AGENDA
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAM AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, February 6, 2005
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.
4.
Declarations of Interest.
5.
Approval and Signing
of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held January 13, 2005 for PUBLIC
SESSION. p.1-p.4
6.
Presentations:
7.
Delegations:
a)
Andria Spindel, representing the Ontario March of Dimes, regarding
“Kids Can Make a Difference”.
b)
Glen Webster, representing APSSP in support of the Board’s
initiatives.
c)
Yvonne Mohanathas and Fr. Dr. Chanhandran, representing the Tamil
Community regarding Children in Sri Lanka and fundraising for those children
who do not have any family to take care of them.
8.
Trustee Matters:
a)
From Trustee Carroll regarding pending federal legislation.
Receive.
b)From Trustee Carroll regarding the Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal
Bridge-building and Literacy Initiatives. p.5-p.9
Received.
c)
From Trustee Carroll, regarding Foreign Students.
Receive.
d)From Trustee Nunziata, School Organization Review Committee for St.
John Bosco.
That a School
Organization Review Committee (SORC) be established for St. John Bosco
Catholic School, a junior elementary school JK to grade 6 in order to
address a request from the community to change to a standard elementary
school JK to grade 8 effective September 1, 2005 with the retention of grade
7 students in 2005 and retention of grade 8 students in September 2006.
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 Request for Survey of the
International Languages Program at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary
School. p.10-p.18
That the Board approve the request for a
survey from the St. Francis of Assisi
community.
b)
Report regarding School Year Calendar
2005-2006. p.19-p22.
1.
The following proposed modified school year calendar be submitted to
the Ministry of Education:
Number of school days
194
Number of professional
activity days 4
Labour DaySeptember 5, 2005
First instructional day
September 6, 2005
Thanksgiving Day October
10, 2005
Christmas Break December
26, 2005
to January
6, 2006
Mid-Winter Break March
13-17, 2006
Good Friday April
14, 2006
Easter Monday April
17, 2006
Victoria
Day May 22, 2006
Last Instructional
Day
June 29, 2006
Board Designated Holiday June 30, 2006
2. The elementary calendar will have two
professional activity days for the purpose of conducting Parent-Teacher
Conferences:
December 2, 2005 and March 10, 2006
3.
The elementary calendar will have two professional activity days to
be determined by superintendency to reflect:
·
one Day of Reflection
·
one Professional Development Day
4. Consideration for the determination of these days may include:
·
October 28, 2005 – When Faith Meets
Pedagogy Conference
·
February 10, 2006 – Reading for the Love
of It Conference
5.
The Secondary calendar will have three locally determined
professional activity days and one locally determined Day of Reflection.
Consideration for the determination of these days should include the
elementary professional activity day calendar.
6.
The Secondary calendar will include a maximum of 10 days for
examination purposed to be apportioned according to the school’s
instructional program. No instructional days will be scheduled after end of
semester or end of year examination days.
c)
Report regarding Admissions Policy – Proposed Amendments.
p.23-p.24
That the Director of
Education be permitted to waive the current Admission policy as required on
humanitarian grounds to ensure that these families and children are admitted
to school quickly and efficiently.
d)
Report regarding Resolutions from SEAC for Consideration at the
Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association (OCSTA) Annual General
Meeting. p.25-p.27
That the Special
Education Advisory Committee and the Board approve these two resolutions to
move forward.
e)
Report regarding System-Wide Consultations. p.28-p.34
That the TCDSB Schools be divided into six
consultation zones for system-wide consultation zones (see Appendix A for
details)
Zone 1 Video
Surveillance Policy
Zone 2 No
Sweatshop Policy
Zone 3 Victim’s
Rights Policy
Zone 4 Lockdown
Procedures
Zone 5 Budget
Priorities
Zone 6 System
Priorities
12. Reports
of Officials and Special Committees for INFORMATION of the Board.
a)
Verbal report from staff regarding the enrolment campaign.
Receive.
b)
Report
regarding Impact Factors for Oversubscribed Secondary School Programs.
p.35-p.37
Receive.
c)
Report regarding Catchment Areas for Secondary Schools.
p.38-p.40
Receive.
d)
Report regarding System Priorities. p.41-p.43
Receive.
e)
Report regarding Food Handling Guidelines. p.44-p.49
Receive.
f)Report regarding Spider Jones, Motivational Speaker. p.50-p.53
Receive.
g)
Report regarding Staffing (Full Time) Secondary School
Libraries. p.54-p.57
Receive.
h)
Report
regarding Library Staffing at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School.
p.58-p.63
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
and its potential as
we look at promoting our Catholic
schools to increase enrolment. |
Mar/05
|
B. Johnson |
| 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.
|
Mar/05 |
B. Johnson |
| Aug/04 |
Report regarding Staff Telephone
(Trustee directory similar to the City of Services)Toronto which is to
be set up alphabetically
and by school function. |
Mar/05 |
M. Mascarenhas |
| Nov/04 |
Report regarding implementation and
results of the School Improvement Plan and
whether Parent Perception Survey
is needed |
Mar/05 |
L. Nemes |
| Nov/04 |
Report on the feasibility of Merging one of
the French Immersion school
with a school with low
enrolment. |
Mar/05
|
B. Johnson
|
| Jan/05 |
Report regarding The
feasibility of Coordinating a
meeting at our Board open to Catholic
parents to meet with Parents Voice in
Education. |
Mar/05 |
C. Anco |
| Jan/05 |
Comprehensive Report on the math Program looking
at:
1.the number of students actually failing in each of the math courses
2.the number of students enrolled in summer school who actually complete the remedial math course.
3.desemestering the math course.
4.the number of students who enrolled in the program because they wanted to improve their marks for university.
5.desemestering the math program.
6.initiatives that could be introduced in schools such as introducing lunch hour and after school math tutoring.
|
Mar/05
|
M.E. Donovan |
ANNUAL REPORTS
| Date Requested |
Subject |
Date Due |
Delegated To |
|
July/01
|
Report regarding
review of the
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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