Exeter, ON, Canada / 90.5 Exeter Today
Feb 8, 2021 6:00 AM
Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson has announced that the Province is providing more than $27 million in COVID-19 support for the four school boards in the riding.
The Avon Maitland District School Board will be getting over $9 million, Huron Perth District Catholic Board will receive over $4 million, Bluewater District will be getting over $10.3 million and Bruce-Grey Catholic will be receiving $3.85 million.
The funding comes from an additional $381 million investment provided by the federal Safe Return to Class Fund.
The money will be used to further improve air quality and ventilation, support online learning, promote student mental health and hire more staff.
WINGHAM, ONT. While parents and students rejoice about the return of classroom learning in Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties, there’s no such relief in Huron-Perth, where online learning and all it’s challenges will continue indefinitely. “If our teacher glitches, then we don’t know what’s going on and since everyone has Wi-Fi issues, then it’s so confusing what’s going on half the time,” says Amelia Foreman, a Grade 6 student at Maitland River Elementary School in Wingham. Her mother, Patricia Smith, while willing to accept the government’s decision, is frustrated that Amelia and her sister aren’t heading back to class, while children in much larger communities, with higher COVID-19 numbers, are.
AMDSB welcomes new Superintendent of Education
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The Avon Maitland District School Board is welcoming a new Superintendent.
Officials with the AMDSB say they have been actively recruiting for a Superintendent of Education since Jodie Baker announced her retirement late last year.
Now they say they are happy to announce that Laura Marotta will be taking the position as of February 12th.
They say she comes to the AMDSB from the York Region District School Board.
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April Smith will join the Grand Erie District School Board as superintendent of education effective Feb. 1.
She fills the vacancy created with the retirement this month of Linda De Vos, after a 35-year career in education. She served as superintendent with the Grand Erie board since 2015.
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Smith joins Grand Erie from the Avon Maitland District School Board, which covers Huron and Perth counties. Her career spans 20 years, beginning as a secondary school teacher before moving into administrative roles. Most recently, she filled the position of system principal with portfolio responsibilities that included assessment and evaluation, literacy, mathematics, transferable skills, First Nations, Métis and Inuit education, outdoor education, and the development of teaching and learning support coaches and co-ordinators.