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External Principal/Vice Principal Information Session

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Over the coming months, the Durham District School Board is aiming to train its Kindergarten teachers in anti-black racism. It’s a new initiative for the Board and one of the recommendations found in the Compendium of Action for Black Student Success released in 2018. Read more…
by  Jillian Follert   DurhamRegion.com

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DDSB Safe Schools Team Hosts the 2019 Bullying Awareness and Prevention Conference
“What does your inner voice say?” Georgette Davis, Superintendent of Education at the Durham District School Board (DDSB), asks a room full of eager students. “Listen to that voice, and know that everything in life is a lesson. Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.”
Students in Grades 5 to 8 from five DDSB schools (Vimy Ridge PS, Sir William Stephenson PS,...
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DDSB Board Elects Officers for 2019-2020
At the Standing Committee Meeting of the Durham District School Board (DDSB) held on Monday, December 2, 2019, trustees elected officers for 2019-2020 term.
Pickering Trustee Chris Braney will now serve as Chair of the Board for the 2019-2020 term.
Chair Braney was first elected as a Trustee from 1994-1997 with the Scarborough Board of Education, where he served as Vice-Chair. With a young family and a move to Pickering,...
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At this time there has been no agreement reached between the province and OSSTF (Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation). As a result, Durham District School Board (DDSB) secondary schools will be closed to students on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 due to a ONE DAY strike by OSSTF members.
Please note, this is a ONE DAY strike, and all DDSB secondary schools will re-open for a regular school day on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Also, DDSB elementary schools remain...
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