Council of Commissioners of Riverside School Board

Council of Commissioners of Riverside School Board Minutes of the proceedings of a regular session of the Council of Commissioners for Riverside School Board held at the Administration Centre, 299 Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Blvd., St. Lambert, Québec on May 23, 2006. The Secretary General established that quorum was met and Chairman Jim Munro, called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: M. Bell M. Gour N. Nichols M. Bennett D. Horrocks G. Sastre F. Blais D. Lamoureux R. Shaver L. Cuffling M. L’Heureux D. Smith P. D’Avignon P. Morrison R. Tomalty H. Dumont J. Munro F. White Participated by telephone: K. Cameron PARENT COMMISSIONER - T. Neal Also present Kevin Lukian, Director General Julie Hobbs, Assistant Director General Kathleen Balfour, Secretary General Germen Brière, Director of Financial Resources Pierre Farmer, Director of Material Resources Maria Nasso-Maselli, Director of Elementary Schools Stephen Lessard, Director-Secondary Schools/Adult Education Frances Weiser, Director of Human Resources Apologies – P. Chouinard ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA: IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner P. D’Avignon, and seconded by Commissioner F. White, that the agenda be adopted with the addition of 7.3.2 – Child psychiatric services and 9.2 – Notice of motion. UNANIMOUS REQUEST TO VOTE BY TELEPHONE: IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner D. Lamoureux, and seconded by Commissioner F. White, that Commissioner Ken Cameron be permitted to participate by telephone as requested. UNANIMOUS Special presentation: Council was treated to an excerpt from the musical “Rats” performed by students from Courtland Park School and directed by Michèle Gaudreau, a parent volunteer. Congratulations and many thanks! PUBLIC QUESTIONS : (7:49) • Pierre Paradis, Chair of St. Lawrence Governing Board - Question about fire drills and gas drills. • Donna Gareau, St. Lawrence Governing Board – Concerns about the school expressed in a letter read aloud. • Donna Copeman, St. Lawrence Governing Board – Request that the organisation of the pavilions by cycles be halted. • Della O’Neill, parent from St. Lawrence is very pleased with the progress at the school and wants plans to move ahead. (7:55) 2006 05 23 1 Commissioner Cameron joined the meeting by telephone intercom. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD APRIL 18, 2006: IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner M. L’Heureux, and seconded by Commissioner D. Horrocks, that the Minutes of the meeting held April 18, 2006 be adopted. UNANIMOUS BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES The Director General followed up on the following items: • Policy on Protection of Non-Smokers at Riverside School Board – Guidelines are being prepared for our schools. The “Guide to a Tobacco-Free School Strategy” has been distributed to all schools to help with the promotion and implementation of the new law and policy. • Amount of reimbursement of an RTL bus pass will be $273. • Capital Projects for Summer 2006 are proceeding. • Request for renewal of the vocational education programs in Masonry /Bricklaying has been made and the agreement with Commission scolaire Marie-Victorin has been signed. CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR GENERAL Chair’s report • The Chairman and the Assistant Director General represented Riverside at recent a dinner hosted by ADIGEQS of Montérégie at the Château Vaudreuil. Erin McKee, a student from Riverside received an award. • The CSBA conference begins on Thursday and there will be a meeting of school board Chairs with the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports. • The deadline for sending in your DG evaluation forms has been extended to May 29th. • An invitation to attend the CRÉ Longueuil meeting has been received and it is very important that we be represented. Commissioner Horrocks will attend and we would like at least one other person to accompany her. Director General’s report • Our thoughts are with the family of Zarifa Nowruzi, an ACCESS student who celebrated her graduation last Wedneday, whose tragic death in a traffic accident has saddened us all. • We celebrate the recent student successes: Kartik Madiraju – 1st prize in the Sanofi Aventis Biotech Challenge; Alexandra Johnson – winner of the 2006 Rotary Club Montreal public speaking finals; Riverside scored a “hat trick” at the 8th Annual Quebec Enrepreneurship Regional Gala – 1) St. Jude,s Anti-Idling Campaign supervised by Nusrat Mirza, 2) “Scary Stories for the Brave of Heart” written by Andrea DiLallo and mentored by Norma Hubbard of HRHS and 3) “The Greening Project” supervised by Pierre Roberge of St. Johns High School; Grade 6 students at Terry Fox School won 2nd prize in the 2005 Prix Essor for their Medieval Project. Congratulations to you all! • Riverside was selected to send a social studies teacher on an all-expenses paid educational study trip for 2 weeks to Japan. Sponsored by the government of Japan, this is indeed an honour for Anthony McGuinness from St. Johns School as he will be one of only 5 teachers attending from Canada. Congratulations and bon voyage! • There were 2 expulsions from CRHS for drug possession since the last board meeting. • Sale of Nadeau Street Property – we expect to receive an offer to purchase very shortly from the City of Brossard. • Sale of land at Chambly Academy – the CHQ has agreed in writing to a revised price for the parcel of landed needed by them to build a CHSLD. • The ArtsSmarts Vernissage will begin next Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Brossard Cultural Centre. Parents’ Committee - Report by T. Neal: • Meeting held May 1st at Cedar Street; 2006 05 23 2 • The policy on financial contributions from parents or students was received for consultation. • Each school is requested to provide their fee schedule for the next meeting. • Requested that pertinent policies and guidelines be supplied. • Next meeting June 5 in the Boardroom. An end-of-year celebration will be held at 8 pm - commissioners and senior administrators are welcome. REPORTS (non-voting items only) Executive Committee - Report by L. Cuffling: • Meeting was held on May 2, 2006. • The draft revision of By-Law 1 was reviewed. • The calendar of meetings for the Executive for 2006-2007 was adopted. • A letter received from a commissioner about attendance at Council was discussed. It was decided by resolution that this was not a matter for an Ethics Review Committee. • Next meeting June 6, at 7 p.m. Advisory Committee on Transportation Report by L. Cuffling: • Meeting was held on May 8. • The new Transportation Manager, Julie Paquette, was in attendance. • Transportation budget for 2005-2006 was reviewed. • Transportation budget for 2006-2007 was reviewed. • Parental request for transportation was reviewed. • Discussion on the impact of the end of grandfathered transportation in 2007; • Next meeting at the call of the Chair. Adult and Vocational Education Committee Report by M. Bell: • Meeting held on April 25; • Update from schools and centres – Adult Education, Volet 2, 16+, REACH, Vocational Education at Taschereau; • Basic Core curriculum at Cleghorn; • Bricklaying and Health options; • Defining direction and goals; • Regional pedagogical days; • Next meeting at the call of the Chair. Education Committee- No report Financial and Material Resources Committee Report by P. Morrison: • Meeting April 25; • Summer projects 2006; • Nadeau Street Property update; • Boucherville Elementary update; • Maintien des Immeubles Phase 2; • Inspection-Fire Department; • SARRA database – temporary CEGEP graduate may be hired; • New certified maintenance team update; • HRHS vandalism update; • Financial Budget 2006-2007 situation reviewed; • Next meeting: May 30. 2006 05 23 3 Human Resources Committee - Report by G. Sastre: • Meeting of May 2, 2006; • Resignations for retirement; • Administrative structure; • Director of Human Resources; • Timelines for replacements of Principal at Good Shepherd and Vice-Principals at Centennial. QESBA – Report by D. Horrocks / J. Munro: • CSBA Conference; • Universal suffrage goes back to the drawing board. Ad Hoc Committee on Marketing – No report. Ad Hoc Committee on Elementary Liaison - No report. Ad Hoc Committee on Secondary Liaison – No report. Next meeting May 30th at the Alternate School. Ad Hoc Committees on Health and Safety - No report. NEW BUSINESS Resolution HR96-20060523 RESIGNATION OF AN ADMINISTRATOR : IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner D. Horrocks, seconded by Commissioner P. D’Avignon, that the resignation for purposes of retirement of Anna Ciccotosto, Vice-Principal of St. Johns School, be accepted with regret as of June 30, 2006. UNANIMOUS Resolution HR97-20060523 RESIGNATION OF AN ADMINISTRATOR : IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner M. Bennett, seconded by Commissioner D. Lamoureux, that the resignation for purposes of retirement of Leslie Hughes, Vice-Principal of Centennial Regional High School, be accepted with regret as of July 14, 2006. UNANIMOUS Resolution B113-20060523 ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION: WHEREAS the Council of Commissioners must determine the administrative organization for Riverside School Board as per Articles 253 and 254 of the Règlement sur les conditions d’emploi des gestionnaires des commissions scolaires; WHEREAS consultation has taken place with the Riverside Administrators’ Association and the Association des cadres scolaires: IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner K. Cameron, and seconded by Commissioner P. Morrison, that the proposed Administrative Organization for 2006-2007 shown at Appendix “B” to these Minutes, be adopted. UNANIMOUS Resolution HR98-20060523 APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES: IT WAS MOVED by Commissioner

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