Hello Everyone,

The Draft 2007 - 2017 Long Term Accommodation Plan (LTAP) has been prepared in response to, and as a requirement of,  the Ministry of Education's "Good Places to Learn" initiative announced in February 2005.  All School boards are required to develop and maintain multi-year capital plans as a condition of funding for accommodation needs.  On March 27th the Board of Trustees approved the draft Long Term Accommodation Plan for community consultation.  The approved draft plan is available on the web site at www.tcdsb.org with direct links to details from the home page. 

A total of 12 consultation meetings have been on-going for each of the Trustee Wards since May and will conclude on June 18th.  Letters have been distributed in 11 different languages inviting our parents and Catholic school supporters to attend their Trustee Ward meeting.  Information has also been distributed to all parishes regarding these scheduled meeting dates as well as paid ads in local community papers.

For those attending a consultation meeting, a questionnaire was distributed to receive feedback.  This same questionnaire has been placed on the TCDSB web site on the home page as an on-line survey.  For your convenience, I provide you with a direct link to the on-line survey:

http://www.tcdsb.org/ltapSurvey/survey.asp

I encourage you to become familiar with the draft long-term plan and provide your feedback by responding to the survey. All of the feedback received will be included as part of a report being presented to the Board of Trustees in the Fall of 2007.   I would ask that CSAC's encourage parents to complete the on-line survey/questionnaire.

Thank you,


Mary Jo Deighan
Coordinator, Communications, Public & Media Relations
Toronto Catholic District School Board

Ministry of Education launches new parent resource website

abc123 features simple and valuable ideas on fun, everyday ways to engage children in reading, writing, and mathematics. Parents are more time‑stressed than ever, and need new ideas to support school lessons within the time they have available. abc123 provides information as tip lists that are easy to read and print off.

The site also has information that will help parents partner with their child’s teacher, deal with homework, identify the need for extra help, and understand school readiness.

Parents can also find out what the government is doing to reach every student in a section called “How We’re Helping”.

This is just the beginning. abc123 will be refreshed regularly with new and relevant information, including useful links to other government programs and external sites.

The site can be accessed through the Ministry of Education homepage at www.edu.gov.on.ca or directly at www.ontario.ca/abc123.