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Tag: Ontario Education
Ontario focusing province-wide school board audits on ‘frivolous’ trip spending
The Ford government is shifting the focus of bi-annual audits it plans to impose on school boards across the province to include a specific look […]
‘Problematic’: Ontario school board removing garbage bins from classrooms
The Waterloo Region District School Board is removing garbage bins from inside classrooms and into the hallways in an effort to cut down on waste […]
‘Cheese slipped off the cracker’: Ford rips Ontario school trustees for Italy trip
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ripping into a group of school trustees who are under fire for expensing a $145,000 summertime Italy trip. On Friday, […]
Donors may foot $100K bill for controversial Italy art, Ontario school trustee claims
The chair of an Ontario Catholic school board under fire for a summertime Italy trip claims several donors are “very interested” in footing the $100,000 […]
Ford government appoints veteran education staffer to review TDSB protest field trip
The Ford government has selected the reviewer it will task with investigating a controversial field trip that saw students at Ontario’s largest school board attend […]
Ontario probing trustees who bought $100K in art for new school on Italy trip
An Ontario Catholic school board is under fire after a group of its trustees went to Italy this summer to buy $100,000 worth of artwork […]
Students at 2 Ontario boards have been without buses for weeks. There may finally be a solution
After more than a month without buses at two Ontario school boards, a tentative deal has been reached, potentially bringing an end to weeks of […]
Schools with roof panels that shut Ontario Science Centre have no budget to replace them
Roughly one in 12 schools in Ontario have the same roof panels that forced the Ford government to urgently close the science centre but, according […]
School closure ban means Ontario boards spending ‘limited’ funds to keep buildings open: docs
The Ford government’s refusal to listen to a request from the province’s largest board to close and consolidate schools is forcing educators to spend money […]