This update provides highlights of the SCDSB Special Board Meeting held Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. For agendas, reports, and items addressed at the meeting visit the Board and Committee Meetings page of the SCDSB website. For a video recording of the Board Meeting visit the SCDSB YouTube channel.
That the Board approve the following motions:
- That Trustee Beitz has contravened sections 3.3 and 8.4 of the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) Trustee Code of Conduct, as outlined in the external consultant’s report.
- Having determined a breach of the Code of Conduct by Trustee Beitz that the Board impose the following sanction:
censure the member through a formal reprimand addressing the breach of the code. And that the following remedial action be imposed:
Trustee Beitz will not attend SCDSB Board and committee meetings for one month, starting November 1, 2024, but will be permitted to attend the Organizational meeting scheduled for November 18, 2024.
- That the confidential documents referred to in the report of the investigator be returned to the Director’s Office. The hand-written notes written on the documents by Trustee Beitz may be redacted. The documents will be returned by Nov. 18, 2024.
- That the Board of Trustees accept the recommendation of the Code of Conduct Committee not to pursue a formal inquiry into the complaint as outlined in Report No. CL-B-1-b, and to stay any further proceedings with respect to the matter in Report No. CL-B-1-b on the basis that the complaint was out of time and did not provide sufficient grounds for a complaint under the Code of Conduct.
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Information:
Sarah Kekewich, Manager of Communications
705-734-6363 x11328 or [email protected]