District Education Council

• N.B. education council urges government to follow recommendations on Policy 713

  District education councils are considering what next steps to take following the release of the child and youth advocate's report on revisions to Policy 713.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2023
  
• ‘Here we go again’: Campbellton, N.B. officials seeking answers about delayed K-8 school

  "[Education Minister Dominic Cardy] assured us at that time that Campbellton would be next, so it was a very short meeting," says ex-city councillor Gilbert Cyr.

  Education

  Dec 12, 2021
  
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• ‘Voting is extremely important to us’: Advance polls open in New Brunswick

  19,000 New Brunswickers voted in advance polls as of Saturday afternoon, according to Elections New Brunswick. Election day for most of the province is May 10.

  Politics

  May 1, 2021
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• ‘We’re overtime’: DEC members join municipal councillors waiting for election call

  "The DEC itself, most of us agreed at the end of June last year, that we would stay on until government decided when the DEC elections should be."

  Politics

  Oct 6, 2020
• Controversy follows N.B. Attorney General’s Facebook comment on District Education Councils

  In a post earlier this month Andrea Anderson-Mason suggested the province was looking at "dismantling" DEC's.

  Education

  Oct 30, 2019
• Education council rejects Anglophone East School District budget proposal

  Angela Lawson, one of the school district's councillors, said she fully supports the proposed inclusive education model but noted that "there wasn't funding attached" in the budget.

  Education

  Sep 18, 2019
• NB. parents pushing for French Immersion feel ‘unfairly treated’ by Anglophone school district

  Parents of students at Kingsclear Consolidated School in Fredericton say they're frustrated by the school district's decision not to implement a French Immersion program at the school. They say they are being treated unfairly and say having the program could help boost enrollment and protect the school from the possibility of being closed.

  Education

  Jun 8, 2018
• Hanwell, N.B., officials and parents call on province to build school in their community

  The mayor of the Rural Community of Hanwell says hundreds of children, including his own, have to spend nearly two hours a day busing to and from school in Fredericton.

  Nov 4, 2017
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• Early French Immersion changes continue to spark opposition in NB

  The Anglophone South District Education officially opposed the province's decision to revert to Grade 1 entry point for Early French Immersion, citing resource concerns

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2016