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Sue Casselman

"Since these individuals are not "staff" at the school but considered staff of your S…"

Tanya Weiner replied Oct 21 to School Council Membership restrictions

15 Oct 21
Reply by Sheila Stewart
Norah Fountain

"I don't think it can mean anything good! I've popped an email to my MPP for her thou…"

Tanya Weiner replied Oct 5 to Bill 177 enters second reading this week - what will it mean?

7 Oct 14
Reply by Norah Fountain
Tanya Weiner

"In Ottawa we are dealing with changes being implemented through the Transportation C…"

Tanya Weiner replied Jun 9 to Are School Boards required to consult with stakeholders?

6 Jun 9
Reply by Catherine
Sandra Beimers

"I'm in Ottawa and we've had staggered bell time for years along with two tier busing…"

Tanya Weiner replied Apr 30 to Staggered Bells

3 Apr 30
Reply by Sheila Stewart
Herta

"Ottawa is currently in the mist of our Transportation Authority attempting to implem…"

Tanya Weiner replied Apr 21 to Transportation - School Buses and Transportation Consortia

5 Apr 21
Reply by Tanya Weiner
Frank Loreto

"I had the discussion last year with our principal that I did not want my child writi…"

Tanya Weiner replied Feb 19 to Getting rid of EQAO

161 1 day ago
Reply by Gay Stephenson
Frank Loreto

"Read this article - I have always been against this type of testing as it destroys e…"

Tanya Weiner replied Feb 18 to Getting rid of EQAO

161 1 day ago
Reply by Gay Stephenson
Tanya Weiner

"I'm not looking for information about my child's school experiences - that is someth…"

Tanya Weiner replied Jan 25 to Elementary Reports - Are parents really getting a true picture of their child's progress?

12 May 16
Reply by Sheila Stewart
Tanya Weiner

"Maybe that IS the question and the problem...the grading system not the report cards…"

Tanya Weiner replied Dec. 19, 2008 to Elementary Reports - Are parents really getting a true picture of their child's progress?

12 May 16
Reply by Sheila Stewart
Tanya Weiner

"Hi Annie, Thanks for your response. I have posed this question around the province…"

Tanya Weiner replied Dec. 3, 2008 to Elementary Reports - Are parents really getting a true picture of their child's progress?

12 May 16
Reply by Sheila Stewart

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I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB. PIAC is trying to offer more concentrated and targeted School council and parent engagement support this year and to that end we sent out a questionnaire asking schools what the state of things are at prese…
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Beth: About the article in the Globe... unfortunately links to that newspaper only work for about 7 days, and then you must pay for the articles :( It's different from the Star which allows you to view them for free as long as you have the link addr…
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Great article, Deborah (Playing the Game). I skimmed through and will read it again. Thanks! Looks like some good insight and food for thought from down under......!
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Your link worked - yay Deb! It looks really good - I will read it this weekend :) The next newsletter writing deadline is March 1st, which seems to work well with your research deadlines. All the best with your next steps in January!
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