Durham District School Board

Durham District School Board
Address
400 Taunton Road East Whitby , Ontario, L1R 2K6 Canada
Coordinates	43°55′11″N 78°56′28″W / 43.9198°N 78.9411°W / 43.9198; -78.9411
District information
Type	School Board
Motto	Ignite Learning
Grades	K-12
Superintendents	9 + 2 Associate Directors [1]
Chair of the board	Christine Thatcher[2]
Director of education	Camille Williams-Taylor[3]
Governing agency	Ministry of Education
Schools	136
Budget	~$1.2 billion (2024-2025)
District ID	B66060
Students and staff
Enrolment	~58,200 (elementary) ~25,100 (secondary) ~83,300 (total)
Staff	~7,600
Colours	Maroon, yellow, and blue
Other information
Trustees	11 elected trustees, 1 appointed First Nations trustee[4]
Student Trustees	Kayla Hoare, Nitishan Poopalasundaram, Shampavi Vijayakumar[5]
Website	www.ddsb.ca

The Durham District School Board (DDSB), known as English/French language Public District School Board No. 13 prior to 1999,^[6] is an English-language public-secular school board in the province of Ontario. The Board serves most of Durham Region, except for Clarington, which is a part of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.

The Board has more than 7,600 staff who serve approximately 58,200 elementary and 25,100 secondary school students. Its headquarters is located in Whitby.

The DDSB has three independent, coterminous boards, serving English-Catholic (Durham Catholic District School Board), French-secular (Conseil scolaire Viamonde), and French-Catholic (Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir) students.

The DDSB is located on the traditional and treaty territory of the Mississauga of Scugog Island First Nation, the Mississauga Peoples and the treaty territory of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation.^[7]