Tag: Thames Valley District school board
End of exams? Thames Valley board broadening how it grades students
The Thames Valley District school board says it’s broadening how it assesses the academic performance of high school students, relying less on end-of-term exams for final marks. Associate director Riley Culhane said the board is giving students “a variety of ways that they can demonstrate their learning.” With the new semester starting Monday, the board […]
Schools in London, St. Thomas closing temporarily, due to teacher shortage
An elementary school in St. Thomas and a French immersion school in London are the latest to move temporarily to online learning due to a shortage of teachers. The Thames Valley District school board said Tuesday John Wise elementary school in St. Thomas and Kensal Park French immersion elementary school in southwest London will shift […]
Former London teacher accused of playing concerts while on sick leave
A former London high school teacher faces a disciplinary hearing over allegations he played in concerts in Sarnia and Montreal while on sick leave from his job — one of several hearings for local educators in the upcoming months.
Online tool in works to alert parents to Thames Valley classroom cases of COVID-19
A new voluntary COVID-19 reporting system is being developed to fill the void left when the province stopped sharing that information online, says the London region’s largest school board.
Sweeping school boundary review in London moves forward
London families may face dramatic changes in where their elementary-aged kids go to school as the Thames Valley District school board attempts to balance enrolments amid soaring growth.
Thames Valley to go ahead with school boundary review
Plans to review London’s public school boundaries that were previously put on hold will resume again shortly.
New name selected for former Ryerson public school
Thames Valley District School Board trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to rename the Waterloo Street school Old North P.S.
Public school board trustees kickstart London schools’ boundary review
Facing imbalanced enrolment across the city, Thames Valley is plowing ahead with a boundary review that will alter where many London elementary schoolkids attend class. Fresh off celebrating a new infusion of provincial cash – $20.7 million for an 804-pupil elementary school in southwest London – Thames Valley school board trustees voted late Tuesday to […]
Trustees pick new name for former Ryerson public school in London
The former Ryerson public school has been renamed as part of a review of London schools undertaken in the wake of newly discovered probable graves at several residential schools in Canada last year. Late Tuesday, Thames Valley District school board trustees voted to rename it Old North public school amid backlash against names associated with […]
Thames Valley elementary school for 800 students to built in southwest London
The Ontario government will give the local public school board $20.7 million for a new school in London’s southwest, funding which will go toward addressing what the province’s education minister calls “explosive” population growth in that area of the Forest City.