Board Meeting Dates and Files

All Board meetings begin with Mass at 5:00 p.m. Regular Board meeting session begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room.

2019-2020 Meeting Dates:
• Tuesday September 24, 2019
• Tuesday October 29, 2019
• Tuesday November 26, 2019
• Tuesday December 17, 2019
• Tuesday January 28, 2020
• Tuesday February 25, 2020
• Tuesday March 31, 2020
• Tuesday April 28, 2020
• Tuesday May 26, 2020
• Tuesday June 23, 2020

Members of the public who wish to attend the Regular Board meeting are asked to contact Victoria Johnson by noon on the day before the meeting date.

On March 19, 2020, in response to the current public health situation both globally and in Ontario, the provincial government made regulatory changes to allow for school boards to be able to continue to meet during mandated school closures. The regulatory amendments permit school board meetings to be conducted exclusively via electronic/virtual platforms until 60 days after the expiration of a provincial order to close all publicly-funded schools (currently April 5, 2020).

As such, the March Regular Board meeting will proceed as scheduled, to be held on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. using the Microsoft Teams platform. The agenda will consist of required approvals and information items, with all other items being deferred to the April 28, 2020 Regular Board meeting. Members of the public who wish to attend the meeting are asked to email Victoria Johnson by noon on Monday, March 30, 2020 for access to the meeting link.

Protocol for Delegations to Board Meetings

The Board agenda will provide for Delegations, all of which shall comply with the following:

• In order to appear as a delegation at a Regular Meeting of the Board, the individual or group must contact the Secretary of the Board at least forty-eight hours before the Tuesday preceding that Meeting;
• A delegation will be accorded ten minutes in order to make its presentation before the Board;
• Where there are multiple delegations on the same topic, the Chair of the Meeting may require that presentations be combined or reduce the time of the presentations;
• Where a matter presented by a delegation deals with a topic that should properly be considered by the Committee of the Whole Board - In Camera, the Chair of the Meeting shall halt the presentation. The presentation may continue once the Board has resolved To move into the Committee of the Whole Board - In Camera;
• The Chair of the Meeting may terminate a presentation that deviates materially from the topic of the presentation;
• The spokesperson(s) for a delegation shall refrain from the use of abusive or derogatory language at all times and the Chair of the Meeting may expel or exclude from any Meeting any person(s) who engage in this or any other form of improper conduct;
• Each delegation, at the time of registration with the Secretary of the Board, shall receive a copy of this Section of the By-law;
• Since a Trustee is permitted to place a matter on the Agenda under subsection 3.16 and is permitted to make inquiries under subsection 3.17, a Trustee shall not be permitted to appear before the Board as a delegation;
• With respect to delegations from Board employees, where the submission is or relates to, a matter:
  
  
  
  • That is personal to the speaker, there shall be no special restrictions;
  
  
  • That is or may be dealt with under a Collective Agreement to which the Board is a party, such submission shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of such Collective Agreement;
  
  
• The Secretary of the Board shall be responsible to communicate the Board's response to a delegation if any.