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Parents are weighing in on proposed school boundary changes within the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. The board held its first community engagement meeting on Wednesday evening following the release of four proposed strategies to alleviate growing pains. Robert Lothian has the details.

Sweeping changes are on the horizon for Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. The Peterborough region’s growing population is leading to overcrowding and now the board has released new consultation plans to overhaul boundaries. Robert Lothian reports.

Clarington students could soon be looking at major changes, after Provincial officials gave the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board the green light to move ahead with the new school in Bowmanville. Emma Convey reports.

Enrollment pressures at Crestwood Secondary and Crestwood Intermediate School in Peterborough were a hot topic Tuesday evening. At its meeting, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board approved program changes for three feeder elementary schools. Kayla Guerrette has more.

The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit is now in the process of sending out suspension notices to some parents if their child has not had proper immunizations, or an updated records. This includes all school boards within the health unit’s jurisdiction. Tricia Mason has the details on what families need to know before...

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has pumped the brakes on a program for highly-motivated students. Starting next year, enrolment into the International Baccalaureate Program is now cancelled. As Robert Lothian reports, the decision isn’t sitting well with some parents.

KPRDSB is dealing with major overcapacity in some of its schools – the board’s administration now looking at ways to remedy the situation. Sam Houpt reports that it could lead to some changes for students next school year.

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board administration is recommending scrapping the International Baccalaureate, or ‘IB’ program in Peterborough and Cobourg. It has caused a stir among some parents, who argue the program should be a mainstay. Sam Houpt has the story…

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board may discontinue its two IB programs; possible 5% drop in average home cost for Peterborough by year’s end; donations now accepted for Women’s Business Network of Peterborough’s annual auction supporting YWCA Peterborough Haliburton; Skytracker weather. Tricia Mason has the details.

Some major changes could be coming to school boundaries in the Peterborough region. The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board says it is dealing with overcapacity issues at several schools. And officials say based on population projections, the issue may get worse. Tricia Mason has the latest.

100.5 Fresh Radio host Pete Dalliday joins Teresa Kaszuba for your local sports headlines. On the agenda today: Peterborough Petes get set for a three-in-three series, starting tonight against the London Knights; Drive Pink campaign begins; Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board twins get the ‘W’ in cross country meet; Terry Fox Rally hosted by...

NOTE: The interview incorrectly stated the data was from January to April 2023. The data for the school board actually encompasses the school year from September 2022 to April 2023. A recent provincial survey finds that an alarming number of elementary school staff across the province have either been subjected to, or witnessed, violence against...

Students are heading back to school next week, and once again, things are going to look very different due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Teresa Kaszuba spoke with Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board chair Diane Lloyd about what students will need before returning to the classroom.

Students were set to return to classrooms Monday-until a massive snow storm threw the province’s back to school plan out the window. Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board chair Diane Lloyd joined the Morning Show Monday to talk about what the board had in place to help keep students and educators safe.

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board will hold its 20th annual parent conference October 16th. It will be virtual and free for parents to attend. The guest speaker is child and youth psychiatrist Dr. David Templeman, author of A Teenager’s Guide to Life: The Secret to Living Life and Being Happy. Our Teresa Kaszuba...

Union reps from Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic School Board are worried about a lack of physical distancing and say the cohorts that government officials are promising, just can’t happen. Jessica Nyznik reports.

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and public teachers’ unions want educators to be vaccinated sooner rather than later. They’re calling on the province to immunize school staff during the April break. Jessica Nyznik reports.

Choirfest on Wednesday in Port Hope, Ont., featured six Kawartha Pine Ridge District School board elementary schools . The non-competitive celebration concluded with all the choirs joining together to sing The Tragically Hip’s Ahead By a Century, as a tribute to the late Gord Downie.

Diane Lloyd, chairperson of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, says the board is against the province’s decision to rollback the sex-education curriculum to what was taught in 1998.

The theme for Orange Shirt Day, the precursor to the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, is “every child matters”. In the country’s effort to bring about truth and reconciliation, how do we explain that truth to our children? James Brake, superintendent of education at Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and responsible for indigenous...