Calgary Board Of Education

• Police take youth into custody, recover firearm at Bowness High School

  Police were called to Bowness High School just before 10 a.m. for reports of a student in possession of a firearm.

  Canada

  May 18
  
• Calgary student asks CBE to consider school holiday for Diwali

  A Calgary junior high student is asking the Calgary Board of Education to make Diwali and Holi traditional holidays for CBE schools.

  Canada

  May 16
  
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• Teacher shortage in Calgary grows as substitutes aren’t filling absences

  Administrators with the Calgary Board of Education are facing some serious challenges when it comes to teacher absences and the inability to fill the vacancies.

  Education

  May 2
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• Calgary Board of Education will form name review committee for Sir John A. Macdonald School

  The CBE board of trustees passed a motion on April 26 to form a name review committee for Sir John A. Macdonald School, according to a Monday morning statement.

  Education

  May 2
• Alberta criminologist advocates for both police and social workers in schools

  A Calgary-based criminologist is pushing for both police and more social workers in Alberta schools to help address a recent "influx of youth crime."

  Crime

  Apr 25
• Court documents allege ‘negligence’ by staff in sex assault case of former Calgary teacher

  New court documents by an education expert allege there was a culture of protecting former teacher Michael Gregory at the expense of the safety of children.

  Crime

  Jan 25
• 20 more students allege sexual assault against former Calgary teacher Michael Gregory

  Twenty new individuals have come forward, many with affidavits to support the class-action suit regarding alleged sexual abuse by Calgary teacher Michael Gregory.

  Crime

  Jan 20
• Calgary schools warn parents of possible at-home learning ahead of return to classes

  Given COVID-19's spread, "it would be impossible to fill this many vacancies from our current guest teacher pool, and equally impossible to maintain continuity of learning.”

  Education

  Jan 6
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• Calgary Board of Education asks judge to dismiss sexual misconduct suit from former students

  Students allege abuse by Michael Gregory and claim that administrators and staff with the public school board were aware of the accusations but did nothing.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2021
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• ‘I definitely feel cheated’: Former students suing dead Calgary teacher, board speak at news conference

  A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed by three former students of a Calgary junior high school alleging sexual misconduct by a teacher who died earlier this year.

  Crime

  Nov 29, 2021