Community Dialogue

Emerging Priorities

My Response As my Vision and Mission Statement clearly indicate, what I advocate for is stakeholder communication and collaboration. ...

wendyhough

Oct 20, 20181 min read

Teacher Absenteeism (Revised)

Concern was expressed with regard to my earlier comment that I would support making teacher absenteeism data publicly accessible. This...

wendyhough

Oct 10, 20184 min read

Bay Ward / Zone 4 Challenges

What issues directly affect our schools? Some have asked me what challenges are directly affecting my ward / zone. These were some of my...

wendyhough

Oct 7, 20182 min read

EQAO

Do we really need it? The straight out question - where do you stand on EQAO and standardized testing in general? My Response Now there's...

wendyhough

Oct 7, 20182 min read

Supporting At Risk Youth

How can we put them on the right path? This is an other issue that was raised by the Elementary Teachers Federation. They asked...

wendyhough

Oct 5, 20181 min read

Violence in the Classroom

Are students safe in the classroom? Concern about the the violence in the classroom was brought to me through a questionnaire distributed...

wendyhough

Oct 5, 20182 min read

Indigenous Issues

Will they learn more about the history? I received this very thoughtful question: What do you see as the role of schools in making sure...

wendyhough

Oct 4, 20182 min read

Alternative Schools

Is it right for my kid(s)? The OCDSB has a number of Alternative Schools - people have asked my thoughts regarding their role in the...

wendyhough

Oct 4, 20182 min read

Budget Priorities

Is it being used equally? This question has been, quite understandably, a common visitor to my inbox. Budget decisions form a goodly...

wendyhough

Sep 27, 20181 min read

Potential Funding Cuts

Will their education be affected? This issue has also been raised by a number of constituents. There is growing concern that we may be...

wendyhough

Sep 18, 20181 min read

Health & Physical Education Curriculum

Are our children going to get enough information? This has been by far the most common question that I have been asked. People want to...

wendyhough

Sep 10, 20182 min read

Special Education

Every child deserves the proper education for them. A number of people have wanted to know my thoughts about the current Special...

wendyhough

Sep 8, 20181 min read

Hot Schools

When is hot too hot? This topic was brought up by my own very red-faced teenager upon arriving home from school earlier this week. She...

wendyhough

Sep 5, 20181 min read

Teacher Absenteeism

What is the impact? The issue of an increase in teacher absenteeism was brought to me by two concerned members of our community; one was...

wendyhough

Aug 22, 20182 min read

Operational Effectiveness

How to measure outcomes? The issue of how school boards are measuring, assessing and reporting on operational effectiveness was also...

wendyhough

Aug 22, 20182 min read

Community Dialogue

Welcome to my community dialogue. As people are bringing issues to me in person or by e-mail I will share their ideas and my responses with you. I will keep adding to the list over the weeks to come.