SCDSB Update 07 – December 21, 2022

SCDSB Update 07 – December 21, 2022
Posted on 12/23/2022
SCDSB Update 07 – December 21, 2022

This update provides highlights of the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) Board Meeting held Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Agendas and/or reports considered at this meeting are available at www.scdsb.on.ca.

Delegations

1. Parents Against Racism Simcoe County – Sarah Peart and Natasha Shakespeare Re: Sharing of Ontario Human Rights Letter and Facts 4 Impact Report

Chairperson Lloyd accepted the delegation for information.

Report from the Closed Session of the Board in Committee of the Whole

The Board ratified the following recommendations taken in the Closed Session meeting of the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, December 21, 2022:

1. That the Board approve the school administrator appointments as set out in Report No.CL-B-2-a, School Administrator Appointments, dated December 21, 2022.

Elementary Vice-principal appointments effective January 9, 2023, unless otherwise noted:
Alyssia Booy from External to Ferndale Woods ES 
Kirsten Bowman from Hillcrest PS (teacher) to Mountain View ES (Acting) effective Feb. 1, 2023
Amanda Harrison from Student Success (teacher) to Clearview Meadows ES (Acting)
Melanie Reid-Meguerian from SCDSB (occasional teacher) to Admiral Collingwood ES (Acting)
Pamela VanderVeen from Alcona Glen ES (teacher) to Chris Hadfield PS (Acting)
Anne Wright from Harvest Hills PS (teacher) to Fred C Cook PS (Acting)

Elementary Principal appointments effective January 9, 2023, unless otherwise noted:
Katherine Blayney from Mountain View ES (VP) to Cameron Street PS (Acting) effective Feb. 1, 2023
Kelly Cox from Clearview Meadows ES (VP) to Coldwater PS/Moonstone ES (Acting)
Denise O’Brien from Ferndale Woods ES (VP) to Adjala Central PS (Acting)
Martin Orr from Fred C Cook PS (VP) to Hyde Park PS (Acting)
Maggie Smylie from Admiral Collingwood ES (VP) to Baxter Central PS (Acting)
Francesca Telesco from Chris Hadfield PS (VP) to Goodfellow PS (Acting)

Secondary Vice-principal appointment effective February 1, 2023:
Michael Mcdonald from Banting MHS (teacher) to Bear Creek SS (Acting) 

2. Trustees received the following transfers:

Elementary Principal transfers effective January 9, 2023
Greg Blakeley from Special Education to Fred C Cook PS (Interim)
Linda Blom from Warnica PS to Special Education
Sean Cappadocia from Goodfellow PS to Warnica PS
Kent Cheesman from Cookstown PS to Innisfil Central PS
Angela Cook from New Lowell PS to Birchview Dunes ES
Jennifer Henderson from Birchview Dunes ES to Cookstown PS 
Aileen Ross from Baxter Central PS to New Lowell PS

Secondary Vice-principal transfers
Alison Chornobaj from Student Achievement to Student Re-engagement effective Feb. 6, 2023
Janice McLeod from Bear Creek SS to Collingwood CI effective Feb. 1, 2023

D-5-a Schedule of January 2023 Business and Facilities Standing Committee Meeting

The Board approved the following motion:

1. That the Board approve the rescheduling of the Business and Facilities Standing Committee Meeting from January 4, 2023 to January 11, 2023, as set out in Report No. D-5-a, Schedule of January 2023 Business and Facilities Standing Committee Meeting, dated December 21, 2022.

D-5-b Appointments to the Special Education Advisory Committee January 2023 – December 2026

The Board approved the following motion:

1. That the Board appoint to the SCDSB SEAC, effective January 2023, members and alternates, as set out in Report No. D-5-b, Appointments to the Special Education Advisory Committee January 2023 –  December 2026, dated December 21, 2022.

D-5-c Appointment to the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) – Director and Alternate Director for the 2022-2023 School Year

The Board approved the following motion:

1. That the Board appoint Trustee Lloyd as the representative to serve as a director on the OPSBA Board of Directors, and appoint Trustee Foley to serve as an alternate director, as set out in Report No. D-5-c, Appointment to the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) – Director and Alternate Director for the 2022-2023 School Year, dated December 21, 2022.

D-5-d Appointment of Student Trustee Mentor

The Board approved the following motion:

1. That the Board appoint Trustee Beitz to serve as the student trustee mentor from December 21, 2022 to July 31, 2023, as set out in Report No. D-5-d, Appointment of Student Trustee Mentor, dated December 21, 2022.

D-5-e Trustee Committee Assignments for 2023

The Board approved the following motion:

1. That the Board ratify the recommendations of the Selection Committee, as set out in APPENDIX A of Report No. D-5-e, Trustee Committee Assignments for 2023, dated December 21, 2022.

Other Reports Received as Information 

D-7-a Report of Trustee Attendance January 2022 – December 2022


The following Notice of Motion was introduced:

That the Board motion that was carried at the regular meeting of the Board held on January 29, 2020 regarding report of trustee attendance be amended to include the following committees of the Board that have recently been formed: Equity Advisory Committee, Indigenous Education Advisory Committee, and Sustainability Advisory Committee, and that the motion read: 

That the Board receive annually in December, in public session, a summary report of trustee and student trustee attendance at regularly scheduled Board meetings, special meetings, standing committee meetings (Business and Facilities, Human Resources, and Program) and the following mandatory committees and committees of the board: Accessibility Advisory Committee, Audit Committee, Equity Advisory Committee, First Nations Education Advisory Committee, Indigenous Education Advisory Committee, Parent Involvement Committee, Special Education Advisory Committee, and Sustainability Advisory Committee, and that the summary report of trustee attendance, by trustee, be posted on the board’s website.

D-7-b Partnership Update

Charlene Scime, Superintendent of Education, provided an update regarding the establishment of a new partnership with CFB Borden. Superintendent Scime noted that the partnership would enhance curricular and extracurricular opportunities for students from Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School and more broadly for all SCDSB students from across the county. Superintendent Scime stated that the partnership will be formalized in the new year with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. 


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Information: 
Sarah Kekewich, Manager of Communications
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