News & Links

Links

• Thames Valley District School Board
• Community Schools Alliance Facebook Group
• A Community Based Perspective on Accommodation Reviews

In the News

2019

• Annual Report of the Chair 2019
• Submission to Class Size Consultation
• The School Closing Game

2017

• Support of Retroactive Moratorium on School Closures
• "Closing our schools will tear the heart out of our community!"

2016

• Watchdog urges Ontario to ensure ‘fair, equitable’ education for all students

• Rural Schools ( CBC Audio Interview )

• CBC Ontario Morning Show November 23, 2016 Podcast
  

2015

• Surplus schools could be possible locations for wider community use Aug 11 2015
• School board urged to 'slow down' ARC process

2014

• Penetanguishene school Sept 5 2014
• Gerry for Mayor Penetanguishene Video Sept 5 2014
• Closure decision results in legal action Sept 3 2014
• Penetanguishene mayor fights to keep high school open Sept 3 2014
• Letter to Bratina May 7 2014
• Small-town and rural Ontario leaders want a reprieve from school closings April 21 2014

2010

• Friends of NDSS ask for judicial review of school closure
• Boards Seeking Political Input" London Free Press Feb 23, 2010

2009

• "Outdated formula in need of updating" London Free Press Nov 11, 2009
• "County throws support behind school moratorium" Goderich Signal Star Oct 21, 2009  
• "Community partnerships with schools needs funding" Oct 20 Sudbury Star  
• "Groups readies email flood" London Free Press October 6, 2009 
• "Group fights closures - Community Schools Alliance on agenda of special school board meeting tonight" Orillia Times & Packet Sept 16, 2009 
• "Alliance calls for halt to school closings"  The community Press Sept 11, 2009
• "Board offers to talk about possible school closings" Strathroy Age Dispatch Sept 9, 2009
• "Rural schools lifeblood of community: Dombrowsky" Bellville Intelligencer Sept 4, 2009
• "Politician take school closure fight to province" York Region Sept 2, 2009
• "No special status for rural schools" Guelph Mercury Sept 2, 2009
• "School Alliance Will Meet With Board" MyFM Radio August 27, 2009
• "Want say in closings" The Daily Observer August 27, 2009
• "TVDSB promises dialogue" St Thomas Times Journal August 26, 2009
• "Minister won't bend on school closures" St Catherines Standard August 24, 2009
• "Small-town mayors seek moratorium on school closure" Guelph Mercury August 23, 2009
• "Alliance meets with education minister to discuss moratorium on disputed closures" Niagara Advance August 20, 2009
• "Time for Trustees to Act" Owen Sound Sun Times August 20, 2009
• "School Alliance Lobbies Minister" London Free Press August 20, 2009
• "School closings Fight" AM980 Radio August 18, 2009
• "CSA gets meeting with Minister of Education Lord Mayor and members of CSA will sit down with Minister at AMO conference in Ottawa" Niagara Town Crier August 14, 2009
• "Alliance seeks support for smart moratorium" Stayner Sun August 13, 2009
• "Rural schools group gets to make case to minister" August 13, 2009
• "County starts school alliance"  Innisfil Scope August 12, 2009
• "Locally Formed School Group to Meet with Wynne" MyFM August 11, 2009
• "Rural-school advocates get chance to lobby Education Minister" LFP August 11, 2009
• "Creative thinking on school closings" Toronto Star August 10, 2009
• "Ontario municipalities asked to support moratorium that could save NDSS" Niagara Advance July 2009
• "Alliance steps up battle to save rural schools" London Free Press July 8, 2009
• "Board holds off decision on school closings" The Enterprise Bulletin - Simcoe June 20, 2009
• "County vows to fight trend to close schools" London Free Press May 10, 2009 
• "Development strategy to fight closing of rural schools" Parkhill Gazette  May 20, 2009
• "County to wade into fight for schools" Strathroy Age Dispatch May 21, 2009

2008

• "Parents defend rural schools" London Free Press September 10, 2008
• "Timing of school-closing meeting 'bad judgment' " London Free Press October 14, 2008
• "Thames Valley trustees close three rural schools" London Free Press October 15, 2008
• "Trio of London schools next on hit list" London Free Press October 16, 2008
• "Parents pull pupils in protest" London Free Press October 22, 2008
• "Boycott battles school closing" London Free Press October 23, 2008
• "Frustration boils over closings" London Free Press October 30, 2008

Documents & Articles

• Letter from Doug Reycraft to Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Education for Ontario July 7, 2009
• Memorandum from Nancy Naylor, Ontario Ministry of Education to Directors of Education June 2009 regarding Pupil Accommodation Review Guideline revised June 2009
• Ontario Ministry of Education Pupil Accommodation Review Guideline revised  June 2009
• "Small Schools, Assets not Liabilities"  Press Release National Association for Small Schools U.K.
• "Small Schools - Perfect Antidote to Toxic Childhood "  Mervyn Benford National Association for Small Schools U.K.
• "Paper to F40 group" Mervyn Benford National Association for Small Schools U.K. August 2008
• "The Right NOT to be bussed" Research by Terence Lee 1957 summarized by Mervyn Benford National Association for Small Schools U.K.
• "In Education" - Mervyn Benford May 2006
• "Downsizing – The Small School Movement" - Iain Hall "The Friday Missive" April 27, 2007 published by Future Leaders U.K.
• "The Good Behaviour Experience" National Association for Small Schools U.K. July 2008
• "Mergers Doomed to Fail" National Association for Small Schools U.K. December 2008
• "NASS Believes Smallness of Scale has Worth"  National Association for Small Schools U. K. Charter
• "Small Schools Work" Press Release Rural Academy of Cumbria U.K.  06.02.2009