News update: French Immersion Talk on Hold till April
New Partnership Guidelines B Memo MOE
February 20, 2010
This past week saw the release of the new guidelines from the Ministry of Education on encouraging facility partnerships. The guidelines have the same weight as regulation and are direction to school boards across the province to work, with a wide variety of potential partners, to solve the student school overcapacity issues. ENG 2010 B1 [...]
French Immersion – NEW Program Should We or Shouldn’t We?
February 20, 2010
This past Wednesday at a SCDSB Program Committee meeting, the issue of shifting to a full French Immersion program was discussed. The concept would include replacing the current Extended French program, grades 5-8 and secondary, with a full French Immersion program grades 1-8 and secondary . The new program would start in grade 1 and [...]
Essa AAR First Meeting
February 15, 2010
The first of two scheduled public meetings, on the topic of the Attendance Area Review for the new Essa Secondary School, took place on Feb. 11th. The presentation from the SCDSB is available here (EssaAttendanceAreaPresentation SCDSB Feb. 11 2010). In addition, the following news story ran in the Alliston Herald and gives an overview flavour [...]
Collingwood AAR – Scenario 2
February 4, 2010
At the Attendance Area Review meeting ( Feb. 2nd) the SCDSB board staff released their preferred solution scenario. In short, the staff presentation included maintaining the Connaught P.S. and Cameron St. P.S. student catchment areas*, while busing students living in the Mair Mills subdivision area and along Hwy. 26 West, to Admiral Collingwood E.S. The [...]
Reminder: AAR Collingwood Feb. 2 meeting tonight
February 2, 2010
There is an Attendance Area Review meeting – Collingwood elementary schools – this evening. A scenario will be presented to the public, that will be based on previous scenario options, in light of input received. One scenario will be presented. This is anticipated to be the scenario that will be presented to the Board of [...]
Notice Essa Attendance Area Review
February 2, 2010
The Essa Attendance Area Review notice is now available on line. ( Link ) Revised Essa Secondary Review Notice – Dated Jan. 27, 2010 (pdf – download ) Revised Essa Secondary Review Notice – Dated Jan. 27, 2010.pdf
