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The area’s Catholic school board and teachers’ union have strongly spoken out against the provincial government’s online learning plan for the upcoming school year.
In a board meeting Tuesday evening, trustees with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario spoke of their concern about the proposed plan. They passed a motion to send a letter to all MPPs, including Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce, expressing their concerns.
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Earlier Tuesday, Lecce announced school boards would be required to offer virtual learning as an option for all students for the 2021-22 school year. The minister was sparse on details, only saying more information would come in the following months.
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The area’s Catholic school board and teachers’ union have strongly spoken out against the provincial government’s online learning plan for the upcoming school year.
In a board meeting Tuesday evening, trustees with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario spoke of their concern about the proposed plan. They passed a motion to send a letter to all MPPs, including Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce, expressing their concerns.
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Earlier Tuesday, Lecce announced school boards would be required to offer virtual learning as an option for all students for the 2021-22 school year. The minister was sparse on details, only saying more information would come in the following months.
Youth Support Worker roles available now with Simon Community
The local charity is urging the public to consider a career in youth homelessness
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Offering 10 rewarding Youth Support Worker roles, alongside experienced service manager and senior practitioner vacancies, the charity is looking to attract a mixture of skills and personalities to help deliver a service aimed at supporting at-risk young people within a community-based setting.
Monday, January 18, 2021 - 9:17 am
BY ADAM ATKINSON
North Country This Week
POTSDAM – The Potsdam town board has approved the 2021 salaries for elected officials and appointments and salaries for other municipal positions for the year.
The board held its annual reorganizational meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12, where they passed resolutions for the positions in accordance with the 2021 budget.
Salaries for the town’s elected officials were:
• Supervisor Ann Carvill, $40,000
• Deputy Supervisor Marty Miller, $5,120 which includes the normal board member salary of $4,120 plus an additional $1,000 for the deputy supervisor’s additional duties
• Town board members Sarah Lister, Judy Rich, Toni Kennedy, $4,120 each
• Town Clerk Cindy Goliber, $52,790
Cell phone service still suffering around the state
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Published Sep. 13, 2017
Wireless providers are continuing to assess cell tower damage across the state from Hurricane Irma while customers grapple with service outages.
About 20 percent of T-Mobile customers in Florida are experiencing disruptions as of Tuesday, including in the Tampa Bay region.
Some service loss is the result of power outages, and some towers are still unable to be restored because of blocked roads or flooding, according to an official T-Mobile statement.
About 10 percent of Verizon Wireless network facilities statewide are out of service, according to spokeswoman Katie Jay. Many of the functioning cell sites are running on backup power.