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 [...]
June 17, 2011
Duntroon ARC Decision
June 16, 2011 The Special Board meeting on the Clearview Elementary ARC resulted in the June 2012 closure of Duntroon Central. Key pieces of the final motion that was approved by the Board include an Attendance Area Review and an Extended French Feasibility study; both starting in the fall of 2011. In addition students [...]
June 4, 2011
Principal Allocation Cut for Duntroon
This past week the SCDSB Human Resources committee staff announced the allocation for principals and vice-principals for the 2011-12 school year. The following are the key changes to Area 5 SCDSB elementary schools. Of particular note is the cutting of the principal allocation at Duntroon Central PS. Duntroon is one of the schools in the [...]
May 29, 2011
Where is the money for FDK – after the election?
Capital funding announcements for the Full Day Kindergarten program, were announced in April in SB-09, for the upcoming budget year. It looks good, it sounds good, but does it fall short? Is this all a bit of smoke and mirrors? Where will the money be for the expensive renovations needed next year, after the election? [...]
May 27, 2011
Summer School Registration
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.
May 20, 2011
Filmpossible Special Education Video
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.
May 17, 2011
Budget 2011-12 draft
The info on the 2011-12 budget is out. The package is up for discussion this Wed May 18th. It is anticipated that the final budget will be approved at the end of June.
