At five schools, 50% or fewer Grade 3 students meet expectations, including two schools at 40%
Kevin Godden writes follow-up blog post on youth mental health after last month’s controversial post
District replaced 2,600 iPads over summer, and a few hundred were working and able to be donated
School board votes unanimously in favour of stricter parental consent policy for survey participation
District gets recognition for training in crisis intervention, new violent incident reporting system
Two trustees, Phil Anderson and former chair Shirley Wilson, claimed half the board’s total
But the school district denies existence of a fight club at Robert Bateman Secondary
Students feel ill-prepared for future jobs and schools and unsatisfied by course materials
But test scores still show special needs, Indigenous students lag behind, and it’s worse for older students
Michael Wester claimed a disciplinary action was ‘conspired and fraudulent’ to cover up another incident
Compensation for the school district’s executive staff totalled $1.067M, raise of nearly $63,000
