TDSB Chair and Vice-Chair
At the TDSB’s Organizational Board meeting on December 1, Trustee Robin Pilkey was acclaimed Chair of the Board and Trustee Jennifer Arp was elected to the position of Vice Chair .I had the privlege of nominating Robin, who was acclaimed Chair in August 2015, was first elected as Trustee for Ward 7 (Parkdale-High Park) in the fall of 2014. Jennifer Arp, who was also first elected in the fall of 2014, is Trustee for Ward 8 (Eglinton-Lawrence).
This year I chose to be a member of the Finance and Accountability Committee as each trustee must be on one of the 3 Standing Committees of the Board (Human Resources and Professional Learning and Program and School Services are the others). I was also proud to be confirmed as the Trustee Liaison to the Parent Involvement Advisory Committtee (PIAC) and was elected to the Budget Committee, Negotiations Steering Committee, Policy Review Committee, Governance Review Workgroup, and the Documents for Access, Transparency and Accountability Workgroup. I am also incredibly proud to be confirmed as a Director of the Ontario Public School Boards Association and as Vice-President., representing the TDSB on the Executive.
To read the full committee memberships, please click
here.