MONTREAL — After more than 42 years of service dedicated to public education, Robert T. Mills announced that he will retire at the end of this school year as Director General of the Lester B. Pearson School Board.
Mills has been Director General of the LBPSB for the past nine years.
“I was lucky to come to this board and I was lucky to have the entire staff making this job one of the most enjoyable of my life,” Mills said in a statement.
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Before taking on the role of Assistant Director General at the LBPSB in 2001, Mills was a teacher, department head and senior administrator with the former Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. He also led the Educational Services Department at Lester B. Pearson.
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In 2012, the Canadian Association of School System Administrators (CASSA) named Mills the “Superintendent of the Year” for all of Canada. He was also a recipient of the Xerox Excellence in Educational Leadership Award.
LBPSB Chairman Suanne Stein Day said in a statement on Tuesday that the school board has flourished under Mills’s commitment and leadership.
“Bob’s commitment and encouragement to that partnership has resulted in open, easy communication and a cooperative environment committed to the success of our students.”
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