GUELPH – About one tenth of students in the Wellington Catholic District School Board will be learning online this fall while the other 90 per cent of families have chosen to return to face-to-face learning in September, according to the board’s survey results as of Aug. 17.
Upper Grand District School Board
Applications closed for UGDSB task force
GUELPH – Applications for the Upper Grand District School Board’s (UGDSB) Police Presence…
New principals, vice-principals named
GUELPH – The following Elementary Principal and Vice-Principal transfers and appointments are…
Upper Grand examined racism and diversity long before Black Lives Matter movement
GUELPH – The Black Lives Matter movement is drawing attention to systemic racism at all levels, in all institutions, but at the Upper Grand District School Board, anti-racism, anti-oppression and anti-bias initiatives have been ongoing for years.
Upper Grand forms task force to examine school resource officer program
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board will form a task force and hold a town hall meeting as it begins to examine its policies and programs involving local police in schools.
They may not be visible, but homeless youth still here in Wellington County
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Chrissy Scott is worried. As the project coordinator for the Rural Emphasis program that focuses on youth homelessness, she knows there are between 60 and 100 homeless youth in Wellington County on any given day.
UGDSB offering summer supports for students with mental health needs, special education needs
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is offering a number of supports for students and families throughout the summer months.
Arthur Public School principal receives surprise retirement messages
Retirement – On June 25 Arthur Public School principal Amanda Leathem found a surprise on the…
Pride month goes online at Upper Grand board
GUELPH – Because of COVID-19, the Upper Grand District School Board has put Gay Pride Month online this year, featuring an array of videos by prominent citizens who talk about their thoughts and experiences of Pride and being gay.
Summer school will be online this year
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Upper Grand District School Board will be offering summer school programs…
Local school boards still making face shields, other PPE
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Both the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic District school boards have a bustling cottage industry going alongside student learning: making personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline workers.
School boards adjusted to changes at ‘Mach speed’
WELLINGTON COUNTY – There has now been time for school boards to understand how distance learning…
School boards prepare for distance learning
WELLINGTON COUNTY – School teachers will begin phoning their students this week in preparation…
ETFO, government to negotiate; no strike action until after March Break
GUELPH – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) was set to resume…
CUPE, UGDSB ratify collective agreement
GUELPH – The union representing custodians, maintenance staff and permanent English as a second…