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Rachel Chernos Lin is TDSB Trustee for Ward 11.
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Schools

New faces are coming to Leaside’s schools

September 1, 2022 Rachel Chernos Lin

As I write this column on a hot and sunny August day, it is hard to imagine we are just three and a half weeks away from the first day of school, scheduled for Wed., …more

Photo of Northlea Public School.
Schools

After-hours gatherings are turning Leaside school grounds into danger zones

December 1, 2021 Rachel Chernos Lin

For the last year and a half, teenage socialization has been particularly affected because of the pandemic. While we are all relieved that vaccination uptake is high among our teens, allowing them to reconnect with …more

TDSB Trustee Rachel Chernos Lin.
Schools

Indigenous education and the TDSB

September 1, 2021 Rachel Chernos Lin

With the confirmation of unmarked graves of Indigenous children at residential school sites across Canada, the trauma inflicted by the residential school system upon Indigenous communities must remain at the forefront of our societal conscience. …more

Rachel Chernos Lin.
Schools

The new school year will look different

August 1, 2021 Rachel Chernos Lin

It may be summer, but here at the TDSB we are already well into planning for the 2021-2022 school year. Although it is always exciting to prepare for a new school year, this summer already …more

Schools

Leaside schools pivot again

February 1, 2021 Rachel Chernos Lin

Currently, due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, all Toronto schools are closed to in-person learning until at least February 10, 2021. When the first shutdown occurred after March Break last year, the TDSB …more

Schools

Where are we with back-to-school?

November 1, 2020 Rachel Chernos Lin

During the summer, the Ministry of Education announced that publicly-funded school boards in Ontario would be required to begin the 2020-2021 school year by offering two teaching systems: in-person and virtual learning. For the TDSB, …more

In 2020 LHS will celebrate its 75th anniversary.
Schools

Leaside schools rise to the COVID-19 challenge

May 1, 2020 Rachel Chernos Lin

When the provincial government announced a ministerial order to close all publicly-funded schools on the late afternoon of March 12, 2020 due to concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19, senior executive staff at the TDSB …more

Schools

Consulting the community on school improvement

March 1, 2020 Rachel Chernos Lin

One of the main goals of the TDSB’s Multi-Year Strategic Plan is to build strong relationships and partnerships within school communities to support student learning and wellbeing. With this goal in mind, one question we …more

Bessborough School in Leaside.
Schools

Advocating for school capacity in planning decisions

December 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

The Laird in Focus Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) is a development plan currently working its way through city government and described on the City’s website as “a vision and plan to guide growth …more

Leaside High Entrance.
Schools

Larger class sizes add pressure at Leaside schools

October 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

Having officially taken office only last December, I am now experiencing my first September as a school board trustee. With three kids of my own in three different TDSB schools this year, I had a …more

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Agnes Campbell Macphail was once described as “the most important woman in public life that Canada has produced in the 20th century.”  In 1921 she blazed a trail for women with her election to the ...more
Recent Posts
  • SOL reflects on Leaside’s legislative “annus horribilis”
  • Our very own Trustee Rachel Chernos Lin is the new chair of the TDSB
  • Getting pickled in Leaside
  • Celebrating Dr. Erin Boynton’s life in motion
  • Bread, baby, bread
  • Get fit, be fit, stay fit with Leaside trainer Tom Toth
  • Leaside Events January 2023
  • Editor’s Welcome – January 2023
  • The Curious Idler – January 2023
  • Considering a laneway home or garden suite?
  • The Video-ettes: Leaside’s husband-and-wife novelty musical team
  • Different Ford, similar issues
  • Bessborough School turns 100 this year
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