Tag: Education
Thames Valley board unveils plan to improve literacy, math grades
Thames Valley school board officials have a plan to boost grades, improve student literacy and math scores that haven’t kept up with provincial scotres, according to a report released this week.
If trustees are no longer in charge of the Thames Valley school board, who is?
Ontario education minister Paul Calandra has put the Thames Valley District school board – home to 84,000 students – under Queen’s Park supervision following a controversial three-day Toronto retreat by top officials last summer that cost $38,000. Investigators, auditing the board’s books, found a lack of financial oversight in the budgeting process led to a […]
BGOS candidates talk worker shortages at Wednesday meeting
‘It’s not just about jobs. It’s about making life viable here, and attractive’ Ann Gillies said.
Queen’s Park taking control of embattled Thames Valley school board
Investigators have recommended Queen’s Park take control of the Thames Valley District school board in the wake of a pricey three-day retreat to Toronto by top officials last summer. The trip to the former SkyDome hotel in Toronto – details of which were first uncovered by The Free Press – was cited by provincial officials […]
Bluewater trustee faces more sanctions from board
Bluewater District School Board Trustee Derrick Long is again facing sanctions after being found to have breached the board’s code of conduct policy. A 36-page investigative report detailing a code of conduct complaint against Long was presented at the board’s meeting on April 15. The investigation report, written by Michael Maynard of ADR Chambers, alleges […]