District News

A reminder to all students and families that the first day of school for the 2024-2025 school year is Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Tuesday, September 3 is a Professional Activity (P.A.) Day for Limestone staff, and there are no classes for students.

Boardroom Briefs is intended to provide highlights of presentations, reports and decisions made at the regular meeting of the Limestone District School Board of Trustees. The following are highlights of the August 21, 2024, Committee of the Whole Board Meeting.

All school boards in Ontario, including ours, will now evaluate their Directors of Education every year, as of March 2024. This new annual assessment will be based on both mandatory criteria and any specific priorities set by our school board, as required by Ontario Regulation 83/24.

Dear Families, Given we have reached the end of this school year for students, I want to express my sincere gratitude for your support and partnership over the past school year. While every school year comes with different challenges, I hope this year has been one of learning and growth.

Several Limestone District School Board (LDSB) graduates have been awarded significant scholarships to put toward their post-secondary education this fall. Seth Morency has been selected to receive a $120,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship to study engineering at Dalhousie University.

Limestone District School Board is thrilled to announce that Lara Paterson, a dedicated member of the Limestone team, has been awarded the prestigious Ophea Award of Distinction.

Limestone’s Board of Trustees had the honour of having the Skills Ontario Competition Awards at the Education, Policy, and Operations Committee meeting on June 5, 2024.

June is National Indigenous History Month. This month is an opportunity to learn about the diverse cultures, traditions, and experiences of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.

Boardroom Briefs is intended to provide highlights of presentations, reports and decisions made at the regular meeting of the Limestone District School Board of Trustees. These briefs do not serve as the official record of the meeting.

The Limestone District School Board is seeking new members for the Technical Advisory Group for the next phase of Student Census data collection. The purpose of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is to give advice, opinions, and make recommendations in the design of methods for data collection,

A version of this message is available to be translated into multiple languages. Over the weekend, the Ministry of Education shared with us an important update to Policy/Program 128: The Provincial Code of Conduct and School Boards Code of Conduct regarding restricting/limiting cellphones and vapes