Barrie Secondary ARC Working Session Dec. 07

Cancelled Due to Weather There will be a working session of the Barrie ARC on Dec. 07 at Bear Creek Secondary school; start time 7 p.m. On the agenda are accommodation options and school information profiles. AGENDA

Notice: Barrie 2nd Public Meeting ARC – Nov 30th

Barrie ARC public meeting – Oct. 30th – 7 p.m. at Barrie North Secondary. Public announcement link below. Notice of 2nd Public Meeting Nov 30th 10 pdf

New ARCs – ON Your Mark, Clearview & Barrie

Accommodation Review Committees are back ! Two new SCDSB ARC’s have been called to start in the center of the Municipal Elections.  As trustee,  I will be representing Collingwood & Clearview on both. Committee discussion was held  Sept. 07.  Discussion focused  on the membership and start dates for first meetings for the  two new ARCs; [...]

NEW ARC’s – Membership Call Clearview Twp. & Barrie

The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) has started the process of  developing the membership list  for the 2010-11 Accommodation Review Committees for Clearview Twp.  Elementary schools and Barrie Secondary Schools. Information on the process for nomination of  members was sent out to schools. school councils, municipal councils and local news outlets this past week. [...]

SCDSB Vacancy Q & A

Question & Answer Last evening the SCDSB Board announced a vacancy on the Board.     There were a number of requests for information in my email late last night and early this a.m. – in essence asking what happens next. The Education Act deals with the possibility of a trustee resigning from the role during [...]

FYI Update Board Meeting March 24th 2010

* The Attendance Review plans for Collingwood, Essa and Barrie/BearCreek were passed

Board Meeting Reports of Interest

The complete package for monthly board meetings ( SCDSB ) are historically posted the Monday prior to the Board meeting. Sometimes these packages are large in size – this month’s is 186 pages in length. The full report is available on the SCDSB website – here. (link in main post) I have pulled out a [...]

The Small Print – The Big 3

At the SCDSB Facility Standing Committee of March 9th 2010, the new ARC Policy came to the table for discussion. It is an important policy as it updates the current policy 2313 with the new June 2009 Ontario Accommodation Review Guidelines. However it does much more than just that – it modifies some previous expectations tied to optimum school baseline criteria and shifts participation within the ARC process.

Rogers Talk Local – Simcoe Secondary Schools

I was on  Rogers’ “Talk Local” television show last night.  Hosted by Luci Ricardo, fellow guest Erich Jacoby-Hawkins (Green party) and I discussed the future of Secondary Schools in Simcoe County.  Much of the discussion was tied  to the history of ARCs in the Northern Secondary Schools ( ARC B ) and the City of [...]