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By Jim Wilson Special to the Suburban Virtually everybody is familiar with Hans Christian Andersen’s children’s story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. As with all good stories, it has a quality that belies the fact it was written long ago; its moral can be easily applied to our contemporary world, and particularly to our educational [...] Commissioners vote to shut down Pointe Claire’s Jubilee School By Brenda Branswell, Gazette Education Reporter MONTREAL – More French instruction and fewer schools. Those were some of the key changes approved Monday night by commissioners at the Lester B. Pearson School Board. Supporters of Jubilee Elementary bolted from the auditorium at Lindsay Place [...] By Brenda Branswell, Gazette Education Reporter December 21, 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() [...] Joseph Lalla Op-ED Montreal Gazette Heated debates increase awareness and media coverage – a good thing T he Gazette has published a number of articles recently about the English Montreal School Board and its council of commissioners, of which I am an elected member (“Infighting still divides EMSB,” Opinion, Dec. 15). The council is [...] Tomorrow is decision time. Lester Pearson board looks for ways to overcome declining enrolment Brenda Branswell Montreal Gazette After months of consultation, tomorrow night is decision time for the Lester B. Pearson School Board. School commissioners will vote on proposals for the board’s future that could include program changes and school closings. The board [...] Source: Montreal Gazette Letters There is such a thing as overkill. The Gazette has determined that a number of front-page stories, at least one editorial, and an editorial cartoon within a relatively short time were necessary to alert the public to the shortcomings of the commissioners of the English Montreal School Board. We have [...] Source: Sébastien Ménard Journal de Montréal L’état lamentable des finances publiques du Québec n’a pas empêché les neuf sous-ministres du ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) de se partager, l’an dernier, pas moins de 113 000 $ en primes de rendement, un bond de 68% en deux ans. Alors que le [...] Costly for taxpayers; School board keeps lawyer and ethics watchdog busy By BRENDA BRANSWELL, The Gazette December 15, 2009 It was a first glimpse of a school-board meeting for at least a few of the parents in the boardroom. They were riled about a possible threat to enrolment at their children’s school, and they [...] By Michael Baillargeon December 2nd,2009 Tomorrow’s Trust They should both understand they no longer have the moral authority or the public’s confidence to lead……………… With both being faced with serious allegations of having contravened the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCIA), Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) Trustees, Angela Kennedy and Barbara Poplawski need [...] More trouble for beleagured board as chair and one trustee named in conflict of interest suit By MOIRA MACDONALD Toronto Sun Nov 23, 2009 Newspapers trade in controversy. But it’s still uncomfortable watching the two-years-and-counting trustee train wreck at the Toronto Catholic District School Board. The provincially-supervised board was recently hit again with a [...] |
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