Mornings with Danny and Laura on 91.5 CKPR

Back to school fun today!!!

I was sent to Ridgeway and Edward Streets near Westmount School this morning to hang out with Darlene Archer..the Field Supervisor for Crossing Guards along with Carol and Sharon..the Crossing Guards. We were joined by Chad from the Thunder Bay Police Department as well as Brock and Dan from the Lakehead University Thunderwolves.

As we brought attention to the speed limits and safety of our students, we handed out Shower Radios to passersby. They loved it!!!

There were, however, two young men who did NOT look happy about returning to school. Actually, they SAID they were not happy about being there. Hopefully they were in a better mood after they arrived.



WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS....

A bit of a weird start to the season, because classes start before Labour Day. Why? This is to meet the Education Act’s mandate to provide a specific number of instructional days. Which is about 186 days for each school year.

The combined operating budgets of both school boards is roughly $250 million.

This past June saw the closure of Hillcrest High School – and today, Superior Vocational Collegiate Institute opens with almost 1,000 students. Also, this past June saw the closure of St. John’s School – and those students now heading over to Corpus Christi.

Iron Range Bus Lines and First Student Canada will be bussing students to school this year!! Did you know that Iron Range has been around for almost 70 years. Started by the Logozzo family in 1940, with one bus. That bus traveled back and forth from Kakabeka everyday. Iron Range now has over 120 buses, with about 150 staff members.

You know that the word “school” is a German word that originally meant “leisure”. AND, who do we have to thank for the concept of schooling? No official documentation on this…but it goes back to ancient Greek, ancient India, and ancient China as far back as 425 A.D.