Board of Trustees Approve 2025-26 Budget

The Hanover School Division Board of Trustees has approved the 2025-26 budget, which includes $136.6 million in combined operating and capital expenditures, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 5.87%. Provincial funding for the 2025-26 school year will increase 2.2% over the previous year. The 2025-26 budget prioritizes enrollment growth, estimated to be 132.5 (FTE) students, along with…

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New Principal for Landmark Elementary School

The Hanover School Division Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Jolene Kehler as Principal of Landmark Elementary School, effective September 2025. Jolene is currently the Vice-Principal and Learning Support Teacher at Niverville Elementary School, roles she has…

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New Principal for Landmark Collegiate

The Hanover School Division Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Vanessa David as Principal of Landmark Collegiate, effective September 2025. Vanessa is currently the Vice-Principal at Blumenort School, a position she has held since…

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Cybersecurity Incident – Update

We are writing to provide a further update about the cybersecurity incident that PowerSchool, our student information system (SIS) provider, recently experienced. In our previous update on January 30th, we mentioned that PowerSchool would be providing notice to students, parents/guardians, and …

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Grade Changes at South Oaks and Green Valley Schools

The Hanover School Division Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to adjust the grade configurations of South Oaks School and Green Valley School, effective at the start of the 2025-26 school year. Under this approved change, South Oaks School will …

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Cybersecurity Incident – Update

We are writing to provide an update about the cybersecurity incident that PowerSchool, our student information system (SIS) provider, recently experienced. We appreciate that more details about this incident that is impacting educational institutions across North America are needed. We have been working diligently to request more details from PowerSchool and ask questions about the details it has provided to date. We have also been investigating this…

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Decision to Close Schools on Jan. 17

We sincerely apologize for the delay in communicating the decision to close schools today due to the blizzard conditions. We understand the frustration and inconvenience this situation may have caused and would like to clarify how the decision was made. At 6:00 a.m., when the initial determination regarding school operations was…

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SRSS Bomb Threat – Update

At approximately 10:50 am, the Hanover School Division received notification from the Steinbach RCMP of a bomb threat directed towards the Steinbach Regional Secondary School. The threat was called to 911. RCMP responded and attended the SRSS. All students and staff were immediately evacuated. At approximately 12:15 pm, RCMP assured us of the safety of our students and staff and proceeded to give clearance for a return to the school. Students returned to …

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Cybersecurity Incident Update

We are writing to provide a brief update about the cybersecurity incident that PowerSchool, our student information system provider, recently experienced. PowerSchool’s investigation is ongoing and we await additional details from PowerSchool about the information accessed as a result of the incident. We empathize with your concerns about…

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Notice of Cybersecurity Event

We are writing to inform you that on January 7, 2025, Hanover School Division was notified by our student information system (SIS) provider, PowerSchool, that a cybersecurity event had occurred in late December and that some of our PowerSchool data was accessed. PowerSchool, not the Hanover School Division, was the target of the cybersecurity event. PowerSchool customers across…

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