Waterloo Region District School Board

Waterloo Region District School Board
WRDSB
Board office location	51 Ardelt Ave., Kitchener, Ontario
Communities served	Waterloo Region
Number of schools	103 elementary 16 secondary
Budget (CAD $ millions)	$675 million
Number of students	approx 60,000
Chair of the Board	Kathleen Woodcock
Director of Education	Linda Fabi
Elected Trustees	11: K.Woodcock (Chair) K.Smith (Vice Chair) C.Fife C.Harrington J.Hendry M.Johnston T.Martin A.Mitchell H.Paisley M.Ramsay C.Watson
http://www.wrdsb.ca/

Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) 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 60,000 students in the Region of Waterloo. It has approximately 5500 staff and a budget of $675 million dollars. 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.

Waterloo Catholic District School Board, which operates the Catholic schools in Waterloo Region.

Bill Gerth led the WRDSB as director of education from 2003 until his death in an automobile accident on December 22, 2006. An elementary school was named in his honour.

See also

• List of Waterloo Region, Ontario schools

External links

• Maps and Directions - a map of the region, with all schools marked on it.