ATB technology donation to benefit local students
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By Herald on April 26, 2021.
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Staff at Wilson Middle School and the United Way display Chromebooks to be distributed to select students and families thanks to a donation to the United Way from ATB’s Greater Good program.
Dozens of local youth will receive a free Chromebook thanks to a donation to the United Way from ATB’s Greater Good program.
ATB purchased 412 of the Chromebooks, valued at approximately $100,000, for distribution across the province through various local United Way chapters. Lethbridge’s share of that was 66 Chromebooks, confirmed United Way Lethbridge and Southern Alberta community development co-ordinator Riley Swanberg.
Rapid COVID testing coming to Lethbridge schools
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While willing to work with Alberta Health Services as COVID-19 rapid-testing comes to some of Lethbridge’s most heavily impacted secondary schools later this month, Lethbridge School Division Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Glimore admitted her staff had hoped for a different announcement this past Saturday from Minister of Health Tyler Shandro– that teachers, educational support staff and other frontline workers would be added to the province’s vaccination list.
“The response (from the province) was that the teachers and our support staff, frontline workers in our schools, are not getting vaccinated because they are looking at the most vulnerable first,” stated Gilmore during a press conference earlier this week. “That is certainly understandable. As the vaccinations progress though, and I see we are starting to look beyond the most vulnerable, I think giving school staff consideration only makes sense.
Rapid COVID testing coming to Lethbridge schools
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Yes
While willing to work with Alberta Health Services as COVID-19 rapid-testing comes to some of Lethbridge’s most heavily impacted secondary schools later this month, Lethbridge School Division Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Glimore admitted her staff had hoped for a different announcement this past Saturday from Minister of Health Tyler Shandro– that teachers, educational support staff and other frontline workers would be added to the province’s vaccination list. “The response (from the province) was that the teachers and our support staff, frontline workers in our schools, are not getting vaccinated because they are looking at the most vulnerable first,” stated Gilmore during a press conference earlier this week. “That is certainly understandable. As the vaccinations progress though, and I see we are starting to look beyond the most vulnerable, I think giving school staff consideration only makes sense.
Lethbridge School Division rejects draft curriculum
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By Lethbridge Herald on April 13, 2021.
Board chair Christine Light speaks to reporters regarding the Lethbridge School Division s decision not to participate in the province s draft K-6 curriculum pilot process. Herald photo by Tim Kalinowski
Tim Kalinowski
The Lethbridge School Division is refusing to pilot the UCP government’s widely criticized draft K-6 curriculum, and is asking the province to take it back to the shop for a complete overhaul.
“We are calling on the province to stop this process and take the curriculum back and start again,” confirmed LSD board chair Christine Light in a press conference on Monday. “There are too many flaws in this curriculum to validate in a pilot process and make minor tweaks. It is beyond minor tweaks. It just needs a complete overhaul.”
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