DDSB Announces Re-Elected Chair for 2025-2026

At its November 17, 2025, annual Organizational meeting, the Durham District School Board (DDSB) Board of Trustees have re-elected Tracy Brown from Whitby as Chair of the Board for 2025-2026, through the final year of the current 2022-2026 term of the Board.

An advocate for inclusive education and student success, Trustee Brown was first elected in 2022 and is committed to fostering respectful, collaborative dialogue at the Board table and throughout the community and promoting student achievement and well-being.

"The Durham District School Board is committed to creating opportunities for every student to achieve personal and academic success, while fostering belonging in all of our learning spaces,” says Brown, “as we enter the final year of our 2022-2026 mandate, the Board remains engaged and excited to continue this collaborative work as we progress towards the opening of more new schools and modern learning spaces to ensure we remain responsive to the needs of our rapidly growing communities.”

At the Organizational meeting Trustees were also selected to serve on various Committees of the Board, including:

• Deb Oldfield, elected from Oshawa as Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Standing Committee
• Kelly Miller, elected from Ajax as Vice Chair of the Committee of the Whole-Standing Committee
• Carolyn Morton, elected from Brock, Scugog, Uxbridge as Chair of the Education Finance Committee
• Kelly Miller, acclaimed from Ajax as Chair of the Governance and Policy Committee

A complete list of Board Committees and Trustee membership can be found on the DDSB’s website.

About Durham District School Board

The Durham District School Board (DDSB) is responsible for public education in the rural communities of Uxbridge, Brock and Scugog townships and the cities and towns of Ajax, Whitby, Pickering and Oshawa. We employ over 12,000 teaching and educational services staff in 140 elementary and secondary schools and learning centres. DDSB has more than 80,000 regular day students and thousands more who take continuing education and adult credit courses. More information can be found on the DDSB’s website at ddsb.ca. Like us on Facebook, Instagram @ddsbschools and subscribe to our YouTube channel DurhamDSB.