During the early part of the 2012 there was much discussion about the SCDSB capital plan priorities. In advance of a request from the Ministry of Education a wish list of capital priorities was compiled and approved by the SCDSB Board. You can download the revised capital plan here. This past week B-memo 7 [...]
Fraser Reports
April 6, 2012
The Fraser report comes out annually. The statistics are often portrayed by school boards in the negative when schools are ranked poorly and positively if they have schools that rank high. An estimate of their value and validity should probably be somewhere in between.
Special Education – Parents: Board needs to lose shields simcoe.com
March 27, 2012
Simcoe.com By Laurie Watt Parents: Board needs to lose shields March 27 2012 BARRIE – The Simcoe County District School Board must stop its ‘dark-ages’ way of treating students with challenging behaviours and begin respecting the Ontario Human Rights Code, says its Special Education Advisory Committee chairperson. Angie Bridekirk says her committee is calling on [...]
JK/SK cap detemined by MOE
March 27, 2012
A new B memo was issued by the MOE on Feb. 29, 2012 dealing with the issue of class caps in the JK and SK programs across the province. This would standardize class sizes across the province. B- 04 2012 Table A
All Buses Closed in All Zones
February 29, 2012
All buses closed in all zones Feb. 29, 2012. You can get further info on descriptions of zones and easy link for confirmation of bus status here.
How to Watch Board Meetings On-line
February 22, 2012
Dying to come to a SCDSB Board meeting but just can’t make it. Never fear the school board streams live the monthly board meeting and keeps an archive of past meetings on the SCDSB website.
What’s Up ! Feb 2012 Board Meeting
February 20, 2012
The March Board meeting includes 2 Attendance Area Reviews along with the Captial Plan 2012 and the school calendar for 2012-13. Presentations coming to Board include concerns over the moving of the Special Needs classroom(s) at Mapleview Heights Elementary School in Barrie.
Drummond Report – the Wave of Change
February 15, 2012
The Drummond Report released today has significant implications to Education, Health and every government service that Ontarians will be utilizing over the next decade. Premier Dalton McGuinty is repeatedly said that the report was commissioned as advice and that the government will make the ultimate decisions. Dwight Duncan – Finance MPP acknowledged in a press [...]
