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.
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.
Books to Digital Texts the New Direction
June 28, 2011
First text books by school text-book publishers are now going digital only. This follows years of a demographic downward slope in student numbers, coupled with two years of cuts [in Ontario] in text-book funding. US sales of K-12 textbooks dropped 16.9% in 2011, year over year. In this environment McGraw-Hill launched its first all-digital, cloud-based [...]
Summer School Registration
May 27, 2011
Opportunity knocks this summer. Summer school registration is now open. You can get more information on the SCDSB website here. All currently registered SCDSB students can login and register here.
Filmpossible Special Education Video
May 20, 2011
Rogers T.V. is screening the Filmpossible video winners this week. Check your t.v. listings. Well worth the view. The original entries are available on-line at filmpossible.ca.
SCDSB Meetings On-line
March 1, 2011
Board meetings at the SCDSB are streamed live. You can catch previous meetings on the board website in the meeting archive. This past Wednesday Feb. 23rd’s board meeting is now available. Link through below and view the archived meeting of your choice.
