Tag: Thames Valley District school board
Premier wants audit of Ontario school boards amid slew of travel scandals: MPP
SARNIA â An audit of Ontario school boards has been ordered by Premier Doug Ford following a report the Lambton Kent District school board spent more than $32,000 to send three employees to a conference in Hawaii, the local MPP says. The trip â taken by staff from the Chatham-based board’s Indigenous liaison committee â is one […]
Q+A: Education analyst on ‘shocking’ school board travel spending
Debbie Kasman spoke with Heather Rivers about the travel spending that’s caused controversy at four Southwestern Ontario school boards.
School board travel scandals: Critic blasts ‘never-ending’ spending woes
A raft of out-of-town â even overseas â trips by school board trustees or officials across Southwestern Ontario have rattled taxpayers and sparked deep reviews by Ontario’s education ministry. Two more cases became public in the past two days, and one long-time critic of the provincial education system believes it’s time for drastic changes. “I […]
London Catholic school board spent $16K on out-of-town staff meeting
The London District Catholic school board is facing criticism for spending more than $16,000 on an out-of-town planning session for 26 senior staff members. Officials with the province’s fastest-growing Catholic school board, home to 27,500 students, released the figure to The Free Press following a freedom of information request. Here is the breakdown of the […]
Parents fret as board eyes fix to high school swim team’s insurance impasse
The lawyer representing the regionâs largest school board says he’s confident one high school’s student swimmers who’ve been without a pool to train in will be back in the swim of things soon. Parents at Aylmer’s East Elgin secondary school have expressed concern that an insurance dispute between the province and the Thames Valley District […]
Neighbour still irked over school-related troubles, despite some students’ efforts
Little has changed on the front lawn of a Woodstock family â a gathering place for as many as 80 unwelcome College Avenue secondary school students â since they went public with their concerns last month. But what has been done since The Free Press detailed the issues is the work of the high schoolers […]
Insurance woes may sink high school swim team â and derail meets: Parents
Parents in Elgin County are pushing for a resolution to an insurance dispute between the province and the regionâs largest school board that could cost a high school swim team its season. Â Days away from the scheduled start of their season, parents of Aylmer’s East Elgin secondary school swim team members are urging the […]
School board boss clamps down on executives’ spending after $38K retreat scandal
The regionâs largest school board has introduced a new screening process for staff seeking professional development activities in the wake of a Toronto travel scandal that led to a large-scale provincial audit. The Thames Valley District school board came under fire in late August when The Free Press uncovered a three-day retreat by 18 administrators at […]
A lesson in pressure: School boards race to keep up with population growth
There’s no end in sight to a population boom in the London-area that has strained the housing and rental markets and challenged local school boards, both now racing to build new schools. New projections show London and surrounding Middlesex County will add the equivalent to a city the size of Windsor in population growth during […]