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OPSBA ratifies agreement reached with EWAO

The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that it has ratified the tentative agreement for 2022 to 2026 that was reached with the Education Workers’ Alliance of Ontario (EWAO) on May 2, 2024.
The person leading your child’s classroom may be a parent, grandparent or lunchroom supervisor — not an actual teacher
Insiders say Doug Ford’s cabinet shuffle reveals anger at surprise kaffiyeh ban, confidence he’ll be exonerated in RCMP Greenbelt probe
School Of Thought: Breaking down Ontario public school funding
Changing a tire? First aid? Ontario is getting ready to update its home ec courses – and wants your input on what needs to change
When did speaking your language make a difference?
Recipients of the 2024 Ontario Public Student Trustee Leadership Scholarship

Congratulations to Julianna Marcel and Dora Chen!
The Ford government wants to curb kids’ access to harmful online content, and has asked Snapchat and Instagram to help
Ontario students will suffer from Ford government’s education funding shortfalls, school boards warn
A Toronto school is combining three grades in one class. Parents are ‘very frustrated’
This school board installed vaping detectors to help kids break the habit. Here’s how its experiment worked — and what other schools can learn from it
OPSBA statement on the new OYAP FAST program

School boards recognize there is a need for more students to pursue opportunities in the skilled trades as part of a modernized secondary school program.