Edwin G. Sep 2, 2025

Happy 100th birthday Hampstead Elementary School!

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/09/02/100-years-hampstead-elementary-celebrates/
- - -
Joyeux 100e anniversaire école primaire Hampstead!

// Article en anglais //

#Hampstead #Montréal #EMSB #CSEM

100 years strong: Hampstead Elementary school celebrates a century of learning | CityNews Montreal

Students at Hampstead Elementary return to class Tuesday morning, as the school marks its 100th anniversary. Opened in 1925, the school originally served children from the residential town of Hampstead. Today, it welcomes a diverse student population while remaining a central part of the community. The milestone will be celebrated with a special event attended […]

CityNews Montreal
Show threadEdwin G. Aug 12, 2025

EMSB board has confirmed that is joining the lawsuit.

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/08/11/emsb-legal-challenge-quebec-education-cuts/
- - -
Le conseil d’administration de la CSEM a confirmée qu’elle se joint à la poursuite.

// Article en anglais //

#Québec #Education #EMSB #CSEM

'A fight for all Quebec students': EMSB joins legal challenge against province's education cuts

The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) is joining a legal challenge against Quebec’s new education funding cuts. The school board adopted a motion at a special board meeting Monday afternoon to join the Quebec English School Boards Association’s (QESBA) court battle. All Quebec school boards that want to join the lawsuit will be holding similar […]

CityNews Montreal
Show threadEdwin G. Apr 15, 2025

The provincial government wants to sell the building hosting F.A.C.E. school instead of renovating it. Parents have started an official ePetition.

Article: https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/04/15/save-face-school-rally/
ePetition: https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/exprimez-votre-opinion/petition/Petition-11401/index.html
- - -
Le gouvernement provincial souhaite vendre l’immeuble qui accueille l’école F.A.C.E. au lieu de le rénover. Les parents ont lancé une ePétition officielle.

Article: en anglais
ePétition: https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/exprimez-votre-opinion/petition/Petition-11401/index.html

#Montréal #Education #CSSDM #EMSB #CSEM

F.A.C.E. School students, parents condemn Quebec plan to sell building | CityNews Montreal

Students of F.A.C.E. School in downtown Montreal protested through song outside City Hall on Monday evening to stand against the sale of their school after the Quebec Ministry of Education decided to scrap the planned renovations due to rising costs.

CityNews Montreal
Show threadEdwin G. Apr 7, 2025

Parents and students of F.A.C.E. school for a human chain around the school, ask the school not being sold.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/face-school-renovation-reaction-1.7503504
- - -
Les parents et les élèves de l’école F.A.C.E: forment une chaîne humaine autour de l’école, demandent qu’elle ne soit pas vendue.

// Article en anglais //

#Montréal #Education #CSSDM #EMSB #CSEM

'Please don't sell my school': FACE community protests after Quebec nixes renovation project | CBC News

The school week at FACE school near downtown Montreal started with a protest. Students and parents are hoping the Quebec government reconsiders its decision to nix much-needed renovations to the heritage building, which will lead to the permanent relocation of students to two different locations.

CBC
Edwin G. Apr 6, 2025

Repair program for the F.A.C.E. school in Montréal after cost estimates went up to $375M. Students to be relocated to two different locations in 2.5 and 4km away.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/face-school-renovations-1.7503199
- - -
Le programme de rénovations de l’école F.A.C.E. à Montréal est abandonné après que l’estimation a montée à 375M$. Les élèves seront relocalisés dans deux lieux différents à 2,5 et 4km.

// Article en anglais //

#Montréal #Education #CSSDM #EMSB #CSEM

Quebec scraps FACE school renovations after cost balloons to $375M | CBC News

The growing cost of renovating FACE — a bilingual school near downtown Montreal — is prompting the Quebec government to scrap the project altogether.

CBC
joe•iuculano Jun 19, 2024

Via #CTV News

The #EnglishMontrealSchoolBoard has scored the highest graduation rate in the province for 2022-23 school year

Chairperson #JoeOrtona made the announcement at a board meeting Tuesday evening

"I am immensely proud to announce #EMSB has once again reached the pinnacle of success, achieving an astounding 95.9% success rate," Ortona said @ meeting

That puts EMSB above provincial rate of 84.2%, & above private schools @ 93.5%

#Language #Montreal #Quebec

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/english-montreal-school-board-scores-highest-graduation-rate-in-quebec-1.6932279

English Montreal School Board scores highest graduation rate in Quebec

The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) has scored the highest graduation rate in the province in the 2022-23 school year.

Montreal
joe•iuculano Jun 3, 2024

Via #CTV News

The #EnglishMontrealSchoolBoard (EMSB) is celebrating after winning a pair of #legal decisions in its fight against #Quebec's #French-language law: #Bill96.

The #EMSB responded on Monday after the Quebec #CourtOfAppeal rejected a #CAQ challenge to the April #SuperiorCourt ruling that exempted the #English school board from certain sections of the #FrenchLanguageCharter.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/english-montreal-school-board-applauds-court-decision-on-french-language-law-1.6911374

English Montreal School Board applauds court decision on French-language law

The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) is celebrating after winning a pair of legal decisions in its fight against Quebec's French-language law.

Montreal
no more strolls for empressesMay 16, 2024

' not really one for anglophone pride (and any potential refusal to engage in French), ' not big on mandatory schooling, and the gazette and its publisher are worthy of much criticism, but the interview in this article https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/emsb-says-its-better-than-quebec-government-at-teaching-french is some damning.

Minister roberge's policies show evidence not so much of desire to protect the French language but more of real anglo hate, total disregard for reality and even his own previous whims.

It makes one question ever choosing to raise a kid in québec or even "Montréal"...

#FuckLeCAQ #Québec #EMSB

Hopefully Kanien'kéha and Anishnaabemowin will be offered as languages in the area soon.

| Montreal Gazette

"The CAQ needs to stop portraying the English-speaking community as a unilingual hub that refuses to learn French," EMSB chair Joe Ortona says.

Montreal Gazette
Global NewsApr 30, 2024
More groups join fight against Quebec’s controversial secularism law
The groups claim that the law, which bars many public sector workers, like teachers, from wearing religious attire at work, has caused people to lose jobs.
#globalnews #Canada #Bill21 #EMSB #FAE
https://globalnews.ca/news/10460914/groups-fight-quebec-secularism-law/
More groups join fight against Quebec’s controversial secularism law

The groups claim that the law, which bars many public sector workers, like teachers, from wearing religious attire at work, has caused people to lose jobs.

Global News
Global News MontrealApr 30, 2024
More groups join fight against Quebec’s controversial secularism law
The groups claim that the law, which bars many public sector workers, like teachers, from wearing religious attire at work, has caused people to lose jobs.
#globalnews #Canada #Bill21 #EMSB #FAE
https://globalnews.ca/news/10460914/groups-fight-quebec-secularism-law/
More groups join fight against Quebec’s controversial secularism law

The groups claim that the law, which bars many public sector workers, like teachers, from wearing religious attire at work, has caused people to lose jobs.

Global News