HURON PERTH CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
Legacy in Faith: Catholic Education Director Retiring

The Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board announces that Chris N. Roehrig, Director of Education, is retiring on February 24, 2025. Roehrig was appointed Director of Education in 2019 and came to the Board from the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board where he held the same position since 2012. Roehrig said "I leave with a tremendous sense of pride, gratitude and humility - it has been the honour of a lifetime to stand on the shoulders of the giants before me and to walk beside our staff in service to our community." Roehrig is proud to have had a hand in several accomplishments achieved during his time as Director of Education including moving the district into the top 20% in the province in student achievement, gains made through an ambitious strategic plan, progress in Board governance, safely navigating the global pandemic, gains in the area of information and computer technology and renewed commitments to Catholic faith formation.

Chair Mary Helen Van Loon shared "We are grateful for Chris' experience, vision, and faithful leadership during his role as our Director of Education. He has been both guide, and anchor, through some very difficult, challenging times within the Board and the greater community. His passion and dedication to faith formation and excellence in student achievement can only be matched by his love for our Huron-Perth system. It has been a pleasure, and an honour, to work alongside him".

BACKGROUND
Mr. Roehrig's work in education began as a teenager working in the Plant & Facilities Department at Waterloo Catholic DSB working as a summer student. In 1988 as a 19 year-old student at St. Jerome's University (University of Waterloo), he began supply teaching as an uncertified instructor at Catholic schools in Waterloo Region. In 1994, he began his teaching career at St. David CSS (Waterloo) and continued teaching at St. Benedict CSS (Cambridge) and Resurrection CSS (Kitchener). Between 2001 and 2008, Mr. Roehrig was a vice-principal and principal at the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board at St. Anne's CSS in Clinton and St. Mary's in Goderich. In 2008 he was appointed Superintendent of Education at the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board and subsequently promoted to Director of Education in 2012. Chris was awarded the Hamilton Diocesan Medal of Honour for his contribution to the faith-life of the diocese in 2019.

Roehrig was appointed Director of Education in 2019 and came to the Board from the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board where he held the same position since 2012. Upon retirement, Director Roehrig will depart as one of the longest serving directors of education in Ontario.