LONDON, ONT. Schools in the London region and across Ontario may not reopen before the end of the school year. According to CTV Toronto sources say the government s planning and priorities committee made the initial decision on Monday not to reopen schools for the remaining weeks of June, including on a regional basis. The means that thousands of students in Middlesex-London and other local regions will remain in remote learning for the remainder of the year. The move comes despite calls from medical professionals across the province to allow kids to return to school. Among those voices are Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams.
The Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) and London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) have lowered flags to half-mast at all of their schools in honour of the lives lost on the site of a former residential school in B.C.
May 25, 2021 | 8:47 AM
The Ontario government will be investing $2 billion to support local students’ mental health and learning, announced last week by Monte McNaughton, MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. The extra funding for the 2021-2022 school year will be provided to local school boards through the Grants for Student Needs (GSN) program. The Ontario government continues to give money to schools, as earlier this month they invested $1.6 billion in resources to protect against COVID-19 and $561 million more in ongoing investments in public education.
The funding will be allocated to school boards as follows:
· Lambton Kent District School Board: $266.8 million – an increase of $8.1 million over last year.
LONDON, ONT. High school students are being offered a chance to learn about anti-Black racism, and how it has played a role in shaping modern Canada. A new trial course being offered this summer with the Thames Valley District School Board aims to produce future leaders who will learn how race has played a role in Canadian history. The course capitalizes on the Black Lives Matter movement and the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis Minnesota one year ago. “When it comes to making progress with anti-Black racism sometimes it feels like we take ten steps forward and then we take 25 steps backwards,” said Liz Akano, a high school vice principal in London who is heading up the course.