The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. Its administration area is to the southwest of the city of Toronto. In 2025, it served almost 68,000 students, excluding those in adult, alternative, and Community Education programs.
History Education in the former Halton County was previously governed by a framework of boards for various high school districts and public school districts associated with them.as provided under In 1967, as a result of initiatives undertaken by then Minister of Education Bill Davis, work was begun to amalgamate all boards on a county-wide level throughout the Province, and such a move was recommended to the Halton County Council that year for its approval. The move was opposed by the southern boards of education in Burlington and Oakville, but that was overruled upon passage of mandatory legislation by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1968.The Secondary Schools and Boards of Education Act, R.S.O. 1960, c. 362, Part VI, as inserted by
The Board was constituted as the Halton County Board of Education, which was established on January 1, 1969. When the County was replaced by the Regional Municipality of Halton, the Board became the Halton Board of Education.
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, the English-language Public District School Board No. 20 was created to take over the Region's schools. It was merged with the former Board at the beginning of 1998, and was renamed as the "Halton District School Board" in 1999.
In 2023, the Board was taken to court in a civil case regarding a lawsuit against former school teacher, Barbara Joan Baxter, who convicted of sexually abusing five students when she taught at Pineland Public School.
Schools The Board operates 76 elementary schools, and 17 secondary schools, which are organized into the following areas: East Area (Oakville) North Area (Halton Hills and Milton) West Area (Burlington)
Secondary school enrolment and Fraser Institute provincial rankings are as follows:
+ HDSB secondary schools (2018 Fraser Institute Rankings) Name Area Enrolment 1-year ranking of 747 5-year ranking of 623 Abbey Park High School East 954 2 9 Garth Webb Secondary School East 1092 33 42 Iroquois Ridge High School East 1358 25 12 Oakville Trafalgar High School East 1245 11 9 T. A. Blakelock High School East 1125 59 70 White Oaks Secondary School East 1865 43 36 Acton District High School North 453 338 279 Craig Kielburger Secondary School North 1499 175 148 Georgetown District High School North 1654 175 120 Milton District High School North 921 115 120 Aldershot High School West 436 156 148 Burlington Central High School West 593 445 279 Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School West 1425 115 – Lester B. Pearson High School West 416 68 87 M.M. Robinson High School West 740 462 416 Nelson High School West 996 47 42 Robert Bateman High School West 797 413 262
Trustees
Student Trustees As required by the Ontario Ministry of Education, the following student trustees have been named to serve on the Board:
+ Student trustees at the HDSB, by term Term Trustees2025 - 2026Jay Xu (White Oaks Secondary School) Kaitlyn Hou (Abbey Park High School)2024- 2025Charlie Ochu (Oakville Trafalgar High School) Kaitlyn Hou (Abbey Park High School)2023 - 2024Sultan Alimzhanov (Abbey Park High School) Shrena Sribalan (Craig Kielburger Secondary School)2022 - 2023Ethan Ruggiero (Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School) Cindy Wang (Oakville Trafalgar High School)2021 - 2022Vanditha (Vandy) Widyalankara (White Oaks Secondary School) Kacy Bao (Milton District High School)2020 - 2021Vanditha (Vandy) Widyalankara (White Oaks Secondary School) Evan Taylor (Milton District High School)2019 - 2020Matthew Burnes (Oakville Trafalgar High School)Olivia Lau (White Oaks Secondary School)2018-2019Connor Clark (Nelson High School)Kevin Meng (White Oaks Secondary School)2017-2018Dasha Metropolitansky (White Oaks Secondary School)Muqtasid Mansoor (Milton District High School)2016-2017Dasha Metropolitansky (White Oaks Secondary School)Zaid Haj Ali (Abbey Park High School)2014-2016Sophie Schneider (Abbey Park High School)Jovan Sahi (Iroquois Ridge High School)2013-2014Allison Zheng (Craig Kielburger Secondary School)Zoha Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School)2012-2013Shaan Bhambra (Robert Bateman High School)Arjun Dhanjal (Iroquois Ridge High School)2011-2012Jason Earl (Milton District High School)Rudy Unni (Robert Bateman High School)2010-2011Jason Earl (Milton District High School)Haniya Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School)2009-2010Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School)Chaitanya Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School)2008-2009Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School)Nupur Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School)2007-2008Jason Karmody (Aldershot High School)Jonathan Yantzi (Burlington Central High School)2006-2007Russell Baker (Abbey Park High School)Simon Beck (Iroquois Ridge High School)2005-2006Amreen Azam (Iroquois Ridge High School)
Board of Trustee Chairs & Vice-Chairs The Halton District School Board's Board of Trustees annually elect its chair and a vice-chair at its Annual Organization Meetings (AOM). The current chair of the Halton District School is Margo Shuttleworth and the current vice-chair is Tracey Ehl Harrison.
Term Board of Trustee ChairBoard of Trustees Vice-Chair2022 - 2023Margo ShuttleworthTracey Ehl Harrison2020 - 2021 2019 - 2020
2018 - 2019
2017 - 2018Andréa GrebencTracey Ehl Harrison2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016
2014 - 2015
2013 - 2014Kelly Amos
Other The Board also operates the following specialized facilities: Gary Allan High School - for adult, alternative and Community Education programs. Syl Apps School
Programming
The Pathways programme encourages all post-secondary options, from apprenticeship, to college, to university, to the workplace. The Board has also introduced specialist high skills majors and other unique programs for students, including fully online high school credits.
The International Baccalaureate programme is offered at: Georgetown District High School Burlington Central High School White Oaks Secondary School Craig Kielburger Secondary School (IBDP candidate school)
See also Halton Catholic District School Board Ontario Student Trustees' Association List of school districts in Ontario List of high schools in Ontario
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