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2 • POSTED ON May 15, 2008 This news brief is meant to provide the highlights of the decisions made at today's Board meeting for the benefit of our community; the notes do not serve as the official record of the meeting (Board or Committee minutes). This
news brief is meant to provide the highlights of the decisions made at
today's Board meeting for the benefit of our community; the notes do
not serve as the official record of the meeting (Board or Committee
minutes). Authorize Leave of Absence for Autism Society Ontario Representative on SEAC
Tammy
Robinson, representative of the Autism Society – Ottawa Chapter on the
Special Education Advisory Committee, was granted a leave of absence
until October 2008. Approval of Revisions to Interim Safe Schools Policies Approval of Policy Re: Evaluation Process for the Board of Trustees
A.~The
2007-2008 evaluation process for the Director of Education was
suspended in recognition of the pending retirement of the Director; B.~The evaluation process for the Board of Trustees for the 2007-2008 school year will include the following components: i.~The previously completed board/self evaluation form and subsequent discussion held at the February retreat; ii.~The completion of the same or similar board and optional self evaluation forms by all members of the Board in June 2008; iii. A facilitated discussion with all the members of the Board and the Director of Education with a view to establishing the areas of focus for the Board for the next school year; was approved. However section C. - Policy P.05x.GOV: Evaluation Process for the Board of Trustees was deferred to June Chair’s Committee Appointment of Doug Lloyd, Trustee Zone 4 to Audit Committee Trustee
Lloyd was appointed to the Audit Committee. Trustee Lloyd is replacing
Margaret Lange who resigned due to work commitments, that resulted in
her moving to the United States.
Approval of Consultation Process for Development of a Diversity and Equity Awareness Continuum The Board approved the consultation process outlined in the consultation plan in report 08-085, as revised. This will facilitate the development of a Diversity and Equity Awareness Continuum that will be used to develop the Diversity and Equity Framework. This will be the starting point for discussions.
Approval of Policies, Bullying, Progressive Discipline and School Board Code of Conduct The draft policies P.123.SCO, Bullying Prevention and Intervention; P.124.SCO, Progressive Discipline and Promoting Positive Student Behaviour; P.125.SCO, School Board Code of Conduct; and revised policy P.032.SCO, Safe Schools was approved by trustees. Superintendent Piovesan was once again thanked by trustees for the detailed work that was done by him and his staff to develop these important student focused policies. Policies can be found at www.ocdsb.ca Approval of Policy P.119.HR: Respectful Workplace Trustees approved Policy P.119.HR: for a Respectful Workplace. It should be noted that amendments that were made at the committee level were included in the approved policy. Trustee Getty had high praise for Superintendent Janice McCoy and Sue Peter-Weeks who spend many hours ensuring that the policy was reflective of employee concerns. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
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