Revised Elementary School Health Curriculum

Revised Ontario Health Curriculum PDF

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

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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

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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

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.