AGENDA

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

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
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 September 6, 2006 for PUBLIC SESSION.  p.1-p.8

6.         Presentations: 

7.         Delegations: 

a)         Chris Reynolds, parent, regarding admission of her daughter to Blessed Sacrament Catholic School. 

b)         Tina McDowell, Chair of the Senator O’Connor Catholic School Advisory Committee regarding the O’Connor House  

c)         Cormac Monaghan, representing the Board of Directors of the O’Connor Irish Heritage House, regarding the O’Connor House.           

d)         Sean McCann, representing the Board of Directors of the O’Connor Irish Heritage House, regarding the O’Connor House. 

e)         John Pecsenye, representing the Toronto Secondary Unit of OECTA, regarding the Proclamation Request. 

8.         Trustee Matters:                 

9.         Unfinished Business: 

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

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

a)         Report regarding Amended School Year Calendar 2006-2007.  p.9-p.25 

1.         In considering the above, the following proposed Amended School Year Calendar be submitted to the Ministry of Education: 

2.         The elementary calendar will have two new professional activity days devoted to provincial education priorities:     

                                    November 27, 2006 and February 16, 2007. 

3.         The secondary calendar will have two new professional activity days devoted to provincial education priorities:     

                                    December 8, 2006 and February 16, 2007. 

4.         The elementary calendar will be adjusted to have the December 1 existing PA day moved to December 8 to achieve a combined elementary/secondary TCDSB professional activity day and at the same time align with a TDSB professional activity day on December 8. This will accomplish combined elementary/secondary PA days for both Toronto school boards on December 8. (Appendix B ) 

5.         TCDSB has selected February 16 as a combined elementary/secondary new PA day. As a result of ongoing consultation between the two Toronto boards, the TDSB has just recently revised their school year calendar and moved a published date of February 9 to February 16 to be aligned with the TCDSB. This will accomplish combined elementary/secondary PA days for both Toronto school boards on February 16.  

6.         The February 16 system-wide day for the Toronto Catholic District School Board will allow for the possibility of considering some form of professional activity for all non-teaching employee groups. 

7.         TCDSB has selected June 28 as an existing elementary PA day to replace any elementary dates displaced by the new additional PA date of February 16. This will result in a combined elementary/secondary existing PA day for TCDSB. Also, this June 28 date will align with a scheduled TDSB professional activity day. This will accomplish combined elementary/secondary PA days for both Toronto school boards on June 28.  

8.          Any existing PA dates in February for secondary, displaced by the new system-wide PA date of February 16, will be re-scheduled to a date after the Easter weekend in April, following the accepted protocols. 

b)         Report regarding Effectiveness of Board’s Consultation as it relates to the Special Education Advisory Committee.   p.26 

                        That the Special Education Advisory Committee, through a motion, communicate its satisfaction with the continuation of these practices implemented by the Board which allows the members of SEAC to perform its advisory role. 

c)         Report regarding Nomination to Special Education Advisory Committee.  p.27-p.31 

                        That Don Cameron be appointed as representative for the Association for Bright Children of Ontario to the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s Special Education Advisory Committee effective October 2006.

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

a)          Report regarding Peace-Makers Program.  p.32-p.39 

            Receive. 

b)         Report regarding Response to Delegation of the Coalition of African Canadian Community Organization.  p.40-p.46 

                        Receive.

            c)         Report regarding Proclamation Request.   p.47-p.48 

                        Receive.

            d)         Report regarding Women Like Me Program.   p.49 

                        Receive.

            e)         Report regarding Suspension/Expulsion Summary for 2005-2006.    p.50-p.58 

                        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: 

17.              RESOLVE INTO PRIVATE SESSION.