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in the province of

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, Canada. The board serves most of the

Regional Municipality of Durham The Regional Municipality of Durham (), informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. Located east of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, Durham forms the east-end of the Greater Toron ...

, except for schools within the Municipality of Clarington, which instead belong to the

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. The Durham District School Board Education Centre head office is based in

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. The school board has families of schools Pickering,

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, and Brock-Uxbridge-Scugog, each of which has two trustees except Oshawa, which has three. Three student trustees, using a non-binding, recorded vote, represent the region of Durham. In total the school board has more than 7000 staff who serve approximately 46,000 elementary and 24,000 secondary school students. A unique program to the Durham District School Board that is running in a number of its secondary schools is called the Culture of Peace Committee, which works on a wide variety of social and humanitarian issues within the schools and in the community. The Durham District School Board operates a gifted program in select schools. This program for students in grades 4–12 entails material being taught at an accelerated rate. Acceptance into the program is based on ranking in the top 1% of a test in

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and

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during grade 3.

Secondary schools

* Ajax High School * Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute * Brock High School *

Brooklin High School Brooklin High School is a high school, including grades 9 to 12, located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Durham District School Board, it opened in September 2015, initially with grades 9 to 11 . The school mascot is a bear, and the school ...

(opened September 2015) *

Cartwright High School Cartwright High School was located in Blackstock, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. The school had approximately 115 students in grades 9–12. The school closed in June 2013. Feeder schools *Cartwright Central Public School See ...

(closed June 2013) *

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Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. The school has students in grades 9-12 and offers a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities. Eastdale offers course ...

G L Roberts Collegiate and Vocational Institute G. L. Roberts Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. The school has students in grades 9-12 and offers a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities. Sports at GL incl ...

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* J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate - named for local educator *

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- named after a previous school, Maxwell Heights Public School *

O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, within the Durham District School Board. The school includes grades 9-12 and offers a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities. It is known as an art ...

- named for long-time principal, Albert O'Neill *

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(closed June 2016) * Pickering High School *

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* R S McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute - named for Canadian auto pioneer * Sinclair Secondary School *

Uxbridge Secondary School Uxbridge Secondary School (U.S.S.) is the only high school in the Township of Uxbridge, Ontario, and is one of 21 high schools within the Durham District School Board. The school has students in grades 9–12 and offers a wide range of academic a ...

Elementary schools

Located in the Town of Ajax *Alexander Graham Bell Public School - named for Canadian inventor *Applecroft Public School *Bolton C. Falby Public School - named after former town manager of Ajax *Cadarackque Public School *Carruthers Creek Public School *daVinci Public School *Dr. Roberta Bondar Public School - named after Canadian astronaut and neurologist *Duffin's Bay Public School *Eagle Ridge Public School *J. Clarke Richardson Public Secondary School *Lakeside Public School *Lester B. Pearson Public School - named for former Prime Minister of Canada *Lincoln Alexander Public School - named for former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario *Lincoln Avenue Public School *Lord Elgin Public School - named for former Governor General of the Province of Canada *Nottingham Public School *Roland Michener Public School - named for former Governor General of Canada *Roméo Dallaire Public School - named for Canadian military officer, humanitarian and Senator *Rosemary Brown Public School - named for the first black woman elected to the provincial government of British Columbia *Southwood Park Public School *Terry Fox Public School - named for famous Canadian athlete and cancer advocate *Viola Desmond Public School - named for Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent *Valley View Public School *Vimy Ridge Public School *Westney Heights Public School Located in the Township of Brock *Beaverton Public School *McCaskill's Mills Public School *Sunderland Public School *Thorah Central Public School Located in the City of Oshawa *Adelaide McLaughlin Public School - 1958 *Athabasca Public School - 1969 *Beau Valley Public School - 1966 *Bobby Orr Public School (formerly Cedardale Public School) - named for Canadian hockey legend - 2002 *Clara Hughes Public School - named for Canadian Olympian - 2015 *College Hill Public School - 1953 *Coronation Public School - 1953 *David Bouchard Public School - a Canadian author, a Member of the Order of Canada and former high school principal - 2012 *Dr. C.F. Cannon Public School - 1969 *Forest View Public School - 2017 *Glenholme Public School - 1959 *Glen Street Public School - 1971 *Gordon B. Attersley Public School - 1999 *Harmony Heights Public School - 2003 *Hillsdale Public School - 1960 *Kedron Public School - 1977 * Lakewoods Public School - 1971 *Mary Street Community School - 1969 *Norman G. Powers Public School - 2005 *Pierre Elliott Trudeau Public School - named for former Prime Minister of Canada - 1969 *Queen Elizabeth Public School - named after Queen Elizabeth I - 1969 *Ritson Public School - 1923 *Seneca Trail Public School - 2013 *Sherwood Public School - 2003 *Stephen G. Saywell Public School - 1990 *Sunset Heights Public School - 1954 *Village Union Public School - 1999 *Vincent Massey Public School - named for former Governor General of Canada - 1959 *Walter E. Harris Public School - named for Canadian analytical chemist and academic - 1971 *Waverly Public School - 1969 *Woodcrest Public School - 2007 Located in the City of Pickering *Altona Forest Public School *Bayview Heights Public School *Biidassige Mandamin Public School *Claremont Public School *Elizabeth B. Phin Public School *Fairport Beach Public School *Frenchman's Bay Public School *Gandatsetiagon Public School *Glengrove Public School *Grandview Public School *Highbush Public School *Maple Ridge Public School *Rosebank Road Public School *Valley Farm Public School *Vaughan Willard Public School *Westcreek Public School *William Dunbar Public School Located in the Township of Scugog *Cartwright Central Public School *Greenbank Public School *Prince Albert Public School *R.H. Cornish Public School *S.A. Cawker Public School Located in the Township of Uxbridge *Goodwood Public School *Joseph Gould Public School - former reeve, Member of Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, farmer, businessman *Quaker Village Public School *Scott Central Public School *Uxbridge Public School Located in the Town of Whitby *Bellwood Public School *Blair Ridge Public School *Brooklin Village Public School *Captain Michael Vandenbos Public School - Snowbirds pilot who died in accident in 1998 *C.E. Broughton Public School *Colonel Farewell Public School *Chris Hadfield Public School - named for Canadian astronaut *Dr. Robert Thornton Public School - named for Presbyterian minister and superintendent of education in Whitby Township *E.A. Fairman Public School *Fallingbrook Public School *Glen Dhu Public School *Jack Miner Public School - named for Canadian conservationist *John Dryden Public School - named for farmer and reeve of Whitby *Julie Payette Public School - named for Canadian astronaut, engineer and former governor general of Canada *Meadowcrest Public School *Ormiston Public School *Pierre Elliott Trudeau Public School - named for former Canadian Prime Minister *Pringle Creek Public School *Robert Munsch Public School - name for Canadian children author *Sir Samuel Steele Public School - named for Canadian soldier and NWMP officer *Sir William Stephenson Public School - named for Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster *West Lynde Public School *Whitby Shores Public School *Williamsburg Public School *Winchester Public School

Transfer to Scarborough

In 1974,

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became part of Scarborough resulting in a few schools moving from the then Ontario County Board of Education over to the then

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: * West Rouge Public School - became Junior Public School * William G. Davis Public School - became Junior Public School * Joseph Howe Senior Public School - became Junior Public School

References

External links

* {{Authority control School districts in Ontario Education in the Regional Municipality of Durham

Secondary schools

Elementary schools

Transfer to Scarborough

See also

References

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