Still Running Off at the Keyboard

Students at four Toronto Catholic schools will be attending classes year-round as the board pilots an alternative calendar that has shown to benefit at-risk children the most.

Trustees this week approved a plan to implement pilot programs at two elementary and two secondary schools for the 2009-2010 school year.

The schools will be chosen after extensive consultations with both staff and families, although the board is aiming to open them in the city's so-called "priority," or most needy, neighbourhoods.

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