The August Board meeting is upon us tomorrow evening. On the agenda are a number of housekeeping issues, many tenders, as well as an interesting notice of motion tied to the rescinding of the revisions made to policy 4150 Moral Education in Schools last spring. August 25th 2010 Board Package
Budget Debate Part 1 – School Basic Budget
June 11, 2010
The key focus of the evening was dealing with the ever shrinking school basic budget, the potential use of locked-empty classrooms and a warning about the potential short fall this September in the funding of the Early Learning Program.
Budget Update – Who needs textbooks?
May 21, 2010
The SCDSB staff presented an overview of the 2010-11 budget on May 19, 2010 to trustees. The operating budget at $503 million reflects funding as detailed in the March 26, 2010 Ministry of Education (MOE) Memo 2010-11 Grants for Students Needs (GSN). The total value of the operating budget is a combination of a wide [...]
FYI Update March 31 meeting
April 2, 2010
The Board meeting continued last evening, the content was the unfinished business from the March 24th meeting. This full meeting went almost nine hours. Issues of Interest : ARC Policy 2313 was passed with amendments. The full policy should be available publicly shortly on SCDSB website. Transportation policy was referred back to committee for further [...]
Schools and Potential Partnership Opportunities
March 25, 2010
School boards finding potential partners to build and share infrastructure, is a key piece in the process of refurbishing, maintaining and building new secondary schools. In February 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Education issued the Facility Partnership Guidelines. These guidelines require school boards to actively go forward to pursue new connections. An example within the [...]
French Immersion – NEW Program Should We or Shouldn’t We?
February 20, 2010
This past Wednesday at a SCDSB Program Committee meeting, the issue of shifting to a full French Immersion program was discussed. The concept would include replacing the current Extended French program, grades 5-8 and secondary, with a full French Immersion program grades 1-8 and secondary . The new program would start in grade 1 and [...]
Reminder: AAR Collingwood Feb. 2 meeting tonight
February 2, 2010
There is an Attendance Area Review meeting – Collingwood elementary schools – this evening. A scenario will be presented to the public, that will be based on previous scenario options, in light of input received. One scenario will be presented. This is anticipated to be the scenario that will be presented to the Board of [...]
Attendance Area Review – Collingwood Meeting Announced
January 8, 2010
4th Attendance Area Review Meeting – February 2, 2010 – 7 p.m. CCI “Attendance Area Review Meeting for Admiral Collingwood ES, Cameron Street PS, Connaught PS, Mountain View ES, Nottawa ES and Worsley ES An Attendance Area Review meeting regarding Admiral Collingwood ES, Cameron Street PS, Connaught PS, Mountain View ES, Nottawa ES and Worsley [...]
Scenarios Attendance Area Review Collingwood
December 18, 2009
Board staff are looking for public opinion and input prior to bringing staff’s preferred recommendation to the next attendance review meeting.
