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Union leader welcomes return to semester system
Ontario high schools will return to regular semesters for winter term
Ottawa Catholic School Board welcomes return of regular semesters for secondary school students
Ontario high schools allowed to return to regular semesters in February
Return of regular semesters and release of COVID-19 funding is great news for students and school boards

We are very pleased to see that secondary schools will be able to return to normal semester models with four courses per day, as of February 2022 and earlier where scheduling permits, subject to local public health approval. OPSBA and our member boards very much appreciate the release of the second half of the federal…
Teachers, students frustrated by continuation of quadmester system
Two and a half hours of biology? Extra-long high school classes have Ontario students and teachers asking for change
Legislative Update – November 8, 2021

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will not be in session from November 8 to 12 as this is a constituency week that aligns with Remembrance Day. MPPs will return to Queen’s Park on November 15. MPPs will then have four sitting weeks before rising for Winter Recess on December 9. Current Legislation Bill 43, Build…
OPSBA statement on the Fall Economic Statement

The Fall Economic Statement released today by the government contained only a few new education-related initiatives.
OPSBA Cathy Abraham discusses semester models (skip ahead to 47:34)
Ontario school boards association calls for end to modified semesters
Durham school board calls for an end to controversial quadmesters