ADDENDUM

REGULAR MEETING OF THE MEETING OF THE

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

PUBLIC SESSION

 

Barbara Poplawski, Chair                    Maria Rizzo, Vice-Chair                             

Meeting #:
Date:	Thursday, February 22, 2018
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.
Location:	CEC Boardroom (2nd Floor) 80 Sheppard Ave East, Toronto, ON, M2N 6E8

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10.

Presentations

10.c

Monthly Report from the Student Trustee(s) - Transition Plan - Refer Item 10c - (To Be Distributed)

14.

Matters recommended by Statutory Committees of the Board

14.a

Approved Minutes of the Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting held on January 10, 2018

SEAC's Recommendations to the Board:

1. That a Student Trustee be appointed to be included in SEAC membership;

2. That the Toronto District School Board Mental  Health Advisory Committee be expanded to include representation from the Religious Education Department; and

3. That faith-based potential partners be considered for inclusion in the partnership lists in Appendices A and B on pages 95 and 96 of the SEAC January 10, 2018 Agenda (Refer Attachment)

 

14.b

Approved Minutes of the Toronto Catholic Parent Involvement Committee held on November 20, 2017 and December 11, 2017

 Toronto Catholic PIC Recommendations to the Board of Trustees   and Staff:

1. That parent engagement strategies and best practices be a standing item at every superintendent/principal meeting (s);

2. That Staff send a letter with CSPC email information addressed to each CSPC Chair by courier. The letter should include the benefits and value of using the TCDSB assigned email address, as well as how to obtain access and how to forward to their personal email address if desired. A copy of this letter should also be sent to all Principals with a strong header to remind the Principals of the importance of CSPC  Chairs using the TCDSB assigned email address.

3. That Staff remind principals that the Safe School Committee at the school level should include the mandated parent representative(s).

 

4. That the Board of Trustees review the secondary school level policy on parent-teacher interviews to confirm that the option of one or two evening is available to parents; and,

5. Through the Board of Trustees that Staff ensures that parent(s) are informed about their options and rights to connect with teachers and principals outside of designated interview days.

6. That A new process & IT protocol be developed to achieve the following:

a. Consistent with the Toronto Catholic PIC recommendation Motion 17/11-16 made on November 20, 2017 and to be acted on by staff THAT every new school year, the School Board send out via the school principal a personalized letter that informs & instructs the newly elected or returning CSPC chair about the existence, benefits and login information to the CSPC email account

b. In recognizing that CSPC chairs are not school board employees, they should not be subject to BYOD policies, the school board needs to provide straightforward instructions on the various means to access their CSPC email account and how to set it up as an additional mailbox on the parent's existing email accounts (examples by way of Active Sync, etc.), web service, and mobile connect methods and/or on how to forward or proxy, to their personal email.

c. These instructions should be easily accessible using modern social media methodology like YouTube, Facebook, Video on Parent webpage, et al.