Public board trustees endorse back-to-school plans, but uncertainty remains
An overview of return-to-school plans for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is to be presented to the education ministry on Thursday.
View ArticleOttawa parents given deadline to decide whether to send kids back to class
The two English-language boards will send surveys to parents on Aug. 10 with replies due by Aug. 14.
View ArticleEditorial: Push back the start of the school year in Ontario
Or stagger the return to class, at least.
View ArticleSchool board moves to stop paying for in-school police officers
The Ottawa-Carleton District School board will still have school resource officers paid for by the city, but will not pay for two officers assigned to Ridgemont and Gloucester high schools.
View ArticleQ&A: Ottawa's new high school schedule explained
More answers are on the way. Here's what we know so far:
View ArticleOttawa-Carleton school board to debate mandatory masks for younger kids
Ontario's back-to-school plan makes masks mandatory indoors at school for students in Grade 4 to 12, while younger children will be encouraged to wear them.
View ArticleOttawa public board high school students will take one course each week
Student will have two 112.5-minute instructional blocks with a 10-minute break between the blocks, for a total of 225 minutes of in-person instruction each day.
View ArticleOttawa's largest board lowers sizes for in-person elementary classes
The compensating move will involving increasing class sizes for those who are studying online from home.
View ArticleWilliams-Taylor: Ottawa schools are adapting, but some things won't change
Our idea of 'school' as a building will give way to the idea of 'school' as a community.
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