Kemeni (Bishop Reding CSS, Milton)

Manuela Zapata (St. Thomas Aquinas, Oakville)

2014-2015 Jason Barron (Notre Dame CSS, Burlington)

Chloe Kemeni (Bishop Reding CSS, Milton)

Joel Louzado (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

2013-2014 Jason Barron (Notre Dame CSS, Burlington)

Erika Shepherd (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

Maria Thomas (St. Thomas Aquinas, Oakville

2012-2013 Jarrod Baddeliyanage (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

Noah Parker (Notre Dame CSS, Burlington)

Emily Wilson (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

2011-2012 Emily Bradley (Bishop Reding CSS, Milton)

Emma Harper (Corpus Christi CSS, Burlington)

Clarisse Schneider (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

2010-2011 Christiane Peric (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

Clarisse Schneider (St. Ignatius Loyola, Oakville)

2009-2010 Briar Culbert (Notre Dame CSS, Burlington)

Chelsea Gray (St. Thomas Aquinas CSS, Oakville)

Steven Slowka (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

2008-2009 Neil Bourque (Notre Dame CSS, Burlington)

Philip Cockburn (Christ the King CSS, Halton Hills)

Chloé Restivo (Holy Trinity CSS, Oakville)

2007-2008 Erin Gamble (Holy Trinity CSS, Oakville)

Teanna Lobo (Notre Dame CSS, Burlington)

Kelly Medeiros (Bishop Reding CSS, Milton)

2006-2007 Ryan Durran (Burlington)

Heather MacKinnon (North Halton)

Jaclyn Peluso (Oakville)

2005-2006 Anthony Luna (North Halton)

Amy O'Brien (Burlington)

Lindsay Robertson (Oakville)

Student Senate

The Student Senate is a committee of approximately 80 members (3-8 from each secondary school) designed as an advisory body to the Student Trustees, which in turn relay their concerns or recommendations to regular Board Meetings. Student Senators are picked yearly, through an application process. All students are eligible to apply, with the exception of ninth graders as the application process ends the year before.[16]

Schools

Continuing Education

  • Thomas Merton Centre for Continuing Education (Burlington)
  • Thomas Merton Centre for Continuing Education (Milton)
  • Thomas Merton Centre for Continuing Education (Oakville)

Source:[17]

Families of Schools

CitySecondary SchoolAssociate Elementary Schools
BurlingtonAssumption CSS
  • Ascension Catholic Elementary School
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School
  • St. John Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Paul Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Raphael Catholic Elementary School
Corpus Christi CSS*Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Anne Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Christopher Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School
Notre Dame CSS
  • Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Mark Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School
OakvilleHoly Trinity CSS
  • Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School
  • St. John Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Marguerite D'Youville Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Michael Catholic Elementary School
St. Ignatius of Loyola CSS
  • St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Gregory the Great Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Joan of Arc Catholic Elementary School
  • St. John Paul II Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Matthew Catholic Elementary School
St. Thomas Aquinas CSS
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Luke Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Mary Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Vincent Catholic Elementary School
MiltonBishop P.F. Reding CSS
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School
  • Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Peter Catholic Elementary School
St. Francis Xavier CSS
  • Guardian Angels Catholic Elementary School
  • Lumen Christi Catholic Elementary School
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary School
  • Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Scholastica Catholic Elementary School
St. Kateri Tekakwitha CSS
  • Milton #10 Catholic Elementary School[18]
Halton HillsChrist the King CSS
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Brigid Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Joseph (Acton) Catholic Elementary School

Source:[19]

See also

Further reading

  • "The Halton Catholic District School Board: A 25th Anniversary Perspective" (PDF). Halton Catholic District School Board. 1994. Retrieved July 8, 2015.

References

  1. Originally at An Act for the better establishment and maintenance of Common Schools in Upper Canada, S.Prov.C. 1850, c. 48, s. 19 , later replaced by The Separate Schools Act, 1886, S.O. 1886, c. 46
  2. The Separate Schools Amendment Act, 1968, S.O. 1968, c. 125, s. 6
  3. "Regional government bill extends Separate School Bd. jurisdiction". The Acton Free Press. October 31, 1973. p. 1., discussing impact of The Regional Municipality of Halton Act, 1973, S.O. 1973, c. 70, s. 84(1)
  4. after the passage of the Education Amendment Act, 1986 (No. 2), S.O. 1986, c. 29
  5. Education Amendment Act, 1986, S.O. 1986, c. 21
  6. Education Amendment Act, 1980, S.O. 1980, c. 61
  7. Fewer School Boards Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 3
  8. Transition from Old Boards to District School Boards, O. Reg. 460/97
  9. Establishment, Areas of Jurisdiction, and Names of District School Boards, O. Reg. 185/97
  10. "About Our Board". www.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Board of Trustees | Halton Catholic District School Board". Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  12. "Student Trustees and Senate". www.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  13. "Student Trustees & Senate | Halton Catholic District School Board". Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  14. "New HCDSB Student Trustees Elected for the 2021-2022 School Year! | Halton Catholic District School Board". Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  15. Bartucci, Amanda (2020-03-05). "Student Senate Elects 2020-2021 HCDSB Student Trustees!". Oakville News. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  16. "Student Senate". www.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  17. "School Listing". www.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  18. "Official Ground-Breaking & Blessing of Milton #10 Catholic Elementary School | Halton Catholic District School Board". Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  19. "School Listing". www.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
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