Education
EQAO scores mostly improve in TLDSB
In late October, the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) released the results from the 2021-2022 testing for both the province and school boards.
Education
The latest Education stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Education
CUPE members can no longer make ends meet
“I have three jobs so I can support my children and myself,” Dunham said.
Education
School board races competitive
In 2018, voters in Kawartha Lakes had little opportunity to change their Trillium Lakelands District School Board trustees, with four of five local races featuring only one candidate who was ultimately acclaimed.
Education
Director hoping for labour peace
Wes Hahn, the director of education for the Trillium Lakelands District School Board, is very hopeful that after three school years disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic that this year will be a quiet year for staff and students with a minimum of interruptions, particularly on the labour front.
Education
Ontario eliminated trades classes for intermediate students in the 1990s – and now we’re paying the price
Erastus Burley is offering to pay a sous chef $46,000 to $48,000 a year plus generous perks.
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Summer reading club at local libraries will keep kids reading all summer
Kawartha Lakes Public Library has an exciting line up of events planned for this summer, according to a media release.
Education
Local Catholic school board reverses itself, will fly Pride flag this June
In a full reversal of a decision made less than a year ago, the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington (PVNC) Catholic District School Board has voted to fly the Pride flag at its board facilities commencing this June to recognize Pride Month and support their 2SLGTBQT+ students.
Education
Premier on hand as FLATO makes $1.2 million donation to Fleming College
FLATO Development Inc., has pledged a donation of $1.2 million to Fleming College -- the largest, single gift in Fleming College’s history. All the money is earmarked for Lindsay’s Frost Campus.
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Destreamed math and pathways to graduation were focus of TLDSB's newest statistics
Recently collected data from the first two quadmesters of the Trillium Lakelands District School Board high school year show the rollout of destreamed Grade 9 mathematics has gone reasonably well.
Education
TLDSB aware of 'anxious feelings' about lack of compulsory masking
Director of Education for the Trillium Lakelands District School Board Wes Hahn presented a detailed update to trustees that described the system as “hopeful but anxious” as provincial mandates around COVID-19 either expired or were changed beginning March 21.
Community
Flato donates $20,000 so Cameron-area school can purchase new playground equipment
Fenelon Township Public School principal, Greg Arkwright, says he was “shocked” when he got a phone call about three weeks ago from Flato Developments, letting him know his school was green lit for a big donation of $20,000 from the builder.
Education
Being a teacher means balancing flexible learning with Ministry expectations
Teachers play a big role in the development of children and adolescents. But how much flexibility is there in the job?
Education
Province announces more school funding
Following two years of global learning disruption, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government announced funding of nearly $27 billion for the 2022-23 school year.
Education
Two Lindsay women create decorative jars to support school breakfast program
Betty Giutsos and Maria Stalker have only been Lindsay residents for about four years, both retired, from Markham and Newmarket respectively.
Education
Director of education notes low COVID numbers in school a good sign
Director of education for the Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Wes Hahn, says schools are not seeing the spikes in COVID cases “we thought we would see.”
Education
Return to school plan outlined by TLDSB
Trillium Lakelands District School Board trustees were brought up to speed by senior staff on the steps being taken to hopefully allow for a safe return to school on Jan. 17.
Education
Teacher's union not consulted on latest government decision for online learning
As Kawartha Lakes students begin at least two weeks of virtual instruction today, the union representative for high school teachers said he is frustrated about being shut out of key decisions.
Education
School board ready for virtual learning if needed
Trillium Lakelands District School Board's director of education, Wes Hahn, spent considerable time updating trustees on COVID in the community and schools and the potential impact that rising numbers of illness might have on the board’s back to school plans in January.
Education
Local high schools to return to semesters, lockers, common lunch hours
After almost two years of virtual learning, octomesters and quadmesters, Trillium Lakelands high schools will be returning to semesters on Feb. 7.
Education
School board sending COVID testing kits home for the holidays
The Trillium Lakelands District School Board will be sending COVID-19 rapid screening kits home with all their elementary students the week of Dec. 6 as one of the many measures both the board and the province are implementing to ensure a safe return to school after the Christmas holidays.
Education
Back to normal semesters quickly for Catholic Board – but not necessarily for TLDSB
In another sign that the provincial government believes they have the pandemic under control, the ministry of education announced last week, to wide-based support from parents, students, teachers and school boards, that high schools will have the option of returning to the regular semester system in February 2022 if local COVID numbers allow.
Education
COVID cases remain low at Kawartha Lakes schools
The Trillium Lakelands District School Board senior staff, led by Superintendent Paul Goldring, are hoping to find a balance between dealing with COVID outbreaks in four schools across the system since October 25 and allowing the system to continue to return to some sense of normalcy sooner than later.
Education
Board aims for more humane management style
In recognition of the significant stresses that the pandemic has put on all levels of school board staff, TLDSB director Wes Hahn wants to move away from a style of leadership that only focuses on how the system operates.
Education
Suspensions down at local school board
In 2020-2021, the Trillium Lakelands District School Board suspended and/or expelled 780 students. That’s down from previous years, partly because virtual learning ensured less interaction between students, according to the board.