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| Updated June 11, 2019
Clarington, Ont. Ontario’s job market was in a slump when I graduated York University in 2008, so I jumped at the first opportunity for employment. I started answering phones and doing admin work for an investment advisor in Toronto. It wasn’t glamorous, but it paid the bills. Over the next eight years, I made decent money with base pay, commission and bonuses, but I was unhappy with my career. I wasn’t passionate about the work, and my mental health suffered in the workplace.
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I started having panic attacks. I ended up on long-term disability when they grew more regular and severe. My pay was cut, but my benefits and health insurance remained. When I tried to return to work, I was faced with criticism and anger from colleagues. “It must be nice to take extra time off in the summer,” they said. Our morning small talk over coffee was reduced to hurried hellos and a lack of eye contact. My return to work was unsuccessful.
Borchers’ contract extended a year
Oakridger
The Oak Ridge Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night to have Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bruce Borchers serve as superintendent for another year.
School Board Chairman Keys Fillauer made the motion, and Vice Chairwoman Laura McLean and members Erin Webb and Ben Stephens all seconded at the same time.
“I have found that the superintendent is always readily available to myself and to other board members,” Fillauer said at the meeting, adding he is “efficient” at providing information to the school board members.
He gave as an example someone recently posting a photo on Facebook of firetrucks at Oak Ridge High School. Lauren Gray, city of Oak Ridge senior communications specialist, told The Oak Ridger that incident was a false alarm, involving steam from a dishwasher. She said the false alarm happened just before 6:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25.
Policy OK’d for ORHS block scheduling
Oakridger
The Oak Ridge Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday night to require more credits for students to graduate Oak Ridge High School, which is in keeping with Principal Garfield Adams plans to adopt block scheduling.
Adams explained the reasoning behind his request to change the requirements in an email to The Oak Ridger.
Under the current schedule, students can earn a maximum of 7.5 credits per school year. This adds up to 30 credits by the end of their high school career.
“However, this is very rare,” Adams said, explaining that due to guided studies and junior and senior year full lunch periods, most students get 25 credits.