Poll: What is your decision for your children and the 2020-2021 school year?

Kingston Transit offers opt-in semester passes for post-secondary students

ALCDSB school calendar released for 2020-2021

Queen’s shares plans for managing students living on campus this fall

Queen’s shares residence update for first-year undergraduates

Kingston Transit terminates bus pass agreement with Queen’s, SLC

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, children, coronavirus, COVID-19, home schooling, in-person classes, Kingston, Limestone District School Board, online classes, pandemic, poll, public school, remote classes, remote learning, students

With the 2020-2021 school year fast approaching, and with new information coming out daily on what the different models of curriculum delivery will look like, we want to hear from those in Kingston and the area about the decisions they’ve made with regard to their children for the upcoming school

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August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, Councillor Peter Stroud, Councillor Simon Chapelle, Jeremy DaCosta, Kingston City Council, Kingston Transit, Kingston Transit passes, mandatory student fees, opt-in student transit passes, post-secondary students, Queen's Alma Mater Society (AMS), Queen's University, St. Lawrence College, St. Lawrence College Student Association, student fees, student transportation passes

Post-secondary students have the option to purchase a Kingston Transit student pass for the fall semester, after the universal ridership agreement was cancelled earlier this summer. Kingston Transit has collaborated with The Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University and The Student Association of St. Lawrence College to provide an option

Education Family News

July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, calendar, March Break, PA Days, school, school calendar, school year, Winter Break

The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board has released its calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. On June 30, 2020, school boards were asked to resubmit proposed school calendars for the 2020-2021 school year in order to accommodate additional criteria that was set by the Ministry of Education. This

Campus News

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, COVID-19, floor-based communities, international students, Julie Brown, move-in week, Queen's University, residences, self-isolation, students

Queen’s University has released new information on how they plan to manage the arrival of students for the 2020-2021 academic year, during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Julie Brown, Media Relations Officer for the University, Queen’s will be offering students rooms in floor-based communities, with other students in the same

Campus News

June 16, 2020July 7, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, campus, COVID-19, first-year students, in-person classes, nursing students, online learning, physical distancing, Queen's University, residences, single-occupancy residence rooms, virtual learning

Queen’s University has confirmed that up to 2,300 students will be able to live in on-campus residences this fall, while maintaining compliance with physical distancing and public health requirements. “This is approximately 50 per cent of our normal capacity, therefore not every first-year student will be able to live in

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June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments 2020-2021 school year, agreements, City of Kingston, contracts, COVID-19, free bus passes, Jeremy DaCosta, Kingston, Kingston Transit, online classes, post-secondary institutions, Queen's University, St. Lawrence College, students

Editorial note: The original headline of this article stated that Kingston Tranist is terminating it’s contracts with Queen’s and SLC for “free bus passes.” In fact, those bus passes are covered by a student fee of $93 annually, so therefore not free. We have updated this article to reflect that.