The Toronto Catholic Parent Involvement Committee hereby recommends to TCDSB Trustees and the Director of Education that:
1) Serious consideration be given to delaying the LTAPP and LTPP interim proposal so that staff can prepare a one-page summary to be distributed to all parents explaining the real effect by Ward of the LTAPP and LTPP on parents in terms which the average parent can comprehend; and,
2) Extra time be allowed for parents to properly respond to the one-page summary on the real effect of these changes.
3) That in the interests of parent involvement and engagement that:
a) When any level of parent consultation is required by the TCDSB that the consultation strategies be discussed with the Toronto Catholic PIC in advance, and that the Toronto Catholic PIC be allowed to recommend to the TCDSB Trustees the parent consultation strategy appropriate to the intended objectives; and,
b) Prior to the start of the consultation process, OAPCE Toronto be consulted on the appropriate method of deploying the selected consultation strategy.
c) That when parent or stakeholder consultation is required by the TCDSB, that the information on the meeting dates, the rules and how to make a delegation to the Trustees be widely disseminated to parents.
4) That as the Grade 3 and Grade 6 EQAO tests were cancelled due to labour issues, the TCDSB proposal on how retesting will be handled be communicated clearly to parents, and that any impact in their child's future education is also clearly communicated.
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