On Wednesday July 8, 2020, the Education Finance Committee of the Durham District School Board met and recommended the approval of the 2020-2021 draft budget to the Board of Trustees. The proposed budget will now be considered at a Special Board Meeting on Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 6pm that will be held virtually and livestreamed on the DDSB’s YouTube livestream channel.

The Board has extended an opportunity for the public to provide additional input in writing no later than Monday July 13, 2020. Members of the public can provide additional input by e-mailing their submission to Executive Assistant, Kristin Talbot by e-mail at kristin.talbot@ddsb.ca.

The Durham District School Board (DDSB) is responsible for public education in the rural settings of Uxbridge, Brock and Scugog Townships and the urban settings of Ajax, Whitby, Pickering and Oshawa. The DDSB employs 6,900 teaching and educational services staff. With 133 elementary and secondary schools and learning centres, the DDSB accommodates more than 70,000 regular day students and thousands more who take advantage of a wide variety of continuing education and adult credit courses. More information can be found on the DDSB’s website at www.ddsb.ca. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @DurhamDSB, Instagram @durhamschools and YouTube at DurhamDSB.

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