The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) has approved the $1.3 billion 2023-24 budget, but that doesn’t mean they like it. Disappointment was felt around the table Friday as the trustees looked at what chair Trisha Estabrooks said was another unsatisfying budget. “Yet again we have a budget that doesn’t truly reflect the number of kids …
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A Harrow mom is speaking out for what she says is the public school board’s failure to handle her seven-year-old son’s education and medical needs. Jessica McCoy says Harrow Public School limited her son’s access to class time and hasn’t accommodated his health concerns in a timely manner. McCoy’s issues with the school went back …
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Ontario’s largest school board is voicing its concerns about the province’s new education legislation, saying it will weaken the role of school trustees in several matters. Toronto District School Board (TDSB) chair Rachel Chernos Lin enumerated the concerns about Bill 98 during a deputation before the province’s standing committee on social policy and were shared …
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Ontario’s education minister said Monday he has called on teachers’ unions to accept private mediation in order to ensure contracts are in place before the start of the new school year, but two unions said it’s too early for that and two others said they weren’t actually asked. Stephen Lecce said parents deserve a sense …
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The changes are based off recommendations from the Career Education Task Force, April 18, 2023. (Photo: LNN) By Christian Oldale April 18, 2023 | 11:36AM EDMONTON, AB – Alberta’s government says it is strengthening career education programming, based on recommendations from the Career Education Task Force. Throughout November and December 2022, the task force heard …
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Article content Alberta Education has unveiled its new charter school hub near the University of Calgary, investing up to $118 million to purchase and renovate office spaces expected to house up to 2,000 students in the next few years. Article content An integral component of Budget 2023’s commitment to what the province has called choice …
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