On Wednesday morning, CUPE Ontario said education workers have given 5-days notice of a potential province-wide strike. The UGDSB is monitoring this situation closely and our contingency planning continues. We will do whatever we can to keep students learning in-person,…
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Labour Update: Regarding February 21, 2020 February 12, 2020 On Friday February 21, 2020, all schools in the Upper Grand District School Board will be closed to students, due to a province-wide, one-day strike by several education unions. If this…
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By Joanne Shuttleworth – GUELPH — Upper Grand elementary students will still be getting only Letters of Promotion at the end of the school year. But their report cards, containing marks only and not comments, will be available for pick…
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Sigh… As always, it seems like children will once again be the losers when the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) escalates their work-to-rule strike action on October 28th. This latest strike action is part of a cumulative work-to-rule directive…
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Following suit with school boards across the province, elementary teachers with the Upper Grand District School Board will not be issuing final report cards for their students this year. Instead, parents will be receiving a Letter of Promotion regarding their…
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