Labour Negotiations Update

Committee Meetings This Week

• 6.1 Secondary Program Review: Update #2 - 
  A webpage for the Secondary Program Review has been created on the Toronto District School Board’s public website: https://www.tdsb.on.ca/High-School/Secondary-Program-Review 
• 6.2 Long-Term Program and Accommodation Strategy 2019-2028 - 
  The LTPAS is one of the action plans that are part of the Multi-Year Strategic Plan (MYSP) approved by the Board of Trustees in May 2018. An extensive review of the drivers in the LTPAS was done this year to ensure alignment with the goals of the MYSP and consideration of the TDSB’s commitment to human rights, equity, accessibility and inclusion. The drivers, now referred to as guiding principles, are grouped under two main two themes: “Equity of Access” and “Efficient and Flexible Learning Space”. The theme of equity of access makes a direct connection to one of the goals of the MYSP and provides guidance on how this will be achieved. The LTPAS document identifies all program and accommodation studies that could lead to new programs, program relocations, school closures, boundary changes, and grade reorganizations that will be conducted over the next ten years. Information about future program and accommodation studies is presented by type of study and by ward. A total of 23 studies have been completed during this past  year. Since the Ministry of Education has imposed a moratorium on schools, only one Pupil
  Accommodation Review is planned for 2019-2020. Once the moratorium has been lifted, new reviews will be initiated. We have identified 10 emerging capital priorities for which we have requested provincial funding. Once approved by the Board of Trustees, the LTPAS document will be posted on the TDSB’s public website. 
• 6.3 Exemption From Human Development and Sexual Health Instruction, Grades 1 to 8: New Procedure - 
  The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) acknowledges the importance of a student’s understanding of human development and sexual health and remains committed to building positive school cultures that support the mental health and overall well-being (physical, cognitive, social, emotional and spiritual) of all students. Staff will continue to create
  inclusive environments where all students’ identities and lived experiences are respected. The TDSB has developed an Exemption from Human Development and Sexual Health Instruction, Grades 1 to 8 Procedure (the “Procedure”) (see Appendix A) to comply with the direction set out in the Ministry of Education’s Policy/Program Memorandum (PPM) No. 162 (Appendix B). This PPM requires school boards to develop a policy or procedure that allows for students to be exempted, at the request of their parents/guardians, from instructions
  related to the Human Development and Sexual Health expectations found in strand D of the Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, Grades 1-8, 2019. 
• 6.4 Digital Learning Tools and Student Data Privacy - 
  As the use of online learning and digital resources in the TDSB have increased so has the district’s emphasis on ensuring technology enabled learning is done safely and securely. In recent years, a particular emphasis has been placed on protecting student data when  teaching and learning has leveraged digital tools and resources. This report outlines the laws that govern TDSB’s use of student information, our practices of keeping student data
  safe in an online environment and our future plans in these areas. 
• 6.5 Proposal for a Modified Pupil Accommodation Review for York Memorial Collegiate Institute and George Harvey Collegiate Institute - 
  It is recommended that the proposal for a Modified Pupil Accommodation Review for York Memorial Collegiate Institute and George Harvey Collegiate Institute contained in Appendix A be approved and submitted to the Ministry of Education. 
• 6.6 Accommodation of Students From Residential Developments at 2-44 Sonic Way - 
  It is recommended that, effective immediately, Rippleton Public School be the designated elementary school for students residing in the new residential development located at 2-44 Sonic Way, as shown in Appendix A of this report. 
• 6.7 Accommodation of Students From Residential Developments in the Eglinton Junior Public School Area - 
  It is recommended that, effective immediately, Whitney Junior Public School be the designated elementary school for students residing in the new residential development located at 11 Lillian Street, and Rippleton Public School be the designated elementary school for students residing in the new residential developments located at 200-214 Keewatin Avenue, 85 Broadway Avenue, 14-16 Elvina Gardens, and 71 Redpath Avenue as shown in Appendix A of this report. 
• 6.8 Canadian School Boards Association Congress and Trustees Gathering on Indigenous Education, 2020: Expense Approval - 
  It is RECOMMENDED that the request from Trustee Christopher Mammoliti (and Trustee Shelley Laskin) to attend the Canadian School Boards Association Congress 2020 and the Trustees Gathering on Indigenous Education July 2 - 5, 2020 in Banff, Alberta be approved. 

LTPAS in Ward 8

• Non-Operating School Site Study - Explore a review of the non-operating school site, DB Hood CS, located at 2327 Dufferin Street and currently leased to a French international School, to determine if it is a candidate for potential surplus declaration and sale. 
• New Program Study - Explore a review of existing and projected accommodation pressure in the Yonge-Eglinton community. This review will examine a range of accommodation solutions that consider the availability of physical space within local elementary and secondary schools as well as leased properties such as the Bannockburn building. 
  Note that the Program Area Review Team (PART) process that was established and later paused in the spring of 2019 will not be re-engaged. The scope of the Yonge-Eglinton review will be expanded to explore a broader and more diverse range of options for the accommodation of students over the long term. This work will proceed at the staff level through the 2019-20 school year which will be followed by a new Program Area Review Team at the appropriate time.
• Program Relocation Study - Explore the relocation of the existing Extended French program operating at Eglinton Jr. PS (4-5) and Hodgson MS (6-8).
• Emerging Capital Priority - Submit a business case to support the construction of additional pupil places (5 classrooms) at Davisville Jr. PS. This is a previously-approved replacement school that requires additional pupil places.
• Development Redirection Study - Explore the redirection of new residential development proposed within the Eglinton Jr. PS catchment area to Whitney Jr. PS and to Rippleton PS. Note that given the density proposed within the Eglinton Jr. PS area, other schools may have to be explored as redirection sites through ongoing study.
• Development Redirection Study (slated for this year) - Explore the redirection of proposed new residential development within the Oriole Park Jr. PS attendance area into North Preparatory Jr. PS, including a study of intermediate school pathways.

• In light of the increasing enrolment in French Programs combined with the concerns from many stakeholders about transportation, entry points, location of programs, staffing and equity, a review of all French programs was conducted. This review was conducted in 2018 and reached a milestone in June 2019 when Trustees approved a number of transformative changes to entry points and program models. During the 2019-20 school year, staff will continue to support the work associated with the implementation of these changes, specifically working toward a redistribution plan for French programs to improve equity of access.
• Continue with the Secondary Program Review to develop a vision of secondary schools and programs aligned with the Long-Term Program and Accommodation Strategy that will benefit all students across the TDSB. Staff will continue to work strategically at a system level to examine the distribution and viability of secondary schools and programs. This work will include a review of related policies, procedures and practices.

Policy Consultations

• Priority 1: Students who are attending another school as an Out-of-Area student at and who wish to return to their designated school by address.
• Priority 2: Secondary students whose child/children is/are enrolled in a child care centre in the designated attendance area of the secondary school.
• Priority 3: Students who have siblings currently attending the requested school and the siblings are expected to be at the requested school for the next school year.
• Priority 4: Students currently attending a feeder school of the requested school.
• Priority 5: Children enrolled after January 1 in the school-based child care pre-school program of the requested school (see 6.1.6).
• Priority 6: Children attending child care programs in the designated attendance area of the requested school.
• Priority 7: Current TDSB students.
• Priority 8: Other students residing in the City of Toronto.
• Priority 9: Students residing outside the City of Toronto.

Worth Repeating

Continuing Education - Community Programs

2020-2021 Optional Attendance 

Early French Immersion Parent/Guardian Information Sessions

• Applications for Early French Immersion which begins in SK (for a Junior Kindergarten aged child), must be completed online between November 4, 2019 and November 29, 2019.
  
• Applications for Junior Extended French which begins in Grade 4 must be completed online between January 6, 2020 and January 31, 2020. Please note that this will be the last entry class for this program as it will be transitioning out - Grade 4 Immersion Program will continue.
  Offers of placement within your chosen program will be made to all on-time applicants in the weeks following the close of the application window.

Secondary Program Review

• November 14, 7 p.m. at Western Technical-Commercial School, 125 Evelyn Crescent, Cafeteria
• November 20, 7 p.m. at East Education Office, 140 Borough Drive, Committee Room 3/4
• November 26, 7 p.m. at C W Jefferys Collegiate Institute, 340 Sentinel Road, Cafeteria
• November 28, 7 p.m. at John Polanyi Collegiate Institute, 640 Lawrence Avenue West, Cafeteria

School Year Calendar 2019-2020