Nova Scotia Education Department

• Nova Scotia education minister under pressure to release school ventilation test results

  The Nova Scotia Department of Education insists it has completed ventilation checks at all its schools, but it doesn't have data in-house to show it.

  Education

  Jan 18, 2021
  
• Spike in COVID-19 cases renews parent concerns about keeping Halifax-area schools open

  After a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases in the Halifax area, some parents are renewing a conversation about whether schools should remain open or closed.

  Nov 26, 2020
  
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• Parents of children with chronic conditions feel limited by N.S. return-to-school plan

  Adriana Steele says she’s still not at a point where she feels comfortable sending her son back into a public school setting.

  Education

  Sep 11, 2020
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• N.S. host family, student ‘devastated’ by international exchange cancellation due to pandemic

  The Nova Scotia government decided late last week that secondary students from outside the Atlantic bubble won't be allowed back in.

  Aug 25, 2020
• Parents call on Nova Scotia business community to support action on back-to-school concerns

  Parents call on the Nova Scotia business community to support them in their quest for a government response to back-to-school concerns.

  Education

  Aug 21, 2020
• Union leaders raise safety concerns over Nova Scotia’s back-to-school plan

  Unions that represent education workers say there isn’t enough work being done by the province to satisfy the concerns they've raised by Sept. 8, the day that classes are set to resume.  

  Education

  Aug 19, 2020
• Advocates call for an early ‘window’ into Nova Scotia’s plan for schools

  The Education Department will release its plan for schools by the end of the month, but some parent and teacher advocates are concerned about transparency.

  Education

  Jul 10, 2020
• Nova Scotia’s plan for students to return to school coming in late July: Centres for Education

  An HRCE report stated the province is currently working on a learning plan to be approved by Nova Scotia's public health officials by late July.

  Education

  Jun 30, 2020
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• Halifax parents concerned new CSAP high school will bring boundary changes

  "We're just in the dark, we're really anxious, we don't know what's going to happen."

  Education

  Jan 22, 2020
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• Arbitrator orders province to take ‘immediate action’ on teaching specialist ruling: NSTU

  The NSTU states it is pleased with the outcomes of the award and the clarifications made.

  Crime

  Dec 11, 2019