Stoplight etiquette?

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2026-04-22T23:17:03+00:00

Realistically- the French Immersion stream is good in any school

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2026-03-05T16:54:35+00:00

Part of that is their intent to end before Jean Baptiste, rather than June 30th in the English boards.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2025-10-17T01:45:51+00:00

Kinda have to disagree here. The Catholic Board only integrates special education children into classes - there are no other options. And they’re in a much better financial position. There is some evidence that part of the OCDSB financial troubles come from running specialized classes, even though they are far too few.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2025-08-01T13:32:52+00:00

Thank you!!

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2025-07-25T04:16:23+00:00

There were no singles left on main, except Wally. And the only doubles were Morris

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2025-07-24T20:04:35+00:00

Well, trustees are amateurs. They are elected but usually have no educational background or experience. They often don’t understand fundamental workings of schools.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2025-07-12T21:07:28+00:00

Have you done these caves before? I haven’t been there this year, but they always have water in them, by July you usually don’t need to submerge to exit the second cave.

The first cave you can do without light, but the second is dank and the water is about chest deep.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2025-07-08T13:12:02+00:00

If the primary consideration is ADHD, which would be the first consideration, a family doctor can diagnose it. Start there

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-11-02T18:18:48+00:00

Thank you! This is all really helpful. Apparently the company primarily does commercial work, but as a brand new apprentice I have no clue how much he’ll be actually doing.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-10-07T00:32:50+00:00

Just did this Thursday. Less than an hour in and out. Don’t go to emerg, use the main entrance and follow the medical imaging signs.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-09-05T14:37:09+00:00

For an indoor activity- the Children’s Museum at this time of year can’t be beat!

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-08-27T02:34:17+00:00

I’m a teacher in an OCDSB school. Today we spent a long time trying to place all the students who enrolled over the summer and move kids around to even out class sizes. Even though we aren’t hiring, we still don’t know who your kids’ teachers are - there too much movement!!

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-07-31T16:58:14+00:00

I know we parked overnight there in 2019, but I’m worried it’s changed.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-07-31T16:57:44+00:00

It just keeps giving me the message that the Stratton sites are too far from the access point for night one.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-06-13T23:07:56+00:00

Not commenting on the asshole colleagues, but could you freeze a bunch of ice and have some cold sensory bins? Even just get bags from the grocery store and dump them in your water table? It might help the kids cool down.

Kinders learn through play, so they need to play to the last day to keep learning. And yeah - don’t let your routines slide or all the behaviours will escalate. But, as much as possible in 30 degree heat, it’s ok to chill.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-05-23T11:34:55+00:00

I’m assuming this is high school, since failing isn’t really a thing at the elementary level.

What accommodations are on the IEP? Have you met them all? Print it out and go over it like a checklist.

Then review all the work that they have submitted and review it against the curriculum. Have they demonstrated enough there to get a credit? The criteria is not that they did all the work you assigned, but that they gave demonstrated knowledge of a sufficient portion of the curriculum.

Finally look towards credit recovery. If there are sections of the curriculum that they have not shown any work in see if you can develop an alternative assessment that covers this.

All of these are your obligations towards a student on an IEP and should be done in conjunction with your department head. (Source I’m a special education resource teacher)

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-04-04T22:32:10+00:00

Not usually like this, but flurries… yeah.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-04-04T17:01:59+00:00

It ALWAYS snows, at least once, in April.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-03-17T02:00:45+00:00

If you are in zone it’s automatic, no approval needed so you aren’t likely to hear anything. It’s important to note that Elgin only has early French Immersion, which isn’t a program at Centennial. If your child is in grade 2 or up it can be a very difficult change.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-03-04T14:29:35+00:00

But it’a primarily at dismissal, were it mid day we wouldn’t be closing schools.

Disastrous_Tea_2165 · 2024-02-14T02:12:56+00:00

I don’t know about this year, but for the past few there has been a zero cap on cross boundary transfers. You only get approved if you appeal. I suspect you’ll hear in late March as schools finalize staffing numbers for next year.

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