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Doug Ford’s approval rating drops in wake of school closures

Ontarians are unsatisfied with Premier Doug Ford’s handling of Omicron, a new poll suggests.

New school outbreaks, same old rules

Some parents are looking into alternative forms of education after Toronto Public Health update report detailing COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Low-income education gap increasing during COVID-19

Students from low-income families may are at a higher risk of falling behind than those in higher income brackets.

Education literally outside the box at local school

Chester Elementary is one of three pilot schools for the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) program. 

Parents learn how to teach their teens about financing

Financing with teens was revealed to be one of the biggest concerns among parents in a survey by the Toronto District School Board.

Staff at all Toronto high schools to begin opioid-overdose training

The Toronto District School Board will begin to train secondary school staff to respond to opioid overdoses. Toronto’s annual opioid toxicity death count has been rising since 2013, with fentanyl and heroin now leading in lives claimed.

TDSB helps students with disabilities prepare for life after school

The Toronto District School Board is helping prepare youths with disabilities to transition into the workforce.

Streaming alive and well in high schools: report

Ignorance, immaturity and socioeconomic inequality to blame for unfair streaming practices, report finds.

East York high school hooks up with state-of-the-art Internet

Students were present during the unveiling at EYASS. They spoke about how they would use the new Internet. Students mentioned faster streaming of videos, specifically Ted Talks. They also mentioned they hoped this new Internet access would fix annoying issues that students have had to deal with using ADSL.

Construction rattles school families

The developer, KG Group, says that it has an excellent construction safety record, and the neighbours will be unaffected as the apartment building goes up. But some parents say that at the very least, there will be vibration, noise and dust. The TDSB says it’s assessing the risk from construction, and a report on that will be released in April.

Todmorden PA day celebrates animals of Chinese New Year

It’s a good thing Andrew McArten’s favourite animal is the dog. It came in handy recently when he needed to create an image associated with the Chinese New Year. With some help from his mom, Andrew, created the image of a dog, in honour of the Year of the Dog, during a lunar craft day at Todmorden Mills Heritage Site. Colleen McArten, a music teacher at an East York elementary school, decided to put other things aside that day so that she could bring her son Andrew and his sibling to the TDSB PA day at the Heritage Site.

Classrooms in the sky?

The Toronto District School Board may be reaching for the sky in the next few years. The board has been discussing the concept of "vertical schools," or classrooms in skyscrapers, due to overpopulation in the city.

Scratch plans to change no-nit policy, parents say

Last year, Dawn Mucci’s 12-year-old daughter was sent home from school with lice three times in the span of three months. Now that the Toronto District School Board is considering changing its exclusion policy for children with lice, she’s concerned, as a mother, it will happen again. But as the founder of a Canada-wide lice removal company with a branch in East York, she’s also anticipating an uptick – up-nit? – in customers.

Bad hair day for school

Being called to the principal's office usually means a student has done something wrong. One Amesbury Middle School student did not think she had done anything wrong, but says she was spoken to by the principal a number of times. She claims the principal was punishing her and making comments about the way she styled her hair.

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