News Releases 2019-2020

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Letter to Minister of Education: COVID funding
07/24/2020
Limestone District School Board of Trustees have asked for increased funding to accommodate COVID-related expenses.
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Trustees approve 2020-2021 budget
07/13/2020
Balanced budget of $254.1 million approved at special meeting of the Board.
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New Director of Education Appointed
07/06/2020
Trustees confirmed Krishna Burra as Director of Education & Secretary to the Board, effective August 4, 2020.
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First Indigenous Student Trustee elected
06/17/2020
LCVI student Quanah Traviss was appointed for a one-year term on June 17, 2020
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Labour Update March 23
03/22/2020
Current information related to labour action.
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Labour Update week of March 16-20
03/18/2020
Current information related to labour action
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COVID-19 Update March 12
03/12/2020
We are working with public health officials to be prepared for a community outbreak of COVID-19
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Labour Update week of March 2-6
03/10/2020
All elementary and secondary schools open for classes the week of March 2-6, 2020.
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Coronavirus: Public health urges prevention
03/02/2020
KFL&A Public Health recommends schools take standard respiratory illness precautions, the same precautions.
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Labour Update week of Feb. 24-28
02/27/2020
All LDSB schools are open February 24-28, 2020.
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Director of Education to retire in August 2020
01/30/2020
Debra Rantz will retire at the end of this school year after 27 years in public education.
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Important information about Novel Coronavirus
01/29/2020
KFL&A Public Health recommends usual precautions to reduce the risk of transmission of illnesses.
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Elementary & intermediate schools to close
01/27/2020
ETFO has announced one-day strikes affecting LDSB Jan. 29, Feb. 6 & 7
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Elementary & intermediate schools closed Jan. 29
01/24/2020
Due to one-day rotating strikes, elementary & intermediate schools will be closed Jan. 29, 2020
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Information about term-one report cards
01/23/2020
Due to the withdrawal of administrative duties, LDSB schools will not be issuing term one report cards for elementary students in Kindergarten to Grade 8.
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Labour Update January 17, 2020
01/17/2020
LDSB will not be affected by Jan. 20 or 21 one-day strikes
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Trustee censure issue closed
01/16/2020
No further action on censure of Trustee Hutcheon. Board requests staff report on integrity commissioner.
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Labour Update January 10, 2019
01/10/2020
Next phase of ETFO job action will see removal of field trips & extra-curricular activities.
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Statement re EQAO Grade 9 Math Assessment
01/09/2020
OSSTF will not participate in EQAO testing originally scheduled for later this month.
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Secondary schools closed to students Jan. 8
01/06/2020
A one-day strike by OSSTF members will be held January 8, 2020 if an agreement is not reached before then.
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Chair and Vice Chair re-elected for 2020 term
12/12/2019
Trustees set leadership, committees for 2020 at initial meeting of the Board
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LDSB not affected by Dec. 11 one-day strike
12/09/2019
All Limestone schools will be open on Dec. 11 and all classes and activities will operate as scheduled.
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OSSTF to hold one-day strike Dec. 4
11/28/2019
A one-day strike by OSSTF members will be held December 4 if an agreement is not reached before then.
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Labour Update - November 22, 2019
11/22/2019
A province-wide partial withdrawal of services will start November 26 by teachers and educational professionals represented by OSSTF and ETFO
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Labour Update - November 19, 2019
11/19/2019
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) has announced that it has taken a strike vote and received a mandate from its members for strike action. This does not mean a strike is planned or will take place.
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Potential job action by elementary teachers
11/14/2019
The union representing elementary teachers, ETFO, has indicated job action will proceed with a partial withdrawal of services effective Tuesday, November 26, should an agreement not be reached between the parties.
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Labour Update - November 1, 2019
11/01/2019
ETFO and OSSTF have also asked the Minister of Labour to appoint a conciliation officer with respect to central bargaining.
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2020 Special Olympics to be hosted by Kingston
10/25/2019
Kingston to host 2020 Special Olympics Ontario School Championships
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All LDSB schools are open Monday, Oct. 7
10/06/2019
All students and staff should report to schools and work sites.
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All LDSB schools will close Monday, Oct. 7
10/04/2019
Message from the Director of Education regarding the CUPE strike.
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NEW: Planning for possible strike Oct. 7
10/02/2019
The Board is currently reviewing contingency plans including the possibility of school closures beginning Monday.
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Partial withdrawal of services continues
10/01/2019
All schools remain open during current CUPE job action. Some school routines may be modified.
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Partial withdrawal of services to begin Sept. 30
09/29/2019
Contract talks between CUPE, employer associations and the Government has ended this weekend without reaching a collective agreement.
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Important Update regarding CUPE job action
09/27/2019
On September 25, 2019, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced that they would begin strike action across Ontario on September 30. This means that CUPE members in the Limestone
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Information to families about CUPE job action
09/25/2019
This morning, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) confirmed that job action will begin across the province on Monday, Sept. 30.
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Students improve in Grade 6 and 9 mathematics
09/25/2019
EQAO has released reports on the 2018–2019 provincial assessments for each publicly funded school board in Ontario.
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Graduation rate continues to climb
09/11/2019
Limestone's current five-year graduation rate is 85.5 % - an increase of 6% over seven years.
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The Limestone District School Board is situated on traditional territories of the Anishinaabe & Haudenosaunee.