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May 31, 2023

York Catholic school board won’t fly Pride flag

York Catholic school board won’t fly Pride flag

By a vote of 6-4, the York Catholic District School Board voted against raising the Pride flag at the Catholic Education Centre in Aurora, Ont., for the month of June.

Published in Canada
April 15, 2021

York Catholic School Board education director leaves a month into job

Robert Hofstatter

The York Catholic District School Board is looking for a new director of education after Robert Hofstatter made his exit after just over one controversial month in the role.

Published in Canada
June 6, 2019

York teachers facing layoffs

York teachers facing layoffs

Teacher layoffs will be a reality for some York Catholic teachers as the school board struggles with an anticipated $7.7 million budget shortfall for the 2019-20 school year.

Published in Canada
May 4, 2019

Schools planning for a shady future

An outdoor classroom, this one with an Indigenous theme, has been built amid the green space at St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School in Newmarket.

Kent Shadwick has seen all kinds of numbers that suggest the youth of today are facing a future that includes a rise in skin cancer cases.

Published in Catholic Education
May 7, 2014

York board asks OECTA to recant its support of pride parade

York trustees voted in favour of Cathy Ferlisi’s (pictured) motion to write a formal letter calling on the teachers’ union to withdraw from participating in the parade formerly known as the Gay Pride Parade during its April 29 board meeting.

The York Catholic District School Board is formally opposing the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association’s decision to participate in the World Pride Parade this June.

Published in Canada
December 5, 2012

New director appointed for York board

Patricia Preston will replace Susan LaRosa who is retiring after 15 years as director of education on 1 January 2013

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, the York Catholic District School Board will celebrate both the new year and the beginning of Patricia Preston’s reign as director of education.

Published in Education