Halifax Regional Centre for Education

Halifax Regional Centre for Education
HRSB logo
Address
33 Spectacle Lake Drive
Dartmouth
, Nova Scotia, B3B 1X7
Canada
District information
TypePublic
GradesPP-12
Established1996
Regional Executive Director of EducationSteve Gallagher[1]
Schools137[2]
Budget$687 million [3]
Students and staff
Students58,258 (2023–24)[4]
Staff11,000 (approx) [2]
Other information
Mission StatementProviding a high quality education for every student every day.
Websitehrce.ca

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (formerly the Halifax Regional School Board)[5] is the public school district responsible for 136 elementary, junior high, and high schools located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The current Regional Executive Director is Steve Gallagher. The district's office is on Spectacle Lake Drive in Dartmouth. The district's stated vision is "to provide a high quality education to every student every day".[2] On January 24, 2018, the provincial government announced that the Halifax Regional School Board would be dissolved and that kindergarten to grade 12 education services in Halifax would administered by an appointed provincial council. The Halifax Regional School Board was dissolved on March 31, 2018.[6]

  1. ^ "Office of the Regional Executive Director". Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference about was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Financial Services". Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Financial Services". Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  5. ^ "HRSB's New Name: Halifax Regional Centre for Education | Halifax Regional School Board". www.hrsb.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  6. ^ "Halifax school board members 'sad and disappointed' at last meeting | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-31.