Students, parents at Westdale school protest start time change


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CHCH— Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. It’s been two years since the start bell time changed from 8:35 a.m. to 8 a.m. at Westdale Secondary. A group of parents and students say it’s not working. “We asked for some attendance information and from September to December, there were eleven thousand late, or late absences in the first period,” said Catherine Roberts […]

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