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https://tdsb.on.ca/About-Us/Director-of-Education/DirectorSearch The Toronto District School Board is in the process of recruiting its next Director of Education. This process is being led by a Trustee Director Search Committee, in partnership with Mandrake,an executive search firm.  The Trustee Director Search Committee is made up of 11 elected trustees. This committee was selected to represent the four different Learning […]

As we are nearing the completion of registration for back to school in September, we can report that 29% of students in Ward 13 have chosen to study remotely in the coming school year. This is 4% higher than the 25% reported TDSB wide. We have seen good response rates from our parents with 91%

Dear Friends As we release our back to final school plans for September, I am sure you will have a ton of questions before making your selection to either sending your child back to school physically or electing for a remote learning model. I am inviting you to join one of our 3 virtual round

Earlier today, the Ministry of Education released its requirements to all public-school boards on the expectations for school reopening in September. Although our staff still require a bit more time to absorb this new information and correlate them to our original Prelim Plans for School Reopening, I would like to share the following highlights with

Click Here for: Link to Detailed School Reopening Protocol Article Sourced From: https://news.ontario.ca/edu/en/2020/07/ontario-continues-to-gradually-and-safely-reopen-child-care-for-working-parents.html TORONTO — Today, the Ontario government announced its plan to allow licensed child care centres across Ontario to open at full capacity starting September 1, 2020. This decision was made in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the COVID-19

TDSB has released the Preliminary School Reopening Plans for Sept 2020. You can find the details at the following link https://jamesli.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/TDSB-Preliminary-School-Reopening-Plans-July-15.pdf

TDSB had recently conducted a Return to School Parent Survey as a part of the community consultation process to develop our operating plan when school reopens in September 2020. Over seventy thousand respondents took part in the survey and the results of the survey is included in the link below. Click Here for TDSB Return

The Ministry of Education had also recently released the new 2020 math curriculum for grades 1 to 8. In the province’s official release, the new curriculum will [direct quote] Build understanding of the value and use of money through mandatory financial literacy concepts; For the first time, teach coding or computer programming skills starting in

Last week, the Ministry of Education shared guidelines that the school boards are expected to follow when school restarts in September. The TDSB’s School Reopening Committee will be working over the summer to develop a concrete and sustainable plan to ensure that education can be delivered in an effective and safe way for our students.

For the first time ever, the Toronto District School Board is reviewing all of our secondary schools at once with the vision to ensure all students have equitable access to programs and opportunities – as close to home as possible. While some of our high schools have more students than they can support, other schools