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Upper Canada school board refits BROCKVILLE | Every grad in Ontario is ra- cing for the jobs of the future. The Upper Canada school district has a new plan to help local students avoid running into a wall. end result will see some area school princi- pals taking on a greater leadership role for their own specific school family. promote creativity, flexibility, diversity and optimism through local leadership and ac- countability.”
means to match school improvement plans with student achievement goals. The CAPs will report to Thomas and UCDSB Associate Director Ian Carswell. The aim of the organizational refit is to in- crease local decision-making where it con- cerns student achievement goals. “Everything we have been working on has been to get to this point,” said UCDSB Chairman Greg Pietersma, “where decision- making can happen at the school level. Through the leadership of our coordinating administrative principals, school leaders can take greater ownership of improve- ment planning to demonstrate educational relevance to our communities.” Jeff McMillan, UCDSB first vice-chairman, said greater support for local decision-mak- ing makes the most sense. “Change can be encouraged from the top down, but change actually happens from the bottom up,” he said. “If you’re going to have any real impact on the system in terms of bringing change, it has to come from the schools and the family of schools level.”
“We will refocus our energies and resourc- es through our school principals,” stated UCDSB Director David Thomas during a recent board of trustees session. “Through these changes, schools will be supported to
Thomas noted that provincial funding support for public education has increased over the past decade. The average pro- vincial support grant for the UCDSB has risen from about $7500 per student during the 2003-2004 school year to more than $11,400 during the current school term. But, he noted, the Education Ministry’s own annual Education Quality and Accountabil- ity Office reports (EQAO) show that literacy, numeracy and other education bench- marks, including graduation rates, have plateaued all across the province instead of continuing to rise towards the goal of a 100- per cent graduation rate for Ontario. “We cannot plateau like the rest of the province and North America,”Thomas said. Next school term the UCDSB will create 10 regional positions called Coordinating Administrative Principals (CAPs). These peo- ple will work with all the principals in their families of schools to find innovative local RÉNOVATIONS SALLES DE BAINS Pierre Marcoux 613 446-5744
During the next school year the Up- per Canada District School Board (UCDSB) starts a refit on its organization setup. The
Counties five-year economic plan up for review
rated in reviewing the most promising and achievable economic opportunities for Prescott-Russell and devising a practical action plan to make good on them. Now the five-year plan is coming up for review, revision and renewal. The four-step process will involve both public consultations, online surveys, and various face-to-face interviews.
L’ORIGNAL | Anyone with thoughts on what direction Prescott-Russell should take for its economic future will have a chance to speak up early in May. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), along with the Prescott-Russell Community Development Corporation (PR- CDC), the Eastern Ontario Training Board (EOTB), and Tourisme Prescott-Russell Tou- rism (TPRT), will host four regional open house consultations as part of the review and feedback process for the five-year Pres- cott-Russell Economic Development Plan (EDP). The current EDP for the region was adop- ted in 2011 when all four agencies coope- GREGG CHAMBERLAIN GREGG.CHAMBERLAIN@EAP.ON.CA
The public information and feedback sessions are May 6 in Rockland, 4 to 7 p.m., at the Canadian International Hockey Aca- demy, May 7 in L’Orignal and also in Plan- tagenet, 7 to 9 p.m., at the United Counties council chambers and the Plantagenet Community Hall, and May 8, 4 to 7 p.m., at The Nation municipal office. The final report for updating the EDP is due in June. PRÉPAREZ VOTRE SAISON ÈS MA N ENANT D I T !
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