School Council Parents Reaching Out (PRO) grants

Simcoe County PRO grants 2010-11 Collingwood & Clearview Twp. The Ministry of Education provides grants to school councils to assist them with projects tied to parent outreach. The grants given to Collingwood & Clearview within the SCDSB are listed below.  Grant requested need to be in by June each year.  The full report for all [...]

Sharing info – One taxpayer

We live in a world where  government organizations review and analyze  many similar public questions. With only one taxpayer, it makes sense that organizations funded by tax dollars share information where possible.   I was happy on the request of the Collingwood Library Board, to share an offer of  information collected by the SCDSB on [...]

Collingwood & Area – College Funding Annoucement

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 [...]

Update AARs Collingwood Elementary & Essa Secondary

The Collingwood Elementary Attendance Area Review (AAR-C), and the new Essa Secondary Attendance Area Review (AAR-E), were passed at the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) March 24, 2010 Board meeting. I want to thank all the people who shared their thoughts and viewpoints with respect to both reviews. Tough choices had to be made [...]

FYI Update Board Meeting March 24th 2010

* The Attendance Review plans for Collingwood, Essa and Barrie/BearCreek were passed

Board Meeting Reports of Interest

The complete package for monthly board meetings ( SCDSB ) are historically posted the Monday prior to the Board meeting. Sometimes these packages are large in size – this month’s is 186 pages in length. The full report is available on the SCDSB website – here. (link in main post) I have pulled out a [...]