Tag: Education
Bluewater director of education retiring in summer
After close to 40 years with the local public education system, Bluewater District School Board Director of Education Lori Wilder is retiring. The Bluewater Board of Trustees accepted Wilder’s retirement letter in an in-camera session on Tuesday, before the announcement was shared at the regular meeting of the board and board staff were informed via […]
Thames Valley students will feel effects as more teaching jobs cut: Union
Thames Valley is eliminating the equivalent of 33 secondary teaching positions as it continues to wrestle with its mounting $16.5M deficit.
Letters to the Editor: December 20, 2024
Teacher should be congratulated; Students should protest by reading
As school board deficit spikes anew, Queen’s Park offers update on looming audit
Queen’s Park is still finalizing the framework of a planned probe into the operations and finances of Southwestern Ontario’s largest school board, an education ministry official says.
Man gets 10 years for bush party death, assault in ‘petty teenaged conflict’
The judge didnât mince words about what he thought of Dylan Schaap and his involvement in Josue Silvaâs death at a southwest London bush party. âAll that Mr. Schaap has going for him is that he did not pull the trigger,” said Superior Court Justice Michael Carnegie when he sentenced Schaap, 23, to 10 years […]
On a sad note: New schools getting pared-down music programs amid budget woes
Three local elementary schools set to open next year will have pared-down music programs after Thames Valley District school board trustees absolved themselves of making a decision over instruments, instructing staff to make the call.
Strike threat looms over colleges in Southwestern Ontario, across province
London’s Fanshawe College and its peers across Southwestern Ontario and provincewide are bracing for a strike that could mark the start of 2025 amid a breakdown in labour talks with the union representing faculty and other staffers.
What’s behind booming London Catholic school board’s budget deficit
The London regionâs Catholic school board is planning for a nearly $900,000 deficit as it pays for portables and extra school buses to handle âextreme growthâ in its student population. The London District Catholic school board is expecting a shortfall of about $883,000 in its 2024-25 budget year, down from the approximately $1.9 million shortfall […]
Michigan eyes hunting, fishing, boating fee increases, change to park fees | Great Lakes Now
By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.