The province-wide teacher and Teachers On Call shortage , leaving dozens of classrooms without a full-time teacher in place, nearly a month into the 2017-18 school year. Restored local contract language resulted in over 140 new teaching positions in 91原创, in addition to the challenges presented by yearly growth in student enrolment.
鈥� Students at Willoughby鈥檚 will be going back to school in the New Year, with eight new classrooms inside a two-storey expansion to the heavily populated school. The $3.9 million expansion was completed on time and will replace many portables on school grounds.
鈥� The 91原创 Board of Education and the School District Leadership Team and SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) curriculum in September. Parents, grandparents and community members filled the district office and boardroom to support SOGI curriculum and students after holding a rally.
This came after a group called Culture Guard has been vocal against SOGI being part of the curriculum and LGBTQ.
鈥� In December, 91原创 trustees voted in favour of naming the R.E. Mountain Secondary.
A naming process will get underway in January for the converted middle school which currently holds the Mountain name.
