A report on the usage of wireless technologies within the SCDSB was made to the Facility committee on April 21, 2010. SCDSB staff, in conjunction with Dr. Tony Muc, explained to the committee that cell phones and wi-fi systems currently in use within the SCDSB, conform with Health Canada standards. Subsequently at the April 28, [...]
ELP Before/After Care – This isn’t cheap folks ! ( Part 2 )
April 27, 2010
At a high cost to parents and without enough spaces to meet demand, full-day kindergarten before and after care (FKBAC) is coming to Ontario this fall. This McGinty driven initiative dictates locations, numbers of pupil places, and the base-price to be charged to parents. There are not enough spaces province or county-wide to meet demand, [...]
CBC Radio discussion on cell phone / wi-fi
April 25, 2010
CBC radio ran an interesting Sunday Edition broadcast Apr. 25, 2010 on cell phones and wi-fi. There are two perspectives presented - Con then Safe. Start the Mp3 file a little past the half-way mark and listen till the end - to hear both perspectives. Our Third Hour this morning is an investigation into a [...]
ELP Curriculum Draft Made Public
April 18, 2010
The curriculum for the new Full-Day Learning Kindergarten Program has been released. The Full- Day Early Learning – Kindergarten Program (draft) linked from Ministry of Education site. PDF Format (427 KB) Other material tied to ELP including previous posts on the subject can be found here.
ELP Before/After Care – This isn’t cheap folks ! (part 1 )
April 18, 2010
Starting in September 2010 the new Early Learning Kindergarten Program ( ELP ) and its extended before and after care components, will be introduced to 16 schools within the SCDSB. The program will roll out over the next four years under the Ministry of Education’s direction. The before and after care component includes care from [...]
Mothballs – boules de naphtaline – Empty classrooms for French?
April 9, 2010
This past year it has become an all too common occurrence that one or two classrooms in a school have been closed off and locked. Within the SCDSB there are currently 27 elementary schools with 35 empty “mothballed” classrooms. Total funding for classrooms is determined by funding by province funding and allocations within the overall [...]
Collingwood & Area – College Funding Annoucement
April 8, 2010
Great News out of Ottawa .. Collingwood, Ontario — Hon. Helena Guergis, MP for Simcoe-Grey, today announced that Georgian College will receive an investment of $4million for a new Collingwood Campus through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). Brian Tamblyn, President and CEO of Georgian College stated that : “This investment [...]
FYI Update March 31 meeting
April 2, 2010
The Board meeting continued last evening, the content was the unfinished business from the March 24th meeting. This full meeting went almost nine hours. Issues of Interest : ARC Policy 2313 was passed with amendments. The full policy should be available publicly shortly on SCDSB website. Transportation policy was referred back to committee for further [...]
