Nova Scotia Department Of Education

• Education Department misses target date on lead database for Nova Scotia school water

  After a groundbreaking investigation on lead in drinking water, the province promised to publish all lead test results by the start of the 2020 school year.

  Health

  Sep 4, 2020
  
• Middle Sackville mother raises concerns over lack of communication about courtesy busing

  "I never received anything, not knowing that I was just completely removed from all the lists." 

  Education

  Aug 27, 2020
  
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• Mandatory mask rule would be too difficult to enforce in schools, Nova Scotia teacher says

  Lalia Kerr, who has been teaching elementary for 30 years, says telling children between the ages of four and six to wear a mask won’t go over well.

  Education

  Aug 5, 2020
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• Nova Scotia parents call for more transparency in government’s back-to-school plan

  'Education is a human right and it is essential for the physical and psycho-social health of our children.'

  Education

  Jul 14, 2020
• Four-year-olds to be banned from N.S. school playground equipment

  The playground equipment has not been recommended by the School Insurance Program [SIP] for the use of children under the age of five.

  Education

  Jul 6, 2018
• Cole Harbour parent concerned after receiving robocall about vacant teacher positions

  An automated phone call to one parent in Cole Harbour has her concerned about teacher shortages nearly one month into the new school year.

  Education

  Sep 28, 2017
• ‘Overcapacity’ schools ongoing issue in Bedford, Hammonds Plains

  The Halifax Regional School Board has submitted recommendations for new schools infrastructure for the Charles P. Allen family of schools.

  Education

  Aug 18, 2017