Calendrier

June 2009
M T W T F S S
« May   Jul »
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  

Pages

Want to reduce the dropout rate? Make schools better

Ron Patterson June 22nd, 2009

The suggestion that Quebec has no game plan for dropouts in Quebec ignores the bigger picture. The respective governments of Quebec since the late 1970s have had many plans for education in this province. Starting with disallowing French and English students the right to choose the language in [...]

Loi 104 – décision imminente sur l’accès à l’école anglaise

Loi 104 – décision imminente sur l’accès à l’école anglaise

Les écoles publiques anglophones sont des alliées et non des adversaires

Par Debbie Horrocks

Le gouvernement québécois [...]

Deal dead for St. Lazare school site

Council resolution severs board’s hopes

par Kristina Edson Premiere Edition

Deal dead for St. Lazare school site Council resolution severs board’s hopes

The Lester B. Pearson School Board will not be able to build its new $8.4 million English elementary school on a parcel of land situated on St. Angélique between du Domaine and [...]

Saint-Lazare dit non Construction d’une école primaire

 par Stéphane Fortier  La premiere edition   Lors de la séance du conseil municipal de Saint-Lazare du 16 juin, qui faisait suite à celle du 2 juin, il a été décidé de ne pas permettre la construction d’une école sur le terrain du chemin Sainte-Angélique entre les rues du Domaine et Pine-Ridge. Cette décision [...]

New school still no closer to being built in off-island territory

Karen Seidman The Gazette Thursday, June 18, 2009 Pearson board encounters NIMBY syndrome

The Lester B. Pearson School Board’s quest for a piece of property for a new elementary school in its off-island territory has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous – and the board now seems no nearer to attaining the land [...]

EMSB chairperson in a quandary over upcoming St-Pat’s trial

For the 3rd monthly meeting in a row, EMSB chairperson Angela Mancini blocks  draft resolution to settle parent litigation against the EMSB.

Rules violations plague EMSB council

Editorial ACDSA

At last night’s EMSB regular board meeting, Parent commissioner Gail Giannakas tabled a motion to rescind a previous motion adopted at the last regular board meeting held in May. With the secretary general present as well as the EMSB in-house legal counsel, the vote to rescind took place and  chairperson Angela Mancini [...]

6 English school parents groups opt out

By Brenda Branswell The Gazette June 18th, 2009

‘Want to control what was ours’: Decide to leave provincial federation to start an association of their own

Parent committees at most of Quebec’s English school boards have decided to part ways with the provincial federation that represents them.

Parent groups at six of the nine [...]

Ten Years of Horrendous Long Term Planning by the Lester B. Pearson School Board Turns Proposed Off Island Elementary School Project into a Multi Million Dollar Mess.

A Multi Million Dollar Mess

View  the CBC News Montreal video clip  by  Andrew Chang aired on June 8, 2009. Click the play button.

[...]

What does it take to be a leader?

By Peggy Curran, The Gazette June 12, 2009

//

if (imgBox != null & photo != null) { if(photo.width >= 460) { imgBox.className = ‘imagesize460′; } else { if(photo.width >= 300) { imgBox.className = ‘imagesize310′; } else { imgBox.className = ‘imageboxpadding’; } imgBox.style.width = photo.width + ‘px’; } } } function getStoryFontSize() [...]