Feb Board Meeting Update

How to Watch Board Meetings On-line

Dying to come to a SCDSB Board meeting but just can’t make it. Never fear the school board streams live the monthly board meeting and keeps an archive of past meetings on the SCDSB website.

What’s Up ! Feb 2012 Board Meeting

The March Board meeting includes 2 Attendance Area Reviews along with the Captial Plan 2012 and the school calendar for 2012-13.  Presentations coming to Board include concerns over the moving of the Special Needs classroom(s) at Mapleview  Heights Elementary School  in Barrie. 

Give Your Input into Policy : Homework, Cheating, Lowest Mark

Twitter: Follow-up @Smith_Caroline  :   Give your input into #SCDSB #homework, cheating, & marking policies. On-line survey deadline March 16 http://ow.ly/4dqxn Time is running out to provide input into three key policies tied to student success. March 16th is the last day to give input.  The staff report compiling the data will be presented at the [...]

SCDSB Inaugural Board Meeting Dec. 15, 2010

SCDSB Board Meeting Dec. 15, 2010 – 6 p.m. The inaugural meeting of the new Board was held Dec. 15th.   Items covered included trustees assignments to committees and appointments.  In addition, a significant  discussion took place around  the topic of Grants for Student Needs (GSN’s). The Minister of Education Leona Dombrowsky  requested input from trustees [...]

Board Meeting Dec 06 2010 – Streamed, a first.

The SCDSB began a new era on Dec. 6th, with a freshly elected board of trustees.  It was also the start of a new technology project, with the first Board meeting streamed live.  Board meetings from this point forward will be made available at www.scdsb.on.ca as they are taking place.  After each meeting they will [...]

Pre-Inaugural Meeting SCDSB

The pre-inaugural meeting was held last evening for the Simcoe County District School Board.  Trustees took the oath of office and elected the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board. Fresh starts allow for significant hopes and dreams for the future and I think this new Board collective shares many. I saw and heard extensive good-will [...]

Board to Stream Board Meetings on Internet

It was a subdued Board meeting this month – Oct. 27th -  one key item that may be of interest.   Headline worthy indeed, is the fact that the SCDSB has decided to stream board meetings on the internet. This has been a long time coming and I am thrilled the motion to stream the SCDSB [...]

Special Board Meeting Sept 15 – Multi-Year Plan

The open portion of Wednesday night’s Special Board meeting included the official approval of the SCDSB Multi-Year Plan. You can download the brochure to give you information on the goals and action plans, that senior staff will focus on during the next 3 years. The concept off a multi-year plan is a key shift psychologically. [...]

Board Meeting Aug 25, 2010 – Moral Education Policy

Last night’s Board meeting included deputations and a lengthy debate on the motion to rescind the Moral Education in Schools Policy (4150). The pubic deputations voiced concern over the content of the revised Policy 4150 and requested that the Board review the policy and make changes. There was also points made about the breadth of [...]