Opening empty/locked classrooms Does fairness mean sameness? Does equity in school facilities dictate that every school should be a duplicate of the others within a school board? On June 9th trustees debated whether it was fair to open locked classrooms in some elementary schools, when some schools had none to open. Schools differ widely in [...]
Mothballs – boules de naphtaline – Empty classrooms for French?
April 9, 2010 By
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 [...]
French Immersion – Looking at new options
February 27, 2010 By
News update: French Immersion Talk on Hold till April
French Immersion – NEW Program Should We or Shouldn’t We?
February 20, 2010 By
This past Wednesday at a SCDSB Program Committee meeting, the issue of shifting to a full French Immersion program was discussed. The concept would include replacing the current Extended French program, grades 5-8 and secondary, with a full French Immersion program grades 1-8 and secondary . The new program would start in grade 1 and [...]
