Vicki Houston named as GECDSB’s new director of education

Special to the RTT

The Greater Essex County District School Board’s (GECDSB) board of trustees has chosen Vicki Houston to be its next director of education.

Houston succeeds Erin Kelly, who will retire this summer. The announcement was made by the board via press released last Thursday afternoon.

Gale Simko-Hatfield, chairperson of the board of trustees says she’s very happy that Houston has accepted the responsibility.

“It’s a difficult job, but Vicki has a wide range of professional experience to rely on and she has our trust, based on her devoted and long-term service to our board. She has many strong community relationships which will also be a tremendous asset,” SimkoHatfield said in a statement.

Houston has been a teacher, school administrator and superintendent with the GECDSB for 26 years. The public board says her most recent role has been superintendent of human resources, overseeing the board’s approximately 5,000 employees.

“Listening to and appreciating the diversity of ideas, opinions and perspectives is, I believe, the nature of good leadership,” Houston states. “We have to accept what we learn and incorporate it into our efforts, but we can’t get distracted from our foundational responsibility, which is the success of our students.”

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