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Mar 23, 20 •
0 Views • COVID-19, Feature Story, Local News • Jenna Cocullo • No Comments
Amid the school cancellations and uncertain future of the academic years, teachers across the province finally received a win as the province and their association reached a tentative provincial agreement. Last Friday, the Ministry of Education and the...
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Feb 28, 20 •
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Word from the director of education for the St. Clair Catholic District School Board (SCCDSB) is that Catholic teachers plan to withdraw their services next Thursday. As a result, all SCCDSB elementary and secondary schools would be closed that day,...
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Feb 21, 20 •
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Due to progress in negotiations, teachers’ unions with the St. Clair Catholic School Board have called off their planned one-day strike for Monday. This from the board: We have received late word today that the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’...
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Feb 4, 20 •
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Just a reminder that all public and Catholic schools are closed today in Chatham-Kent due to a job action by teachers. That means elementary and secondary schools at the St. Clair Catholic District School Board and with the Lambton-Kent District School Board...
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Jan 29, 20 •
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Elementary teachers at public school boards around the province will be off the job Thursday, as well as Feb. 4 and Feb. 6, unless negotiations with the province put an end to the dispute. That means kids here in Chatham-Kent at Lambton-Kent...
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Jan 27, 20 •
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Members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), who are in a legal strike position, will engage in a one-day strike on Thursday, unless a settlement is reached prior to this date. As a result, the Lambton Kent District School Board...
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Nov 27, 19 •
0 Views • Arts, Feature Story • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
The Chatham-Kent Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association (ORMTA) recently held its annual Awards Piano Recital at Studio One in Chatham, featuring all of its piano students, from Grade 1 to Grade 11. Local branch executive Alice Van...
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Apr 25, 19 •
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An area school board is already talking to teaching staff about possible reductions due to the Ford government changes to education funding. The Lambton Kent District School Board (LKDSB) has notified 111 full-time equivalent teachers regarding potential...
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Apr 20, 16 •
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Two of St. Clair College’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) students headed off to China this week to experience the field placement of a life time. Victoria Horrobin and Delta Haymes, both second year ECE students at the college’s Thames Campus, are in...
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Oct 28, 15 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News, Viewpoint • Jim Blake • No Comments
If you’re a secondary school student looking for special help so you can graduate, don’t count on the education ministry to help you out. If, on the other hand, you’re a powerful teachers’ union who can threaten to send drone...
