Tag: Near North District School Board

The Near North District School Board confirms two separate incidents at Northern Secondary School in recent days resulted in emergency measures being put in place.

The Near North District School Board says its elementary students saw significant gains in every EQAO assessment area this year.

The five Near North Board trustee candidates for North Bay and West Nipissing say the province maintaining control of the school board is not a long-term solution and question what’s next, and what role the elected body will have.

Local union officials are calling for the province to relinquish control of the Near North District School Board and re-instate trustees following the October election.

"I don’t see, anytime soon, us returning control of this board to local trustees,” says Education Minister Paul Calandra.

Staff reductions are included in a deficit budget approved by the Near North District School Board while a balanced fiscal plan has been approved at the Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board.

West Ferris Secondary's Jiya Savsani returns from last week's Canada-Wide Science Fair in Edmonton with another national bronze medal.

Changes are coming to White Woods Public School and Northern Secondary School in West Nipissing.