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New COVID-19 cases at three LDSB schools

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Bayridge Secondary School, Frontenac Secondary School, J.R. Henderson Public School, KFL&A Public Health, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, positive case of COVID-19

Limestone District School Board (LDSB) has identified four new cases of COVID-19 at three of its schools. According to a

Local school bus operators run drive-by protest

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments demonstration, Gord Taylor, Jennifer Watson, Lake Ontario Park, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Ministry of Education, Portsmouth Avenue, protest, Request for proposal (RFP), school board trustee, school bus, school bus drivers, school bus operator, Tri-board transportation servies

Local school bus operators in Kingston held a drive-by demonstration outside Limestone District School Board (LDSB) headquarters on Wednesday, Dec.

Update: More Kingston schools declare cases of COVID-19

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 cases in school, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 screening, covid-19 symptoms, COVID-19 testing, École Catholique Cathédrale, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, LDSB, Marie-Rivier

Update (Friday, Dec. 11, 2020): On Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) announced two more cases

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LDSB reports two COVID-19 cases at separate schools: ‘No risk to students or staff’

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments active cases, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, COVID-19 case, COVID-19 case in school, Ecole Sir John A Macdonald, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Yellow Community status

Limestone District School Board (LDSB) has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 at local schools over the past week, but says

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Indie the intervention dog training to comfort Kingston high school students

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Ability Dogs Canada, Cataraqui Centre, COVID-19, dog training, Emma-Jane Hamilton, high school students, Indie, intervention dog, isolation, KCVI, Kingston Secondary School, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, mental health, Samantha Cooper, service animals, service dog, service dog training, student mental health

Through the doors of the BMO entrance at the Cataraqui Centre stands a group of masked humans, each holding leashes

LDSB puts focus on combatting anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, cirriculum, civil rights activist, Equity Action Plan, Equity Inclusion Coordinator, Equity Team, George Floyd, John Lewis, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, School Board Meetings, School Board Trustees, School trustees, Suchetan James, Trustee Judith Brown

School Board Trustees of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) voted Wednesday night to approve the draft of their 2020-2023

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LDSB: new dates to move between in-class and Virtual School model

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, elementary school, Krishna Burra, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, remote learning, secondary school, virtual school

As Kingston students complete the seventh week of the 2020-2021, Limestone District School Board (LDSB) is providing a chance to

Two new COVID-19 cases identified at Limestone District School Board schools

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments COVID-19, Ecole Polson Park PS, KCVI, LDSB

Limestone District School Board (LDSB) has identified two new cases of COVID-19 at two of its schools. The cases, which

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ETFO President says teachers nervous about school reopening

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments ALCDSB, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, back to school, chief medical officer, children, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. David Williams, education, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO), ETFO, health and safety, kids, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone Branch, Limestone District School Board, Limestone local, mandatory mask mandate, masking policies, masks at elementary schools, Minister Stephen Lecce, Ministry of Education, pandemic, physical distancing, Premier Doug Ford, President Jane Roberts, school, teachers

The President of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) local branch says teachers are apprehensive heading into the school

LDSB to require masks for all students, grades K-12

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Dr. Kirk Leifso, face masks, HEPA filters, KFL&A Public Health, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, mandatory mask mandate, Ministry of Education, plexiglass shields, School Board Trustees, Trustee Garrett Elliott

The Limestone District School Board (LDSB) has passed a unanimous motion to require face masks for all students, from kindergarten

Local boards readying as majority of students opt for in-class learning

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments ALCDSB, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, back to school, class sizes, COVID-19, covid-19 outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, Kingston, Krishna Burra, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Ministry of Education, outbreak

Kingston’s two largest school boards report that 90 per cent of their students will return for in-class learning this fall.

Questions remain as schools prepare for fall reopening

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments class sizes, cohorting, COVID-19, elementary school, Jane Douglas-Charanduk, Kingston, Krishna Burra, LDSB, Ministry of Education, remote classes, remote learning, school, school reopening, secondary school, Steven del Duca, Toronto Public Health

Limestone District School Board, the largest of four Kingston-area boards, is finalizing its reopening plans as September draws near. “We

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