Education

Online/New Media by rochekellyJune 15, 2011August 3, 2011

Rising enrolment means two new French Catholic schools

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/15/rising-enrolment-brings-two-new-french-catholic-high-schools Rising enrolment has forced the McGuinty government to pay for two new schools for the French Catholic school board. “For September, I think we are getting approximately 500 more students already,” said Diane Doré, chair of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est. “We’re probably going to reach the 20,000 students (mark) […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyMay 13, 2011August 3, 2011

Playground goes under school’s wheels

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is paving a playground — that parents spent years raising money for — to put up a staff parking lot in Hintonburg. Cars parked at Devonshire Public School on Breezehill Ave. N. near Somerset St. W. have been ticketed for illegally parking along the front fence of the school’s yard, […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyJanuary 24, 2011August 4, 2011

Province cuts red tape on student loans

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/24/17018636.html#/news/ottawa/2011/01/24/pf-17016371.html The province is trying to make student loans easier to get. Ontario Student Assistance Program applications will now be available Feb. 1 instead of May; there’s a new academic credit transfer system; and interest on loans will be waived for the first six months after graduation. John Milloy, the provincial minister for […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 2, 2010August 4, 2011

Kindergarten cash crunch might send teachers off site

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/12/02/16405836.html Sending kindergarten teachers to off-site daycares could be the solution if the public school board isn’t given enough money from the province to renovate or build new schools to accommodate the third round of Ontario’s full-day kindergarten program. So says the former chair of the Ottawa Carleton district school board. “We haven’t […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 23, 2010August 4, 2011

Student unions hiding their spending habits: Carleton

Almost two weeks after student unions filed papers to take the school to court for holding onto their money, Carleton administration is alleging student unions are holding back details about their spending habits. “They allege to have been made available to their members but not the university,” said Jason MacDonald, the university’s director of communications. […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 11, 2010August 4, 2011

Carleton U student unions cry foul over cash

SEE VIDEO: http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/11/11/16098351.html The two biggest student unions at Carleton University are taking the school’s administration to court for holding $7 million in student fees. “It’s really treating us like children where we have to say OK mommy, daddy, I really need this money for this month. Can you please give it to me?,” said […]

Education by rochekellyFebruary 1, 2010August 7, 2011

Date Set for Community Colleges Strike

For about 200,000 college students February 11th is D-Day. The union representing teachers has set that date as the strike deadline in its contract battle with Ontario’s community colleges. As Kelly Roche reported on /A\ News at Six, regardless of the outcome, if there is a strike, there’s only one group who will really lose. […]