GUELPH, Ontario – The Upper Grand District School Board’s current Director of Education, Dr. Martha Rogers, is retiring at the end of August 2021. The Board of Trustees has retained the professional services of Promeus – Partners in Executive Search to assist in the search for the new Director of Education.

Promeus is an executive search firm that provides solutions for executive recruitment and selection in the education, government, health care, municipal, public and not-for-profit sectors.

As part of the initial stages of the search process, Promeus search consultants will be holding virtual meetings with key stakeholders and representative groups from across the system.

Work of the Board’s Director Selection Committee will report to the Board of Trustees in future meetings with updates on the search progress.

About the Upper Grand District School Board

The Upper Grand District School Board serves more than 35,000 students through 65 elementary schools and 11 secondary schools in the City of Guelph, County of Wellington and County of Dufferin. The UGDSB covers the ancestral and traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Six Nations of the Grand River, and Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territories. Student success is the goal of over 4,000 dedicated teaching and support staff who are aided by the contributions of caring volunteers and community partners.

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