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One School Board Scenerio
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There has been much chatter in the North Bay area about a one board funding scenerio. I have myself written a letter to the editor on this very subject and their has been much feedback. To view and r…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Charlene Lindsay Nov 20.
Making Children Accountable For Their Education
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I am very concerned with the fact that children do not have to have assignments in on time. It is my understanding that as long as it is submitted before the end of term, the student will not be dedu…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gay Stephenson Sep 16.
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Thank you for your feedback and link with great info Annie!
Our school board has already implemented many different clubs, including homework, cubs etc. into our schools in the hopes of having community hubs as it were. I believe this to be success…
I just thought I'd weigh in here for a second.
As an older parent, I have lived through the amalgamation of boards sold to us on the basis that it would save money. Needless to say, it didn't.
BUT - we could certainly be learning to use our faciliti…
I'm a business person who went through the public school system and I think I turned out all right. My kids have gone through the Catholic school system and they have turned out all right. In theory the one Board system sounds great but I have alway…
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Something needs to be done for publicly funded education on the whole and that does include Catholic and French schools that are publicly funded. The Catholic and French schools are fuller because even though all boards are experiencing dec…
In our area, its the public board that has the excess space, the declining enrollment and the lower achievement/higher drop out rates. In my area alone, the public board has 7 administrator salaries for just over 800 salaries. How can one "public" b…
Thanks so much Gay for the support and making the links available! I really appreciate it!
Hi Charlene and everyone,
I've posted the links below:
Click here to view Charlene's letter (the one she refers to above).
And here are two responses in the North Bay Nugget:
http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2175103
http://…
There has been much chatter in the North Bay area about a one board funding scenerio. I have myself written a letter to the editor on this very subject and their has been much feedback. To view and read feedback please visit the North Bay nugget web…
Sheila has passed on this link which may be of interest:
http://uege5102-09m.blogspot.com/2009/07/grading-and-assessment-practices.html
Is it not true for elementary students, it is frowned upon to keep a child back even if they are not completing or understanding the work? A parent has to insist their child is to be held back for it to happen. If a child has an IEP (Individual Educ…
You are right Charlene and Sheila, clarity is important. I was talking about secondary school (and students, teachers) not elementary. Thanks for making sure this was clear!
Sheila, I agree with you about elementary schools needing a supportive env…
Thanks Gay, I appreciate the info!
Thanks, Gay! I think on this topic we should also be clear about what grade levels we are referring to. What works in high school would be very different to what might work a primary classroom. I would think that the younger the grade, the more the…
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- At 4:17pm on September 9, 2009,
Gay Stephenson said…
- Hello Charlene and welcome to our online community! My name is Gay Stephenson and I'm the web person here at People for Education. It's wonderful to see how you are contributing to the discussions. Yippee! (If you ever have any questions about the discussions, just take a peak at our discussion netiquette).
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Hi Briony,
It is always hard to know how to start from zero when it comes to parent involvement. When I went to my first high school council meeting, the staff outnumbered the parents! There were only two of us, and the other mum showed up because h…
Thank you for sharing these photos and this project with us. It is wonderful to see those beautiful children learning together in a community school. Congratulations to the organizers of this initiative. To be able to offer this opportunity to 300 s…
I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB.
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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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