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Chuck Reid Announces Retirement(0)

August 31, 2010

At the Board meeting of Monday, August 30, 2010 the Board was advised of Director Chuck Reid’s intention to retire after more than 30 years service to public education. He also decided that he would [...]

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Board Revisits Wingham Site Deadline

Citing progress toward additional funding, the Avon Maitland District School Board has withdrawn its deadline for changing the site of the new North Huron School Project. In a special board meeting on Monday, August 30, [...]

Board Appreciative of North Huron Community Support

Petition will be forwarded to Minister of Education On August 20, 2010 Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell announced that she was pleased to see a groundswell of community support for the new North Huron Elementary School proposal [...]

Board Sets August 31 Deadline for North Huron School Site

The Avon Maitland District School reports that while progress is being made towards its plan to build a new elementary school in Wingham at its preferred location, there remain a number of hurdles. The current [...]

Board Meeting Highlights – Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Board Approves Balanced Budget for 2010/2011 The Board approved a balanced budget for the 2010-2011 school year following a recommendation from the Finance Committee. The focus in balancing was to protect, to the great degree [...]

Board Facing Significant Challenges with North Huron School

The Avon Maitland District School Board and the North Huron Municipal Council are both committed to continue working together on the site details for the proposed new North Huron Elementary School. The Board would like [...]

Board Meeting Highlights – Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Zurich and Usborne Schools to Close, 7-8′s Moving to South Huron District High School Following a lengthy discussion in Committee of the Whole Open, the Board approved, pursuant to Board Policy No. 18, Pupil Accommodation [...]

Board Matches Province in Grade 10 Literacy Test

Each year EQAO administers the Provincial Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), and as required grade 10 students in Avon Maitland District School Board schools participated. Of the 1296 students who wrote the test in [...]

Board Meeting Highlights – Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Character Attribute Integrity – Doing what is right and honourable Vice-Chair Doug Pratley Good News Stratford High Schools Challenge to Become the Biggest Loser This week marked the beginning of an Energy Conservation challenge between [...]

Want to be a School Board Trustee?

On June 9, 2010 the Board will be holding a special information session for people considering the idea of becoming a school board trustee. It will held at the Education Centre in Seaforth at 7:30 [...]