The Cornwall courthouse at 29 Second Street West. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
CORNWALL/IROQUOIS – A South Dundas youth who brought knives to school in January last year and threatened another student has been sentenced to probation and community service.
The 15-year-old, whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was sentenced last week after pleading guilty in a Cornwall court to making death threats, possession of a dangerous weapon and disturbing the peace.
Charges of break and enter and forcible entry were withdrawn by the Crown, court records show.
The young offender will be on probation for two years and has to submit a DNA sample to the court. The probation order includes a clause that the boy not have any direct or indirect contact with the student he threatened.
UCDSB trustees concerned over potential changes to remote learning April 17, 2021 Reading time: 6 min The UCDSB Board of Trustees as of 2020.
BROCKVILLE, Ontario – A proposed plan by the province’s Ministry of Education to retain and expand the remote learning options put in place to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the ire of provincial school board officials, and local English-Public school board trustees alike.
“We have a great deal of issues on our plate with the pandemic but I feel we need to keep our eyes on the long game,” said Upper Canada District School Board Chair John McAllister at the April 7th trustee meeting. “This move could have a serious effect on local schools and their viability.”
Fifteen UCDSB schools lose cafeteria service April 12, 2021 Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Phillip Blancher, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter UCDSB logo
SOUTH DUNDAS, Ontario – Students who want hot food for lunch at Seaway District High School will have to go up street as food services have shut down at the school.
A letter sent by SDHS Principal Trent Carter-Edwards to parents explained that food services ended on March 26th.
“This is due to COVID restrictions and the resulting financial pressures on the food service provider,” he said.
Upper Canada District School Board spokesperson April Scott-Clarke explained that Seaway was not the only school affected by the closures.
In this provided photo, Eshal Ali of Seaway District High School has been elected vice chairwoman of the UCDSB student senate. The vote took place Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (UCDSB via Newswatch Group)
BROCKVILLE – A Grade 10 student from Seaway District High School in Iroquois has been elected to a leadership role with the Upper Canada District School Board’s student senate.
Eshal Ali was voted vice chairwoman of the senate during a virtual vote on Friday.
Bradford Ward, a Grade 11 student from Brockville Collegiate Institute, was elected chairman.
The student senate meets four times a year and is made up of representatives from each secondary school in the UCDSB.
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