Tag: Thames Valley District school board
Enrolment surge lifts London Catholic board from deficit to $9.5M surplus
The London regionâs Catholic school board posted a $9.5 million surplus last fiscal year, a budget boon triggered by increased enrolment. Â
Fires â one suspicious â disrupt classes at two London-area high schools
A fire Friday morning that forced hundreds of students and staff to be evacuated from a London-area high school is suspicious, police said.
The pandemic is long over. One advocate says parents still can’t go in some schools
Head of the Thames Valley Council of Home and School Associations says some principals are still prohibiting parents and volunteers from going back into London-area public schools.
Plan to move students scrapped as enrolment holds steady downtown
The regionâs largest school board is walking back a plan to relocate more than 100 Old North pupils after predictions of a spike in the number of students downtown failed to materialize.
Jewish group speaks out amid probe into antisemitic graffiti at London school
An organization representing London’s Jewish community is thanking police for their swift action after an elementary school in the cityâs northwest was targeted with antisemitic graffiti for the second time in four months.
Man, 41, faces new charges after ‘hate’ graffiti again hits London school
A London man is charged for the second time in the past four months after hate symbols and words were spray-painted at a London elementary school, police say. London police say it was about 7 a.m. on Monday when they were notified about graffiti-style damage at a school on Hawthorne Road, located in a suburban […]
Education minister scolds school boards for ‘extravagant expenses’
The heads of Ontarioâs 72 school boards were read the riot act about “inappropriateâ spending on expensive trips, provincial officials say
More cuts loom as Thames Valley board faces $6.4M budget hit
More cuts loom at the Thames Valley District school board as it faces a $6.4-million budget hit on top of its $7.6-million deficit
Insurance deal saves high school swim team’s season: ‘Thankful’
An Elgin County high schoolâs swim team will be motoring ahead after an insurance dispute between the province and the regionâs largest school board threatened to cancel the season. The swim team at East Elgin secondary school in Aylmer will be back in the water in the coming weeks after the Thames Valley District school […]
Trustees fret over poor math scores at Thames Valley schools: ‘Unacceptable’
Dismal math scores in some local classrooms have Thames Valley District school board trustees demanding to know whether or not a plan intended to help boost students’ grades is actually working.