Smith on Education

Duntroon Meeting Tonight

Caroline Smith — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:56:21 PDT

There will be a meeting tonight at Duntroon Central . Board staff will be explaining next steps in the process of school closure. Meeting time : 6 p.m. Location: Duntroon Central PS.

Books to Digital Texts the New Direction

Caroline Smith — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:51:48 PDT

First text books by school text-book publishers are now going digital only. This follows years of a demographic downward slope in student numbers, coupled with two years of cuts [in Ontario] in text-book funding. US sales of K-12 textbooks dropped 16.9% in 2011, year over year. In this environment McGraw-Hill launched its first all-digital, cloud-based [...]

‘A’ Channel on Duntroon

Caroline Smith — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:52:15 PDT

A Channel Video on Duntroon Closure ( open )

Caroline Smith — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:38:05 PDT

Duntroon ARC Decision

Caroline Smith — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:34:07 PDT

June 16, 2011 The Special Board meeting on the Clearview Elementary ARC resulted in the June 2012 closure of Duntroon Central. Key pieces of the final motion that was approved by the Board include an Attendance Area Review and an Extended French Feasibility study; both starting in the fall of 2011. In addition students [...]