Old Ottawa South parents told not to let kids walk to school alone
For the second time in the past two months, parents in Old Ottawa South are being warned not to let their children walk to or from school alone after a man apparently tried to lure a youth with the...
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Ottawa public school board trustees have recommended adopting controversial changes to French immersion and kindergarten programs.
View ArticleCuts to 95 staff possible as Ottawa public school board attempts to balance...
As Ottawa’s largest school board heads into one of its toughest budget debates in years, staff have made some suggestions on what can be done to make up a $14.4 million shortfall.
View ArticleTrustees approve controversial changes to French immersion, kindergarten
The public school board has approved controversial changes to French immersion and kindergarten that will take effect next fall.
View ArticleRenegade school board trustee won't be silenced
Outspoken Ottawa public school board trustee Donna Blackburn says she won’t be silenced, even after her colleagues met in-camera to discuss her behaviour.
View ArticleIntegrate students with learning disabilities into regular classrooms:...
A school board proposal would both integrate elementary students with learning disabilities more into regular classrooms, while also opening more slots for other students to get special help.
View ArticleSchool board trustees need to deal with overcrowded downtown schools
The public school board should conduct a study of central Ottawa to figure out what to do about overcrowded schools, says the parent council at Elgin Street Public School.
View ArticleCrowded school solution divides parents at Elgin St. Public School
Sarah Mindry was astounded when she discovered this week that her three-year-old son won’t be able to start kindergarten at Elgin Street Public School.
View ArticleNepean's Omer-Deslauriers one of fastest improving schools: report
Omer-Deslauriers, a French-language public school in Nepean, has improved the most quickly of all the Ontario secondary schools rated in a Fraser Institute report.
View ArticleIncomplete immunization records x 950 students = parental panic
More than 950 Ottawa intermediate and secondary school students have been suspended because their immunization records aren’t up to date.The latest wave of suspensions issued March 1 by Ottawa Public...
View ArticleOttawa school board code of conduct policy too tough, says board president
The code of conduct proposed for trustees at Ottawa’s largest school board goes too far, says the president of the association representing Ontario public school boards.It would allow the...
View ArticleElgin Street Gr. 5 student says adults need to work as a team
Maria Gagnon is only in Grade 5, but her assessment of how some parents were behaving at Elgin Street Public School on Tuesday night was pretty sharp.Gagnon tagged along with her mom to a meeting at...
View ArticleSchool trustee banned from meetings for social media posts
It's a saga packed with petty politics. But it's also a cautionary tale as Ottawa's largest school board debates a new code of conduct.
View ArticleIs eliminating kindergarten at Elgin St. PS illegal?
The public school board’s decision to eliminate kindergarten at Elgin Street Public School breaks the law, says a University of Ottawa legal professor.Amir Attaran sent a letter on the weekend to...
View ArticleElgin St. school can't ship out kindergarten, trustees told [Video]
Ottawa's public school board cannot go ahead with plans to move kindergarten students out of Elgin Street Public School without a special exemption from the province, staff told trustees Tuesday night.
View ArticleNo more 'Fit Chicks': Ottawa centre ditches boys- or girls-only camps
An Ottawa camp provider has apologized for promoting girls- or boys-only camps.
View ArticleHow the Ottawa school board unwittingly broke the law
Amir Attaran says it took a few minutes of legal research and a quick Google search to discover that the public school board’s solution to overcrowding at Elgin Street Public School was illegal.
View ArticleElgin Street school battle finally resolved
After weeks of parents’ bickering, the conclusion to the debate over how to solve overcrowding at Elgin Street Public School came to an emotional conclusion Tuesday.
View ArticleOttawa swimmer to make Olympic splash
Ottawa swimmer Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic team Friday.
View ArticleOttawans pack patios, bask in springtime sun
They're packing the patios in the ByWard Market and playing street hockey in Hintonburg.
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