Tag: London District Catholic school board
$9.5M expansion of Woodstock school will add classes, childcare centre
An addition and childcare centre will ease a space crunch at an elementary school in Woodstock’s booming northeast.
COVID-19 staff absences hitting home at London-area school boards
London-area school boards are grappling with a flood of staff absences as sixth wave case counts continue to rise, a situation so critical it forced two schools online Friday. The Thames Valley District school board says staffing issues forced it to shift from in-person to online learning at Sir Isaac Brock and Lambeth elementary schools. […]
Fanshawe, Western stand pat as school boards drop vaccine mandates
Two London-area school boards are following provincial guidance and dropping COVID-19 vaccination mandates for staff, but Western University and Fanshawe College aren’t letting theirs go yet. Ontario lifted mandatory vaccinate-or-test policies for workers in schools, child-care settings, hospitals and long-term care on March 14. Mandatory masking was lifted a week later by Kieran Moore, the […]
School board trustee acclaimed as Liberal candidate in Oxford
Provincial Liberals in Tory-held Oxford acclaimed Woodstock’s Mary Holmes Tuesday evening as their candidate in the soon-to-be called Ontario election.
School bus operators plead for patience as driver shortage cancels routes
A list of bus cancellations and delays greeted London-area parents this week as students returned to class after two weeks of online learning.
New childcare spaces coming to London
Ontario’s Ministry of Education has announced funding for a new childcare centre in London.
Omicron-fuelled teacher shortage predicted to drive more school closings
As kids head back to school Monday for the first time this year, some Ontario school boards are warning parents classes could be cancelled with little notice as they prepare for Omicron-related staffing shortages that have plagued other industries recently.
Province announces $10M for two London school projects
Ontario is pumping $10 million into London’s school systems, including a 300-student addition at one of its largest and most overcrowded elementary schools.