PDSB livestreams and records all open meetings of the full board and committees. I sit on three committees within the board (Curriculum, Equity, and Student Well-Being; Budget Development; Physical Planning, Finance, and Building) and one external committee (Mississauga Traffic Safety), and regularly attend other committee meetings. I serve as Vice-Chair on Curriculum, Equity, and Student Well-Being. Here are the links to recordings of the internal meetings I have attended since I was elected on October 24th, 2022 and a brief description of what was discussed in those meetings.
Dates, agendas, minutes, and recordings for all scheduled meetings can be found here:
PDSB meetings
Pursuant to by-law changes made to PDSB governance while under ministry supervision, members of the public are welcome to request delegate status at Committee Meetings to share their views with Trustees regarding subject matter that falls within the Board’s responsibilities. Delegations continue to be public, livestreamed, and recorded. Requests to delegate can be made here.
Under the Education Act, every school board is required to have a Trustee Code of Conduct to establish procedures and practices for effective, respectful, and transparent governance, and this Code of Conduct is required to be made available to the public. Here is the Peel District School Board Trustee Code of Conduct.
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Monday, March 18th, 2024 – SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 – BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Thursday, April 11th, 2024 – PARENT INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE
Monday, April 15th, 2024 – GOVERNANCE
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 – GOVERNANCE
Members present: B. MacDonald, Alves, Bailey, Clark (electronic), Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Members absent: Benjamin
Also present: Davies, Promoli
Staff reports: Digital Citizenship and Use of IT Resources Policy; School Councils Policy; Director of Education Selection and Performance Appraisal; Trustee Code of Conduct; Governance and Policy Committee Terms of Reference
Communication: Response to Delegation of Valentina Gheorghe re PDSB Vendors
Trustee notice of motion: Student Cellphone Use in Schools (B. MacDonald)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Johal, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark (electronic), Cole (electronic), Davies, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (8:10), Promoli
Staff reports: Revisions to the School Year Calendars 2023-2024; Proposed School Year Calendars 2024-2025; Appointment of PDSB Student Trustees 2024-2025; Mental Health Strategy and Year 1 Action Plan; Graduation Rates and Non-Graduates 2024; First Quarter Financial Reports as at November 30, 2023
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 – CURRICULUM, EQUITY, AND STUDENT WELL-BEING
Members present: Benjamin, Promoli, Alves, Cameron (electronic), Cole (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Members absent: Clark
Also present: Bailey (electronic)
Staff reports: Language Achievement Action Plan (LAAP) and K-3 Literacy Coaches, Enhancing Literacy Education; Policy 64 – Regional Learning Choices Programs; Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting Policy; Curriculum, Equity, and Student Well-Being Committee Terms of Reference; Suspension, Expulsion, and Safe Schools Data – Semi-Annual Update Report January/June (Referred from Board Meeting)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Davies, B. MacDonald, Promoli
Also present: Alves (electronic), Benjamin, Cole (electronic), McDonald (electronic)
Delegations: TechCollect Students E-Waste Program (referred to Director)
Staff reports: Application Status Update; Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Johal, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark, Cole (electronic), Davies, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Trustees absent: Cameron
Staff reports: Directive 21 – Student Discipline Practices Review Audit; Directive 22 – Eliminating Disparities in Suspensions and Expulsions – Progress Report 2; Suspension, Expulsions, and Safe School Data – Semi-Annual Update Report – January/June; Proposed Amendments to the Peel District School Board Procedure By-law
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 – SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Members present: Alves, Benjamin (electronic), Clark
Also present: Promoli
Staff reports: Superintendent’s Report; Special Education Program Pilot and Reviews; Alternative Learning Environments (ALE) Guidelines; Ontario Student Information System Reporting Data – Special Education
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Davies, B. MacDonald, Promoli, Alves
Also present: Alves (electronic)
Staff reports: Former Lakeview Park PS Heritage Designation; EDC By-law Renewal; Ray Lawson PS: Grade Re-organization / Ray Lawson PS and Roberta Bondar PS: Boundary Change; Ellengale PS (Replacement School); Application Status Update; Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report; Flexible School Boundaries Policy
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Johal, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, Cole, Davies, B. MacDonald
Trustees absent: Alves*, K. McDonald, Promoli* (*at community event with senior team)
Staff reports: Director’s Annual Report; Census Report
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 – CURRICULUM, EQUITY, AND STUDENT WELL-BEING (held virtually)
Members present: Promoli, Alves, Cameron, Green, Johal
Members absent: Benjamin, Clark, K. McDonald
Also present: Bailey, Davies
Delegations: Dima Alsakka, Imaan Asad, Mahreen Jalani, and Isabella Stevenson, re Ongoing Issues in Palestine (received)
Staff reports: Kindergarten Recruitment Strategy: Play, Wonder, Learn; Mathematics Achievement Action Plan (MAAP); School Improvement and Equity Planning (SIEP) Site; Library Audit: Status Report
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Johal, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark (electronic), Cole (electronic), Davies, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Members absent: Cameron
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Directive 9 – Annual Equity Accountability Report Card: Year 2. Looking at trends over time from 2018-19 to 2021-22 of Equity Gaps in Student Outcomes; Directive 22 – Progress Report; Working Fund Reserve Transfers; Schedule of Financial Reporting; 2024 Borrowing Resolution for School Board Expenditures
*FORMALLY APPROVED: Motion: That staff post the Facility Condition Index (FCI) of all schools on the Peel DSB website. (Promoli)
This motion follows consultation and support from operations staff, senior team, and fellow Trustees, and helps improve transparency and accountability about the condition of the schools all our students and staff spend their days in. Thank you to all for your help in achieving this goal!
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 – ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
Trustees present: Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, Cole, Davies, Green, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald, Promoli
Votes regarding: Election of Board Chair: Alves, Green (elected)
Election of Board Vice-Chair: Bailey, Johal (elected)
Selection of Committee Membership
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Thursday, November 16th, 2023 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Davies, Green (electronic), B. MacDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Annual Planning Document (APD) 2023/2024; Application Status Update (re: municipal planning and school planning); Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE
Members present: B. MacDonald, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark, Cole (electronic) Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Also present: Cameron, Davies, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Delegations: Jamie Peddle, Resident, Regarding the Creation of a Peel District School Board Policy for Trustee Debates
Staff reports: Trustee Expense Policy; Flexible School Boundaries; School Councils; AI and Plagiarism; Student Records; Proposed Amendments to the PDSB Procedure By-Law and Committee Terms of Reference
Notice of Motion: Re: School Boundary Information (Chair Green)
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves (electronic), Bailey, Benjamin (electronic), Clark (electronic), Davies, Johal (electronic), B. MacDonald (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)(19:13), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Cole (electronic), Davies, Green (electronic), B. MacDonald, Promoli (electronic)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Report on Tenders: Mount Pleasant #9 Public School; Application Status Update (re: municipal planning and school planning); Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 – CURRICULUM, EQUITY, AND STUDENT WELL-BEING
Members present: Benjamin, Promoli (electronic), Alves (electronic), Cameron (electronic), Clark (electronic), Green (electronic)
Also present: Bailey, Davies
Members absent: Cole, McDonald
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Delegations: Delegation by Thomas Ellard, re the Peel District School Board’s Library Audit (motion by Trustee Promoli to bring status report of library audit to next committee meeting: carried); Delegation by Natasha Lakhani, re the Peel District School Board’s French Immersion Selection Process; Delegation by Pam Schwartzberg and Jenn Stevens, re Learning for a Sustainable
Future
Staff reports: PDSB Mental Health Strategy; Summer Learning Programs Summary;
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark, Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Members absent: Cameron
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Votes regarding:
Motion from Governance Committee: Re: Student Transportation to Regional Learning Choice Programs to improve equitable access to programs, moved by Trustee Bailey, Seconded by Trustee Johal (carried)
Approval of the Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Action Plan
Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE
Members present: B. MacDonald, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark, Cole (electronic) Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Also present: Davies (electronic), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Delegations: Scheduled delegation re: ‘Development of an Explicit Grade Acceleration Policy’ – failed to appear
Staff reports: Notice of Referral from March 8, 2023, Curriculum, Equity and Student Well-Being Committee (Secondary Final Evaluations; following March 8th meeting staff have moved from no exams in grades 9-10 and 10% exams in 11-12 to 10% exams in 9-10 and 20% exams in 11-12; Trustees have asked for more explanation re: difference between standards outline in Ministry’s Growing Success document and how students are evaluated at other District School Boards); Social Media Policy; Excursions Policy; Trustee Honoraria Policy; Video Surveillance Policy; Policy Management Program; Memo re: Days of Significance and Scheduling of External Examinations
Notice of Motion: Re: Busing for regional programs (Trustee Bailey, seconded by Trustee Alves)
Thursday, September 7th, 2023 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Davies, B. MacDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Application Status Update (re: municipal planning and school planning); Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports:
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, Davies (electronic), Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Budget: Carried (Full budget)
Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Recognition of Service of the 2022-2023 Student Trustees: Avneet Athwal and Evelyn Lee. Congratulations on completing your term! It was wonderful to have you both with us!
Staff reports: (Directive 14) Comprehensive Four-Year Equity Strategy and Action Plan; (Directive 17) Reform of the Guidance Program/System – Update #5; Employment Systems Review; 2021-2022 Integrity Commissioners’ Annual Report to the Peel District School Board; Board and Committee Meeting Schedule 2023-2024; Establishment of a Board and Committee Agenda Review Committee; Recommended Candidate for Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Vacant Member Seat
Motion from the floor: Therefore be it resolved, that staff return to the Board of Trustees at the September 2023 Board meeting with an information report including a staff action plan focusing on the 2SLGBTQ+ community to improve the response of the board to better provide a safe and welcoming school environment where every student, staff member, and family knows they belong;
(Full text of motion including preamble)
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (joined virtually 5:30 – 6:29)
Members present: B. MacDonald, Bailey (electronic), Benjamin, Clark (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Members absent: Alves
Also present: Davies, Promoli (electronic)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Notice of Referral from March 8, 2023, Curriculum, Equity, and Student Well-Being Committee (Secondary Final Evaluations) (Deferred from the May 17, 2023 Governance and Policy Committee) – DEFERRED; Guidelines on the Hiring of the Supervisory Officers and the Administrators; Occupational Health and Safety Policy 2023; Expungement of Suspension and Expulsion Records for Students Kindergarten to Grade 3; Full Implementation Shift to D2L Brightspace as Single Learning Management System (LMS) for PDSB; Legal Matters Authority; Trustee Staff Relations Policy
Communications: Memo regarding Number of Red Dot and Open Red Dot Days of Significance; Memo regarding Administration of the Student Census
Thursday, June 1st, 2023 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal (electronic), Bailey (electronic), Davies (electronic), B. MacDonald (electronic), Promoli (electronic), Green (electronic), Cole (electronic)
Also present: Alves (electronic), Benjamin (electronic)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Delegations: Valerie Williams, substituting for Paula Hylton regarding Arising a result of Motion – in relation to policy vote/Governance; Alton Brooks regarding Naming of Centre for Black Excellence; Idris Orughu regarding Naming of Centre for Black Excellence; Written Delegation by Cacy Cousins regarding Naming of Centre of Black Excellence; Written Delegation by Donald Harris regarding Naming of Centre of Black Excellence; Written Delegation by Beats Dance Crew regarding Naming of Centre of Black Excellence; Delegation by Claudia McKoy regarding Centre of Black Excellence – Steering Committee
Staff reports: Education Development Charge (EDC) By-law Renewal 2024; Recirculation of Surplus Properties – former Lakeview Park & Alton Public Schools; Application Status Update; Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Report
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron (electronic), Clark, Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Votes regarding:
Motion from PPFB: The naming of the Centre of Black Excellence (see previous discussion and votes: September 14th [with 2014-18 Trustees K. McDonald (Meeting Chair), Andrews, Crocker, Green, and Lawton], January 18th, April 12th, April 26th, and May 3rd); Motion from CESW: the policy regarding book removal and disposal in libraries; 2023 OPSBA Directors (Will Davies and David Green), Alternates (Karla Bailey and Susan Benjamin)
Staff reports: 15.1. Ministry Directives a) Directive 10: Equity Office Performance Indicators; b) Directive 18: Comprehensive Diversity Equity Audit Tools Report; c) Directive 20: Communication Plan
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 – BUDGET DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Members present: B. MacDonald, Johal, Davies, K. McDonald, Promoli
Also present: Alves, Bailey
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Presentation by Principals/Vice Principals Associations & Administrative Staff Group regarding support staff; business case presentations by senior staff for 2023-24 school year
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (joined virtually)
Members present: B. MacDonald, Alves (electronic), Bailey, Benjamin, Green (electronic), K. McDonald
Members absent: Clark
Also present: Davies, Promoli (electronic)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff Reports: Identity-Based Data Collection Policy; Community Engagement Policy; Months of Recognition/Days of Significance; Student Trustee Policy Update; Memo re: Turnitin and Software that Detects AI-generated Content
Wednesday, May 8th, 2023 – CURRICULUM, EQUITY, AND STUDENT WELL-BEING COMMITTEE
Members present: Benjamin (electronic 20:15), Promoli, Alves, Cameron (electronic), Cole (electronic 19:07), Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Also present: Bailey (electronic 18:10), Davies, B. MacDonald
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
*Chaired this meeting
Delegation: ecoCaledon re: the Weeding of Books from School Libraries’ Impact on the Environment
Staff Reports: The Curation Cycle for School Library Learning Commons Collections (motion regarding documenting and disposal – not carried); Implementation of Learning Recovery Tutoring Programs in PDSB
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 – Physical Planning, Finance, and Building
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Green (electronic), B. MacDonald, Promoli
Also present: Alves (electronic), Clark (electronic), Benjamin
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff Reports: Vision Cooksville re: Sgt. David Yakichuk Park and T.L. Kennedy Secondary School; Naming of the Centre for African, Afro-Caribbean, and Black Student Success; Procurement Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark (electronic), Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Votes regarding:
Motions for Consideration: Repeal of Policy 3 – Appointment of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (carried); Naming and Renaming of Schools, Special Function Areas, and Facilities Policy (carried); Student Registration and Admission Policy (carried)
Staff reports: Directive 24 – Employment System Review (motion on the floor for further transparency, removing identifiable information); Suspension, Expulsion, Safe Schools Incident Reports and Employee Workplace Incident Violence Reports Data; Appointment of 2023-24 Student Trustees; Recommended Candidate for SEAC Vacant Member Seat; Annual United Way Campaign Board Report
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE
Members present: B. MacDonald, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark, Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Also present: Davies, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Repeal of Policy 3 – Appointment of Administrative and Supervisotry Personnel; Naming and Renaming of Schools, Special Function Areas, and Facilities Policy, Update #4; Student Registration and Admission Policy; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Plagiarism; Identity-Based Data Collection Policy; Policy Management Program Update; Records Retention Schedule
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Cameron, Johal, Bailey, Davies, B. MacDonald (electronic), Promoli
Also present: Benjamin
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Update – Permit fees; Application Status Update; Tender Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Response to Delegation by Laura Bowman re: Air Quality in Schools (for receipt)
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark (electronic), Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Directive 24 – Employment System Review – Final Report (motion from floor by K. McDonald for further clarification [carried], brought to closed session for discussion Wednesday, May 31, 2023); Suspension, Expulsion, Safe Schools Incident Reports and Employee Workplace Incident Violence Reports Data; Appointment of PDSB Student Trustees 2023-2024 (Srishti Sekhri, North of the 401; Ammar Alian, South of the 401); Recommended Candidate for Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Vacant Member Seat; Annual United Way Campaign Board Report
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 – CURRICULUM, EQUITY, AND STUDENT WELL-BEING
Members present: Benjamin, Promoli, Alves, Cole (electronic), Clark, Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Also present: Bailey, Davies, B. MacDonald (electronic)
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Delegations: Rowena Santos, City of Brampton, regarding Mental Health in School (video delegation); Laura Zeglen, City of Mississauga, regarding Partnering for Safe School Travel: The Mississauga School Streets Pilot Project; Tyron Nimalakumar, City of Brampton, regarding Active and Sustainable School Transportation; Ricky Viveiros and Dorothy Melville, City of Brampton Residents, regarding a Queer Symposium Prom (withdrawn); Idris Orughu, Resident, regarding the Peel District School Board Strategic Plan
Staff reports: Initiatives to Support Education for Reconciliation; Secondary Final Evaluations 2022-2023
Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE
Members present: B. MacDonald, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Green (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic)
Members absent: Clark
Also present: Cameron, Davies, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Supporting Students with Prevalent Medical Conditions Policy; Concussion Prevention and Intervention Policy; Information Access and Privacy Policy – Policy #88; Trustee Staff Relations Policy
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey, Cameron, Clark, Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Trustees absent: Benjamin
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Ministry Directive 22 – Eliminating Racial Disparities in Suspensions, Expulsions, and Exclusions; Ministry Directive 23 – Review of the DIrector’s Office and Central Departments; Proposed School Year Calendars 2023-2024; Discipline Committee Vacancy and Membership; Multi-Year Strategic Plan of PDSB Trustees
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 – PHYSICAL PLANNING, FINANCE, AND BUILDING
Members present: Bailey, Cameron, Davies, Johal, MacDonald, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Trustee Stan Cameron elected Chair; Trustee Satpaul Singh Johal elected Vice-Chair
Delegation by Laura Bowman re Air Quality in Schools (referred to staff for response)
Staff reports: Major Capital Projects Report; Application Status Update; Tender Activity Report; Vandalism Activity Report
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey (electronic), Benjamin (electronic), Cameron, Clark (electronic), Davies, Johal (electronic), B. MacDonald (electronic), K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Trustee report: Peel Safe and Active Routes to Schools
Staff reports: Directive 5 – Final Report (Good Governance); Directive 8 – Director’s Performance Appraisal; Directive 10 – Equity Office – Community Outreach Design Plan; Directive 14 – Affirming Muslim Identities and Dismantling Islamophobia – Strategy; Directive 17 – Reform of the Guidance Program System – Update #3; Directive 25 – Establishment of a Centralized Applicant Tracking and File Management System – Final Report; Graduation Rates and Non-Graduates 2023; First Quarter Financial Reports as of November 30, 2022; Director’s Annual Report
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 – GOVERNANCE
Members present: Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Clark, MacDonald, McDonald
Also present: Davies, Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Trustee Brad MacDonald elected Chair; Trustee Lucas Alves elected Vice-Chair
Staff Reports: Review of Policy 27: Naming of Schools – Update #3 (continued work to update and amend policy as directed by Supervisor Bruce Rodrigues on August 25th, 2021; discussion from September 14th, 2022 also relevant); Disconnecting from Work Policy; Trustee Staff Relations Policy
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Rodrigues (Supervisor), Green, Cole (electronic), Alves, Bailey (electronic), Benjamin, Cameron, Clark (electronic), Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Directive 12 – Policy 51 – Human Rights and OP1 Communications Plan (Ensuring the Board’s human rights complaint procedure is widely communicated and accessible); Directive 18 – Comprehensive Diversity Equity Audit Tools Report (discussion around the process for weeding and disposing of library books)
Notice of Motion by Trustee Stan Cameron to create an Indigenous Student Trustee position
Thursday, December 8th, 2022 – CURRICULUM, EQUITY, AND STUDENT WELL-BEING
Members present: Alves, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, McDonald, Promoli
Also present: B. MacDonald
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Trustee Susan Benjamin elected Chair; Trustee Jill Promoli elected Vice-Chair
Staff reports: PDSB Right to Read Action Plan; We Rise Together 2.0 Black Student Success Strategy Implementation
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 – BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: Rodrigues (Supervisor) Green, Cole, Alves, Bailey, Benjamin, Cameron, Clark, Davies, Johal, B. MacDonald, K. McDonald (electronic), Promoli
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Staff reports: Anti-Islamophobia Strategy Development Update #2; Naming of the Indigenous Centre for Excellence and Land-Based Learning: Policy 27 (recommended name: Maawnjiding Wingushking, meaning ‘a braiding of sweetgrass’; carried); Working Fund Reserves Transfers; Schedule of Financial Reports; Appointment of Special Education Advisory Committee Members
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 – INAUGURAL BOARD MEETING
Trustees present: All
Recording – Agenda – Minutes
Trustees sworn in; Trustee David Green elected Chair; Trustee LeeAnn Cole elected Vice-Chair