Local school boards bracing for new Ontario attendance policy

Local school boards are preparing to deal with provincially-mandated changes to the attendance policies.This comes ahead of the start of the 2026-27 school year.Lambton Kent District School Board (LKDSB) CEO Gary Girardi said attendance and participation will now make up 15 per cent of the final mark in Grades 9 and 10, and 10 per cent of the final mark in Grades 11 and 12."How we look at those items has always been important to us, it's just that there's an assessment component t