Thames Valley District School Board

History

It was created on January 1, 1998, by the amalgamation of the Elgin County Board of Education, The Board of Education for the City of London, Middlesex County Board of Education, and Oxford County Board of Education.

Four future elementary schools in southeast London, southwest London, northwest London, west London, Lucan, Woodstock, and Belmont are currently under construction or are in planning stages. Extensions and renovations to Eagle Heights are currently underway.

Controversies

In 2021, the Thames Valley District School Board was named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit related to the sexually inappropriate behaviour of one of its teachers, Ryan Jarvis. Jarvis filmed at least 27 teenage students with a spy camera while he was an English teacher at H. B. Beal Secondary School. He used a camera concealed in a pen to film his female students' breasts. Jarvis became the first person in Canada to serve jail time for a voyeurism conviction. Jarvis's teaching license was revoked following his conviction. The Thames Valley District School Board was the setting of R v. Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10 a precedent-setting case of voyeurism in Canada.

In 2021, Lawrence Thompson, a custodian at a TVDSB elementary school, was found guilty of four counts of kidnapping and sexual assault of a four-year-old girl. During the investigation in 2018, the school board indicated it would fully cooperate with police and local law enforcement authorities. However, the TVDSB declined to provide a list of schools that the janitor previously worked at.

In 2024, the TVDSB, and several other school boards, came under scrutiny for sending officials on trips and retreats. TVDSB executives attended a retreat at the hotel in the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play baseball. Though the executives paid for the trip from their own expense accounts, the optics of going on a trip when the board was in a deficit position was enough to cause the provincial government to audit their finances. Since the scandal broke, Director of education Mark Fisher has been put under paid leave.

Trustees

Current trustees for the 2022-2026 term:

• Chair - Beth Mai
• Vice Chair - Dave Cripps

List of schools

The following is a list of the schools administered by the TVDSB and their towns/city:

Public schools

Main article: List of schools in London, Ontario#Thames Valley District School Board

Secondary schools

• A. B. Lucas Secondary School – London
• Arthur Voaden Secondary School – St. Thomas
• B. Davison Secondary School – London (temporarily closed)
• Central Elgin Collegiate Institute – St. Thomas
• London Central Secondary School – London
• Clarke Road Secondary School – London
• College Avenue Secondary School – Woodstock
• East Elgin Secondary School – Aylmer
• Glencoe District High School – Glencoe
• Glendale High School – Tillsonburg
• H. B. Beal Secondary School – London
• Huron Park Secondary School – Woodstock
• Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute – Ingersoll
• London South Collegiate Institute – London
• Lord Dorchester Secondary School – Dorchester
• Medway High School – Arva
• Montcalm Secondary School – London
• North Middlesex District High School – Parkhill
• Oakridge Secondary School – London
• Parkside Collegiate Institute (incl. French Immersion) – St. Thomas
• Saunders Secondary School – London
• Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School (incl. French Immersion) – London
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (incl. French Immersion) – London
• Strathroy District Collegiate Institute (incl. French Immersion) – Strathroy-Caradoc
• Thames Valley Alternative Secondary School (teachers located throughout the entire Board district)
• West Elgin Secondary School – West Lorne
• Westminster Secondary School - London
• Woodstock Collegiate Institute (incl. French Immersion) – Woodstock

Notes

References

References

1. (17 November 2021). "Student Trustees".
2. "TVDSB". Tvdsb.ca.
3. (June 2, 2021). "About Us". Thames Valley District School Board.
4. "Ontario Regulation 107/08". Government of Ontario.
5. (August 12, 2025). "Capital Projects".
6. "Plans for two new London-area schools cause for relief in Summerside {{!".
7. "Province approves construction of new $8.7M elementary school in Belmont, Ont. - London | Globalnews.ca".
8. "$7.5M addition to Tweedsmuir school moves step closer".
9. (January 25, 2022). "New TVDSB school announced for southwest London, Ont. at least 4 years away". CBC.
10. Butler, Colin. (April 23, 2021). "Ex-teacher who filmed students with spy pen, Ontario school board named in $200K civil suit". CBC News.
11. "{{!}} Ontario College of Teachers".
12. Canada, Supreme Court of. (2001-01-01). "Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Summary - 37833".
13. [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Law/Offences/Voyeurism Canadian Criminal Law]
14. Paparella, Nick. (2021-05-10). "Former school custodian convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault".
15. "Lawyer, psychologist to school board: Release charged janitor's work history".
16. https://lfpress.com/feature/quest-for-answers-pricey-school-board-trips
17. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/school-board-to-recoup-38k-retreat-costs-from-officials-expense-accounts
18. "Ontario school board under fire for $40K Blue Jays stadium retreat | Globalnews.ca".
19. "Meet Your Trustee". PDSB.
20. [http://www.tvdsb.ca/AAEducation.cfm?subpage=88814 Thames Valley Alternative Secondary School]