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AGENDA

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAM AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Thursday, December 2, 2004
 7:00 p.m.

1. Memorials and Prayers.

2. Roll Call and Apologies.

3. Approval of the Agenda.

N.B. Staff would be pleased to walk the Trustees through any report on this agenda at the direction of the Chair.

ITEMS 11a), 12a) and 12b) ARE URGENT ITEMS AND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH TONIGHT.

4. Declarations of Interest.

5. Approval and Signing of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held November 4, 2004 for PUBLIC SESSION. p.1-p.8

6. Presentations:

a)Dan Lang and (Michael Fullan), regarding “Building a TCDSB Professional Learning Community”.

7. Delegations:

a) Tina Molinari regarding Catholic Missions in Canada.

b) Father Sebastian Groleau regarding Catholic Missions in Canada.

c) Paul Dempsey, parent, regarding admission of daughter to Blessed Sacrament Catholic School.

d) Paul Mutch, Manager of the Canadian Cancer Society, North York Unit, regarding possible partnership between the Board and Canadian Cancer Society for volunteer opportunities for students to get involved.

e) Patricia Lattimore, parent of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School regarding teacher librarians in the school.

8. Trustee Matters:

a)From Trustee Del Grande regarding Constituency Assistant Allocation.

Receive.

b)From Trustee Cicogna regarding her resignation as Vice-Chair of the Committee. p.9

Receive.

c)From Trustee Piccininni regarding Update on International Schooling. p.10

Receive.

9. Unfinished Business:

10.Matters referred to this Committee by the Board and other Committees:

11.Reports of Officials and Special Committees Requiring ACTION by the Board.

a)Report regarding Community Relations – Filipino Community. URGENT

p.11-p.12

That the Board approve the Community Relations Officer position as a permanent position to be included in the budget prepared for the Ministry for 2005/2006.

12. Reports of Officials and Special Committees for INFORMATION of the Board.

a) Report regarding Learning Disabilities Program Review, Second Report. [SEE ITEM 12b)] p.13-p.58

Receive.

b)Report regarding Addendum to Learning Disabilities Program Review, Second Report. p.59-p.77

Receive.

c) Report regarding Annual Accessibility Plan. p.78-p.112

Receive.

d)Monthly Staffing Report as at November 25, 2004. p.113-p.116

Receive.

13. Approval of Matters for which no trustee has requested debate.

14. Communications:

15. Inquiries and Miscellaneous:

N.B. Private Inquiries must only be related to matters as outlined in the reference to legislation on the inside cover of the Private Agenda.

16. Update of Pending List:

Date
Requested		 Subject Date Due Delegated To
May/04

Report regarding the media centre andits potential as we look at promoting our Catholic schools to increaseenrolment.

 Jan/04 B. Johnson
June/04

Report regarding a list of the grade 9,10 and 11 students who are enrolled inremedial math and which elementary schools they come from.

 Dec/04
(COWB)		 M.E. Donovan
June/04

Draft Policy on how CommencementCeremonies will be dealt with in the future with respect to the 4 Religion Credits and that the community be consulted on what they think about introducing a uniform policy across the Board and instead of it being a local decision.

 Feb/04 B. Johnson
Aug/04(Trustee Services)

Report regarding Staff Telephone directory similar to the City of Toronto which is to be set up alphabetically and by school function.

 Feb/04 M. Mascarenhas
Sept/04 (Trustee Services)

Report regarding Policy andFramework for night school registration as students from the Public Board register for night school with our Board thereby reducing the number of spaces for our own students.

 Dec/04
(COWB)		 M.E. Donovan
Oct/04

Report on the factors thatmake schools like St. Basil-the-Great attractive to parents and students and how these factors could be applied to other secondary schools with lower or declining enrolment.

 Feb/04 S. Montgomery
Oct/04

Report addressing the whole issueof catchment areas and boundaries and the impact on the schools, the overlap of admissions and how population demographics affect school enrolment.

 Feb/04 S. Montgomery
Nov/04 Report regarding Spider Jones. Jan/05 M.J. Deighan
Nov/04

Report regarding implementationand results of the School Improvement Plan and whether Parent Perception Survey is needed

 Mar/05 L. Nemes
Nov/04

Report on the feasibility ofMerging one of the French Immersion school with a school with low enrolment.

 Feb/05 B. Johnson
Nov/04

Revised Policy T.17 includingBlackberries.

 Jan/05

ANNUAL REPORTS

Date Requested Subject Date Due Delegated To
July/01

Report regarding review ofthe effectiveness of the Board'sconsultation process as it relates to SEAC.

 Annually (in September) S. Montgomery

17. RESOLVE INTO PRIVATE SESSION.

 

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