By Feb. 2010 all school boards in Ontario were required to have their bullying and intervention policies in-line with the MOE’s revised policy 144. The new Ministry of Education directive is well worth the read. It gives a through explanation how important the climate of school is to the well-being of students. Very importantly it [...]
School Council Parents Reaching Out (PRO) grants
October 21, 2010
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 [...]
Revised Elementary School Health Curriculum
August 11, 2010
The “Revised” New Ontario Health Curriculum for grades 1-8 was recently made available to the public. There was a great deal of discussion about the report’s content when it was first released last April. At issue was whether the newly added sex education component was appropriate, if so at what age should the information be [...]
Schools and Potential Partnership Opportunities
March 25, 2010
School boards finding potential partners to build and share infrastructure, is a key piece in the process of refurbishing, maintaining and building new secondary schools. In February 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Education issued the Facility Partnership Guidelines. These guidelines require school boards to actively go forward to pursue new connections. An example within the [...]
New Partnership Guidelines B Memo MOE
February 20, 2010
This past week saw the release of the new guidelines from the Ministry of Education on encouraging facility partnerships. The guidelines have the same weight as regulation and are direction to school boards across the province to work, with a wide variety of potential partners, to solve the student school overcapacity issues. ENG 2010 B1 [...]
New Minister of Education announced Leona Dombrowsky
January 19, 2010
Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced a shuffle in his cabinet yesterday. The new Minister of Education will be Leona Dombrowsky. Happily, for Clearview Collingwood and Simcoe County, the new Minister comes from the Agriculture Ministry and has a good handle on the importance of rural schools.
