With another triple-threat viral season about to hit, 30+-degree days increasing, and smoke from forest fires affecting air quality, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) is pushing the province for better ventilation standards and funding.
English public schools serving Centretown students have seen increased numbers of students and have met their enrolment projections this year, according to local trustee Justine Bell.
The OCDSB Board accomplished more than expected in the last school years, says local trustee Justine Bell.
The race is on for the 2022-26 Ottawa City Council and local school boards. We tell you who’s running in Centretown.
Justine Bell “It is what it is” – and leadership is about how you come to terms with it. Knowing when to listen, speak out, organize, and concede. When it comes to safety, to ensuring a sense of security in…
A motion to introduce a French immersion program at Cambridge Street Public School was defeated by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board last month. Local trustee Justine Bell proposed starting the program in September 2022 as a second track along with…
Alayne McGregor With the increased preference of parents for French immersion, a Centretown elementary school is losing students and could be in danger of closing – despite the fact more students are likely to move nearby in the next few…
Justine Bell, OCDSB trustee You have likely heard by now that it “takes a community to keep our schools safe” and we must all do our part to stay healthy at school and beyond. Well, it looks like we are…
by Alayne McGregor Centretown has a new public school board trustee–who’s deeply concerned that every student gets the education they need to contribute to society. Justine Bell was sworn in as the trustee for Zone 10 (Somerset/Kitchissippi) on February 18.…
by Erica Braunovan, OCDSB Trustee, Zone 10 I hope everyone’s students were as excited for the return to school as my daughters were! They had a hard time sleeping the night before and came home full of stories about reconnecting…
by Erica Braunovan OCDSB Trustee Zone 10 June is upon us and we are in the final stretch of the school year. While it would be tempting to slow down for this last little while, it is inevitably one of…
For nearly 130 years, residents of Centretown have been proud parents of Elgin Street Public School students. Over the years, with the ever growing quest for knowledge, the school boards have worked to fulfill basic academic requirements. The community has…
by Erica Braunovan OCDSB Trustee, Zone 10 It is hard to believe that there are less than two months left in the school year. At the board table we still have a substantial amount of work to do. Between now…
by Erica Braunovan, OCDSB Trustee, Somerset-Kitchissippi On April 2, at the OCDSB Committee of the Whole meeting, we held a discussion regarding an Operational Review of Learning Support Services, the department in charge of special education. This discussion was an…
by Erica Braunovan OCDSB Trustee Zone 10 Wow! Here we are at March Break already. It is so nice to feel the warmth starting to return to the air. Hopefully, we are almost done with the ice and snow for…
by Erica Braunovan OCDSB Trustee Zone 10 It is hard to believe we are more than halfway through the 2018-2019 school year. I wish all the semestered secondary students great success in their second term classes. The weather might be…
OCDSB Trustee Report by Erica Braunovan Trustee, Zone 10 We made it! Another school year will soon be shelved. Thank you to all the parents, guardians, teachers and staff who supported our kids in learning, development and fun. As a…
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