Tommy Douglas Secondary School Explained

Tommy Douglas Secondary School
Address:4020 Major Mackenzie Drive
City:Woodbridge
Province:Ontario
Postcode:L4L 1A6
Country:Canada
Schooltype:High school
Religious Affiliation:Secular
Founded:2015
Schoolboard:York Region District School Board
Superintendent:Dan Wu[1]
Trustee:Dr. Elizabeth Sinclair
Number:898285[2]
Principal:Sandra Sardone
Grades Label:Grades
Grades:9-12
Language:English
Colours: red, grey, and white
Mascot:Titans
Lastupdate:September 2020

Tommy Douglas Secondary School (TDSS) is a secondary education facility in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada that opened on 3 February 2015.[3] [4] It is named after Tommy Douglas, the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan whose government implemented North America's first single-payer, universal health care program.[5] It is a secular public school administered by the York Region District School Board. The school is located at 4020 Major Mackenzie Drive, and its first principal is Ann Pace from 2015-2020. As of now the current principal is Sandra Sardone from 2020-present.

Before the school's opening, students attended Emily Carr Secondary School and Woodbridge College.[6] At Woodbridge College, it operates as a "parallel, but separate" school, during which time the building at Woodbridge College was shared by two schools with separate staff and student body.[7] It had previously maintained an office at Maple High School.[8]

The school's boundary was approved by the YRDSB executive in January 2002, during which boundary changes for the opening of Emily Carr Secondary School and Maple High School were also approved. Because of unanticipated demographic changes in Vaughan, the school had one fewer feeder school than originally forecast by YRDSB planners. The school's boundaries are Highway 400 to the east, Rutherford Road to the south, Pine Valley Drive to the west, and the King-Vaughan town line in the north. Before opening, students residing south of Teston Road and north of Major Mackenzie Drive attended Woodbridge College, except those southwest of the area delimited by Millwood Parkway.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tommy Douglas S S. York Region District School Board. 10 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Tommy Douglas Secondary School. Secondary School Profile. Ministry of Education. 10 September 2014.
  3. Web site: Tommy Douglas SS, City of Vaughan. York Region District School Board. 10 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Tommy Douglas Secondary School – new building opens February 3, 2015. York Region District School Board. 27 January 2015. 11 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Our school. Tommy Douglas Secondary School. 24 May 2015.
  6. Web site: Secondary School Boundary Change: Emily Carr Secondary School and Tommy Douglas Secondary School. York Region District School Board. 4 June 2013. 10 September 2014.
  7. Web site: Frequently Asked Questions. York Region District School Board. 10 September 2014.
  8. Web site: School Registration. York Region District School Board. 10 September 2014.