Ontario education minister Paul Calandra has put the Thames Valley District school board – home to 84,000 students – under Queen’s Park supervision following a controversial three-day Toronto retreat by top officials last summer that cost $38,000. Investigators, auditing the board’s books, found a lack of financial oversight in the budgeting process led to a […]
The Thames Valley District school board has hired a consultant as it overhauls its communications department, its top official says.
The Ministry of Education is saying little about its ongoing probe of the deficit-ridden Thames Valley school board including if the public will ever see the results.
After hefty increases in 2023, the pay for almost all senior administrator with the Thames Valley District school board dropped last year
A London-area union has launched a petition to raise expectations of London-area students and allow educators to evaluate students honestly.
The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board spent more than $300,000 in legal fees in February, its latest financial figures show, and it’s not saying why. “If you are looking for information on this matter, you will need to submit an FOI (Freedom of Information) request,” a spokesperson for the board said in an email. […]
The chair of the London District Catholic school board says he has declined an invitation to a conference at a Southwestern Ontario casino’s hotel this spring. Hosted by Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association, the conference is being held May 14 to 16 at Caesars Windsor hotel. “If it’s a trustees’ conference without professional development, I […]
Thames Valley’s education director refused to respond to questions from chair Beth Mail about the details of a senior administration retreat
More details emerge about Thames Valley District school board's use of a damage-control consulting firm that was paid more than $225,000.
The public silence from London trustees during a Thames Valley District school board scandal that re-ignited with the exits of its top officials amid leaves of absence by other administrators is unacceptable, a political observer says.
Education director Mark Fisher and associate director Linda Nicholls are no longer board employees, a spokesperson for the board said on Friday.
Ali Chahbar, the executive officer and general legal counsel of the Thames Valley District school board, is on leave, the board says