Kate McCullough
Education Reporter at The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)
Education reporter for @TheSpec. @JSchool_CU alum. Get in touch: [email protected].
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Kate McCullough
Amid rising temperatures and an increase in heat waves and other extreme weather, less than half of Hamilton’s public schools are fully air-conditioned. It’s a massive, $200-million problem. And, according to board staff, it’s unlikely to be fixed any time soon. For the first time, the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) has made public a list of cooling rates at all of its schools.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Kate McCullough
Hamilton’s public school board is exploring the creation of a standalone Indigenous school to give students from kindergarten to Grade 12 “cultural immersion” while learning the Ontario curriculum. This next step aims to contribute to ongoing truth and reconciliation efforts in education, Indigenous education lead Jolene John said at a June 5 program committee meeting.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Kate McCullough
For three semesters, Ava Colangelo failed repeatedly. Until she didn’t. The graduating McMaster University student admits she didn’t get a mark over 60 per cent on a physics midterm until second semester of second year. By third year, Cs and Bs turned into As as she found her footing and interest: math. Now, she’s graduating with a degree in physics with a minor in math, and heading to Montreal’s McGill University in the fall for a master’s in atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Kate McCullough
One option costs $10,000 and the other costs 20 times that, according to a report going to the general issues committee on Wednesday. The seat was vacated by John-Paul Danko, who was in April elected as a member of Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, and was declared vacant on May 28.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Kate McCullough
City staff are recommending more than doubling the budget for Hamilton’s downtown art gallery and establishing joint ownership of its billion-dollar collection. Staff recommend city council direct them to provide the Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) with an additional $1.5 million on top of the $1 million already budgeted, “to ensure continuity of services” for the remainder of the year, according to a report going to the general issues committee on Wednesday.
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