TDSB Chair's Newsletter
Volume 28 - Oct. 8, 2019
NEWS 
Labour Update: Tentative Agreement Reached (CUPE)
On Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, a tentative agreement was reached between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Government of Ontario and the Council of Trustees Associations. As a result, CUPE has ended its job action and all schools and centres of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) were able to open on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, to all students and staff. 

All parties involved will now work to ratify the agreement in the coming days. 

At the TDSB, CUPE represents school support staff, such as caretakers, lunchroom supervisors, office/clerical staff and Designated Early Childhood Educators.

For on-going updates and more information, please visit www.tdsb.on.ca/labour and follow @tdsb on Twitter.
Share Your Voice: Exemption on Health and Physical Education Curriculum 
On August 21, 2019, the Ministry of Education issued a memo (PPM 162) regarding exemption from instruction related to the Human Development and Sexual Health Expectations in the Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, Grades 1-8, 2019. 

To help develop a procedure to implement this, the Toronto District School Board is asking parents/guardians and school community members to participate in an online consultation. 

The online consultation is now open.

Deadline: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.
TDSB Releases EQAO and OSSLT Results
On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) released achievement results for all Ontario school boards.

For the TDSB, when compared to the province, 2018-19 EQAO results for TDSB students in Grades 3 and 6 show that a higher proportion are performing at or above the provincial standard in five of the six assessments in reading, writing and mathematics. This has been a consistent trend over the past five years, with a higher proportion of TDSB students continually performing at the highest level of EQAO. Improvement is needed for Grade 9 math and this will be the focus of a math action plan. 

To learn more, please read the full news release and visit the TDSB webpage for Achievement and EQAO
Recent Heritage Months and Celebrations at the TDSB
BOARD MEETING NOTES
Provincial 2019-20 Capital Priorities Program: Project Scope Revisions  
The Board approved ten projects to submit to the Ministry of Education for funding consideration under the 2019 Capital Priorities program. Provincial government provides capital funding to support new schools, replacement schools, additions and deep retrofits to existing schools. Each school board was asked to submit ten priority projects. 

Read the Board decision
Selection of Trustee Members on the LGBTQ2S Community Advisory Committee 
The Board appointed Trustees Brown, Doyle, MacLean and Moise to serve on the LGBTQ2S Community Advisory Committee for the term ending November 14, 2020. 

LGBTQ2S is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning and 2-Spirit. This committee will help bring issues, concerns and suggestions forward to the Board to better support LGBTQ2S youth and families across the system. 
Next Board Meeting

The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.

TDSB Trustees

Harpreet Gill
Ward 1 - Etobicoke North
Harpreet.Gill@tdsb.on.ca

Dan MacLean
Ward 2 - Etobicoke Centre
Dan.MacLean@tdsb.on.ca

Patrick Nunziata
Ward 3 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Patrick.Nunziata@tdsb.on.ca

Christopher Mammoliti
Ward 4 - Humber River-Black Creek
Christopher.Mammoliti@tdsb.on.ca

Alexandra Lulka

Ward 5 - York Centre
Alexandra.Lulka@tdsb.on.ca

Chris Tonks
Ward 6 - York South-Weston
chris.tonks@tdsb.on.ca

Robin Pilkey
Ward 7 - Parkdale-High Park
Robin.Pilkey@tdsb.on.ca

Shelley Laskin
Ward 8 - Eglinton-Lawrence and Toronto-St. Paul's
Shelley.Laskin@tdsb.on.ca

Stephanie Donaldson
Ward 9 - Davenport and Spadina-Fort York
Stephanie.Donaldson@tdsb.on.ca

Chris Moise
Ward 10 - University-Rosedale and Toronto Centre
Chris.Moise@tdsb.on.ca

Rachel Chernos Lin
Ward 11 - Don Valley West
Rachel.ChernosLin@tdsb.on.ca

Alexander Brown
Ward 12 - Willowdale
Alexander.Brown@tdsb.on.ca

James Li
Ward 13 - Don Valley North
James.Li@tdsb.on.ca

Trixie Doyle
Ward 14 - Don Valley East
Trixie.Doyle@tdsb.on.ca

Jennifer Story
Ward 15 - Toronto-Danforth
Jennifer.Story@tdsb.on.ca

Michelle Aarts
Ward 16 - Beaches-East York
Michelle.Aarts@tdsb.on.ca

David Smith
Ward 17 - Scarborough Centre
David.Smith4@tdsb.on.ca

Parthi Kandavel
Ward 18 - Scarborough Southwest
Parthi.Kandavel@tdsb.on.ca

Zakir Patel
Ward 19 - Scarborough-Guildwood
Zakir.Patel@tdsb.on.ca

Manna Wong
Ward 20 - Scarborough-Agincourt
Manna.Wong@tdsb.on.ca

Yalini Rajakulasingam
Ward 21 - Scarborough North
Yalini.Rajakulasingam@tdsb.on.ca

Anu Sriskandarajah
Ward 22 - Scarborough-Rouge Park
Anu.Sriskandarajah@tdsb.on.ca

Adnan Habib
Student Trustee
Adnan.Habib@tdsb.on.ca

Ivy Deng

Student Trustee
Ivy.Deng@tdsb.on.ca

Director of Education

John Malloy
John.Malloy@tdsb.on.ca

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