December 08, 2010 / Have Your Say
The Board is set to launch a year long review of school boundaries in the Barrhaven area. The purpose of the review, which will begin in January 2011, will be to assess current boundaries in light of growing enrolment pressures in this area and to design a new boundary for the potential opening ...
August 06, 2010 / Have Your Say
Bus Route Schedules for the 2010-2011 school year will be posted on the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority's website by Monday, August 16, 2010. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact my office at (613) 808-7922 or mark.fisher@ocdsb.ca. I'm here to help!
June 09, 2010 / Have Your Say
The Barrhaven area, as well as other neighbourhoods nearby, such as Longfields-Chapman Mills, Riverside South and Findlay Creek, are experiencing significant growth and to a certain extent, higher enrolment than other parts of the City of Ottawa, for example Barrhaven Public School in Zone 3 and...
June 01, 2010 / Have Your Say
On May 31, 2010, Staff presented their proposed budget for 2010-2011 to Trustees. Staff has structured the budget proposal to address the funding shortfall for this period and prepare the District for what will be an annual process of dealing with a funding shortfall. Reserves are use...
May 27, 2010 / Have Your Say
The Ottawa Carleton District School Board`s current strategic plan, which was approved in July 2007, is set to expire next year. On May 25, 2010, the Board of Trustees approved a process to draft a new four-year plan. The District has developed a paper called ``21st Century Learner: ...
May 08, 2010 / Have Your Say
On June 26, 2009, the Ontario Ministry of Education released new Pupil Accommodation Review Guidelines following a review the accommodation review process and after receiving feedback from school districts, communities and parents. In order to reflect changes that have been incorporated in...
May 08, 2010 / Have Your Say
The Ontario Ministry of Education introduced a Facility Partnerships Guideline on February 11, 2011. The intent of the guideline is to encourage school boards to work with community partners to maximize the use of public space and to encourage cooperation to mutually benefit students, scho...
April 09, 2010 / Have Your Say
John McCrae Secondary School Web 2.0 site wins the Ottawa Center for Research and Innovation's High School Innovation of the Year award for 2010. Three teachers developed a user friendly website with a wiki front page that links to several individual wiki pages allowing many responsib...
March 30, 2010 / Have Your Say
As outlined in Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow: A Policy Framework for Environmental Education in Ontario Schools, the Ministry of Education provides a policy framework for the development of a shared vision, a common vocabularly, a committment to student leadership and reliance on the sharing of...
March 09, 2010 / Have Your Say
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) offers a specialized Gifted Program for exceptional students at the primary, junior, intermediate and senior levels and is a system-based program located in designated schools across the OCDSB. However, because of concerns over the viabilit...
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