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Meeting Date Motion Vote Carried Links
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Report 25-001, Proposed School Year Calendar 2025-2026
  • THAT the recommended school year calendar outlined in Report 25-001 be submitted by 1 March 2025 to the Ministry of Education for approval as the official 2025-2026 school year calendar for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s elementary and secondary schools.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Report 24-130, Recission of Board Policy P.066.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Administrative and Support Staff, and P.089.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Teachers
  • THAT the rescission of Board Policy P.066.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Administrative and Support Staff, and P.089.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Teachers be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Report 24-120, Recission of Policy P.042.SCO, Guidelines for Dealing with Reports of Strangers Approaching Students
  • THAT Policy P.042.SCO, Guidelines for Dealing with Reports of Strangers Approaching Students be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Report 25-002, the Comprehensive Report on the Elementary Program Review, Proposed Program Model and Support for Students
  • THAT the consultation plan for an active community engagement campaign to take place during Winter 2025 regarding the proposed program model and support for students, as outlined in Report 25-002, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Report 25-002, the Comprehensive Report on the Elementary Program Review, Proposed Program Model and Support for Students
  • THAT the consultation plan for an active community engagement campaign to take place during Winter 2025 regarding the proposed program model and support for students, as outlined in Report 25-002, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Report 24-132, Audit Committee Annual Report for 2023-2024
  • THAT Report 24-132 be approved as the Audit Committee Annual Report to the Board for 2023-2024
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Report 24-131, 2023-2024 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity
  • THAT Appendix A to Report 24-131 be approved as the 2023-2024 Annual

Report on Internal Audit Activity.		 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Report 24-124, Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project Plan for 2024 for 2025
  • THAT the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project budget in the amount of $105,753,017 be approved as detailed in Appendix B of Report 24-124;
  • THAT staff be authorized to proceed with individual project tenders within the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project plans;
  • THAT as FRP/SCI projects are tendered, based on bid results, or as priorities change, additional projects may be added or removed to suit the availability of the overall budget and these additional projects will be able to proceed without further approval as long as the total overall FRP/SCI budgets are not exceeded; and
  • THAT the Chair of the Board and Director of Education are authorized to award contracts above $500,000 that are within this overall available uncommitted approved budget.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Thursday, December 12, 2024 Report 24-130, Recission of Board Policy P.066.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Administrative and Support Staff, and P.089.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Teachers
  • THAT the rescission of Board Policy P.066.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Administrative and Support Staff, and P.089.HR Performance Appraisal and Supervision for Professional Growth of Teachers be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Thursday, December 12, 2024 Report 24-120, Recission of Policy P.042.SCO, Guidelines for Dealing with Reports of Strangers Approaching Students
  • THAT Policy P.042.SCO, Guidelines for Dealing with Reports of Strangers Approaching Students be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Thursday, December 12, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Report 24-124, Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project Plan for 2024 for 2025
  • THAT the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project budget in the amount of $105,753,017 be approved as detailed in Appendix B of Report 24-124;
  • THAT staff be authorized to proceed with individual project tenders within the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project plans;
  • THAT as FRP/SCI projects are tendered, based on bid results, or as priorities change, additional projects may be added or removed to suit the availability of the overall budget and these additional projects will be able to proceed without further approval as long as the total overall FRP/SCI budgets are not exceeded; and
  • THAT the Chair of the Board and Director of Education are authorized to award contracts above $500,000 that are within this overall available uncommitted approved budget.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Upon review of the facts as documented in the final report prepared by the Integrity Commissioner regarding a Code of Conduct investigation in relation to Trustee Blackburn be it resolved that the sanctions for the breach of the code of conduct be as follows:
  • Suspension from all committees until the sooner of:
    • the completion of the training referred to in section 2 above, or
    • six months from the date of this resolution

The Chair may, if necessary, appoint another trustee to an intermin committee position for the duration of the sanction.		 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Upon review of the facts as documented in the final report prepared by the Integrity Commissioner regarding a Code of Conduct investigation in relation to Trustee Blackburn be it resolved that the sanctions for the breach of the code of conduct be as follows:
  • Formal Censure
  • Mandatory antisemitism training, the provider of which is to be determined by the Chair and at the expense of the Trustee's professional development account

The Chair may, if necessary, appoint another trustee to an intermin committee position for the duration of the sanction.		 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Upon review of the facts as documented in the final report prepared by the Integrity Commissioner regarding a Code of Conduct investigation in relation to Trustee Blackburn:
  • THAT with due consideration of the facts set out in the Report of the Integrity Commissioner presented to the Board on 26 November 2024 be it resolved that the board find that Trustee Donna Blackburn has breached sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 of the code of conduct.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Report 24-115, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.008.GOV Advisory Committee on Equity
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.008.GOV Advisory Committee on Equity, attached to Report 24-115 as Appendix B, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Report 24-116, Recission of Policy P.084.SCO Student Safety Patrols
  • THAT Policy P.084.SCO Student Safety Patrols be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Report 13-126, Consolidated Financial Statement
  • THAT the draft 2023-2024 Consolidated Financial Statements attached as Appendix A to Report 24-126 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Thursday, November 14, 2024 Report 24-115, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.008.GOV Advisory Committee on Equity
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.008.GOV Advisory Committee on Equity, attached to Report 24-115 as Appendix B, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Thursday, November 14, 2024 Report 24-116, Recission of Policy P.084.SCO Student Safety Patrols
  • THAT Policy P.084.SCO Student Safety Patrols be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Thursday, November 14, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Organizational Meeting Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Notice of Motion, Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee
  • THAT the motion of 25 April 2023 be amended as follows:
    • THAT the Board establish a special purpose Policy Review Committee as setout in Appendix D to Report 23-025 with the addition of IEC, ACE, PIC, SEAC and OCASC representatives, as amended (Attached as Appendix A);
    • THAT all members of the Board be entitled to attend meetings of the Policy Review Committee, to receive all materials circulated to the committee,and to participate in debate, including the making of motions and voting; and
    • THAT Section 3. Membership, in the Terms of Reference for the Special Purpose Policy Review Committee (attached as Appendix A), be amended to add the Vice-Chair as an ex-officio member as follows: “the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board shall be ex-officio members and shall have full privileges of the committee membership and are included in the total number of trustees appointed”.
    • THAT the Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee continue to meet until October 2024 or until the completion of the mandate.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Report 24-113, Board Work Plan for 2024 to 2025
  • THAT the 2024-2025 Board Work Plan as outlined in Appendix A to Report 24-113 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Report 24-104, Revisions to Policy 0.018.GOV Electronic Meetings of the Board and Committees
  • THAT Policy P.018.GOV Electronic Meetings of the Board and Committees and Meeting Attendance, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-104, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Report 24-099, Recession of Board Policy P.048.GOV Board Guiding Principles
  • THAT Policy P.048.GOV Board Guiding Principles be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Committee of the Whole Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, September 12, 2024 Report 24-104, Revisions to Policy 0.018.GOV Electronic Meetings of the Board and Committees
  • THAT Policy P.018.GOV Electronic Meetings of the Board and Committees and Meeting Attendance, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-104, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, September 12, 2024 Report 24-099, Recession of Board Policy P.048.GOV Board Guiding Principles
  • THAT Policy P.048.GOV Board Guiding Principles be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, September 12, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, August 19, 2024 Report 24-098, Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct
  • THAT Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-098, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, August 19, 2024 Report 24-097, Trustee Resignation and Appointment Process, Zone 2
  • THAT the Board accept, with regret and appreciation for her years of dedicated service, the resignation of Aysha Aziz, Trustee Zone 2, Kanata North/Kanata South, effective 19 August 2024; and
  • THAT the Board proceed with the appointment process to fill the vacancy for the position of Trustee, Zone 2 as outlined in Report 24-097, Trustee Resignation and Appointment Process, Zone 2.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, August 19, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-096, Approval of Short-Term Borrowing Resolution
  • THAT the Board approve the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Borrowing Resolution as presented in Appendix A of Report 24-096.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-094, Approval for the Chair and Director to Approve Contracts for the Summer Period
  • THAT notwithstanding the provisions of P.007.FIN, Signing Authority and Spending Controls policy:
  • THAT the Chair (or designate) and Director (or designate) be given authority to award necessary contracts above the regular spending signing authority limits of $500,000, up to a limit of $3,500,000 per contract without prior Board approval, for the 1 July 2024 to 15 September 2024 period subject to the following conditions:
    • The Associate Director, Business Operations or designate will certify that the appropriate procurement policies have been followed and the amounts have been approved in the budget; and
    • That staff will inform the Board in October 2024 of any contracts awarded under this temporary authority that are exceptional in nature and not part of the planned activities of the FRP/SCI or Minor Tangible Capital Activities programs.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-085, Special Education Plan 2023 to 2024
  • THAT the 2023-2024 Special Education Plan, attached as Appendix A to Report No. 24-085 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-082, Approval of Policy P.005.GOV Board Member and Student Trustee Expenses and Support Services
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.005.GOV Board Member and Student Trustee Expenses and Support Services, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-082, be approved, as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-090, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.051.GOV Evaluation of Director of Education and Secretary of the Board.
  • THAT Policy P.051.GOV Evaluation of Director of Education and Secretary of the Board, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-090, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-086, Revisions to Policies in Response to the Revissed PPM 128 the Provincial Code of Conduct and the School Board Codes of Conduct
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.125.SCO School District Code of Conduct, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-086, be approved as amended; and
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.100.IT Appropriate Use of Information Technology, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-086, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-069, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.038.SCO Secondary School Commencement Ceremonies
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.038.SCO Secondary School Commencement Ceremonies, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-069, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-084, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.102.CUR Cooperative Education and Experiential Learning.
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.102.CUR Cooperative Education and Experiential Learning, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-084, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Report 24-083, Approval of Revsions to Policy P.112.CUR Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition for Mature Students
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.112.CUR Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition for Mature Students, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-083, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 24, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 20, 2024 Report 24-082, Approval of Policy P.005.GOV Board Member and Student Trustee Expenses and Support Services
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.005.GOV Board Member and Student Trustee Expenses and Support Services, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-082, be approved, as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 20, 2024 Report 24-090, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.051.GOV Evaluation of Director of Education and Secretary of the Board.
  • THAT Policy P.051.GOV Evaluation of Director of Education and Secretary of the Board, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-090, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 20, 2024 Report 24-086, Revisions to Policies in Response to the Revissed PPM 128 the Provincial Code of Conduct and the School Board Codes of Conduct
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.125.SCO School District Code of Conduct, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-086, be approved as amended; and
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.100.IT Appropriate Use of Information Technology, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-086, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 20, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, June 10, 2024 Report 24-080, 2024 to 2025 Staff-Recommended Budget
  • THAT the unconsolidated 2024-2025 operating budget of $1,169,323,005 as presented in Report 24-080, 2024-2025 Staff-Recommended Budget and detailed in the 2024-2025 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder be approved; and
  • THAT the 2024-2025 capital budget of $127,838,114million as presented in the 2024-2025 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, June 10, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Budget Monday, June 10, 2024 Report 24-080, 2024 to 2025 Staff-Recommended Budget
  • THAT the unconsolidated 2024-2025 operating budget of $1,169,323,005 as presented in Report 24-080, 2024-2025 Staff-Recommended Budget and detailed in the 2024-2025 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder be approved; and
  • THAT the 2024-2025 capital budget of $127,838,114million as presented in the 2024-2025 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Budget Monday, June 10, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 6, 2024 Report 24-069, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.038.SCO Secondary School Commencement Ceremonies
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.038.SCO Secondary School Commencement Ceremonies, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-069, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 6, 2024 Report 24-084, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.102.CUR Cooperative Education and Experiential Learning.
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.102.CUR Cooperative Education and Experiential Learning, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-084, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 6, 2024 Report 24-083, Approval of Revsions to Policy P.112.CUR Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition for Mature Students
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.112.CUR Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition for Mature Students, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-083, be approved as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, June 6, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, June 3, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report 24-089, Appointment of External Member of the Audit Committee
  • THAT Chandrasekhar Krishnamurthy be appointed to the Audit Committee as an external member for a three-year term.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report 24-079, Appointment of Association Alternate to the Special Education Advisory Committee
  • THAT Peter Davidson be appointed as the alternate member representing the Association for Bright Children (ABC) to the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the term ending 14 November 2026.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report 24-075, Appointments to the Ontario Public School Boaards' Association (OPSBA) for 2024-2025 Term of Office
  • Trustees Acott and Jennekens be appointed as the two directors to the OPSBA Board of Directors, the voting and alternate delegates for the Eastern Regional Council meetings, and the voting and alternate delegates for the OPSBA Annual General meeting for the 2024-2025 Term of Office.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report 24-093, Director of Education Performance Plan
  • THAT the 2024-2025 Director’s performance plan, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-093, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report 24-092, Board and Director Performance Appraisal
  • THAT the 2023-2024 Director’s performance plan, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-092, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report No. 24-060, Naming of the New Elementary School in Findlay Creek Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Report No. 24-067, Naming of the New Secondary School in Stittsville
  • THAT the new secondary school in Stittsville located in Ottawa at 700 Cope Avenue be named Maplewood Secondary School, effective September 2024.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, May 27, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Report No. 24-060, Naming of the New Elementary School in Findlay Creek Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Report No. 24-067, Naming of the New Secondary School in Stittsville
  • THAT the new secondary school in Stittsville located in Ottawa at 700 Cope Avenue be named Maplewood Secondary School, effective September 2024.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Report No. 24-025, Update on Integrity Commissioner Legislation and Contract Extension
  • THAT the Board appoint Suzanne Craig (SC Consulting) as the Integrity Commissioner effective 25 April 2024 for a period of up to one year.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Report 24-051. Approval of Changes to the Student Transfer Appeal Process
  • THAT Policy P.126.SCO Appeal Hearing Panel (Student Transfers), attached as Appendix A to Report 24-051, be rescinded.
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.077.PLG Designated Schools/Student Transfers, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-051, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Report No. 24-046, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.024.HR Employee Conflict of Interest
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.024.HR Employee Conflict of Interest, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-046 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Report No. 24-050, Approval of New Policy P.149.GOV Pregnancy and Parental Leave (Board of Trustees)
  • THAT the new Policy P.149.GOV Trustee Leaves of Absence, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-050, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Report 24-013, Approval of New Risk Management Policy
  • THAT the proposed Policy P.143.GOV Risk Management, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-013, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Report 24-052, Program Review Process at the Elementary Level
  • THAT an Elementary Program Review be undertaken, as outlined in Report 24-052, beginning in April 2024 with the intent of implementation beginning in September 2025.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, April 4, 2024 Report 24-051. Approval of Changes to the Student Transfer Appeal Process
  • THAT Policy P.126.SCO Appeal Hearing Panel (Student Transfers), attached as Appendix A to Report 24-051, be rescinded.
  • THAT the revisions to Policy P.077.PLG Designated Schools/Student Transfers, attached as Appendix B to Report 24-051, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, April 4, 2024 Report No. 24-046, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.024.HR Employee Conflict of Interest
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P.024.HR Employee Conflict of Interest, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-046 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, April 4, 2024 Report No. 24-050, Approval of New Policy P.149.GOV Pregnancy and Parental Leave (Board of Trustees)
  • THAT the new Policy P.149.GOV Trustee Leaves of Absence, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-050, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, April 4, 2024 Report 24-013, Approval of New Risk Management Policy
  • THAT the proposed Policy P.143.GOV Risk Management, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-013, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, April 4, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Report No. 24-052, Program Review Process at the Elementary Level
  • THAT an Elementary Program Review be undertaken, as outlined in Report 24-052, beginning in April 2024 with the intent of implementation beginning in September 2025.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, April 2, 2024 OCDSB Motion for OPSBA AGM Consideration
  • THAT the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association establish a 2SLGBTQIA+ Trustees' Caucus to provide community-specific feedback and recommendations to OPSBA
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the Agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Report 24-018, Academic Staff for 2024 to 2025:
  • THAT the Academic Staffing Plan for 2024-2025, as set out in the addendum and Appendices A, B and C to Report 24-018, be approved, subject to adjustments related to fluctuations in projected and actual enrolment as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Report 24-018, Academic Staff for 2024 to 2025 - Amendment:
  • THAT Appendix C to Report 24-018 be amended to increase the vice principal allocation by 2.0 FTE to be distributed as 0.5 FTE in the remaining four elementary schools which are highest on the RAISE Index and do not have a VP allocation ($263,701.33).
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Report 24-018, Academic Staff for 2024 to 2025 - Amendment:
  • THAT the Addendum to Report 24-018 be revised to reflect the commitment to 1.0 FTE resource to support students who identify as Palestinian, Arab, and/or Arabic speaking and 1.0 FTE resource to support students who identify as Muslim.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Report 24-018, Academic Staff for 2024 to 2025:
  • THAT the Academic Staffing Plan for 2024-2025, as set out in the addendum and Appendices A, B and C to Report 24-018, be approved, subject to adjustments related to fluctuations in projected and actual enrolment as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Report 24-018, Academic Staff for 2024 to 2025 - Amendment:
  • THAT Appendix C to Report 24-018 be amended to increase the vice principal allocation by 2.0 FTE to be distributed as 0.5 FTE in the remaining four elementary schools which are highest on the RAISE Index and do not have a VP allocation ($263,701.33).
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Report 24-018, Academic Staff for 2024 to 2025 - Amendment:
  • THAT Report 24-018 be revised to reflect that the commitment of 2.0 FTE resources to support students who identify as Palestinian, Muslim, Arab and/or Arabic speaking students.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Report No. 24-024, Adoption of Education Development Charges By-law (2024-2029)
  • THAT the Board confirm that an additional public meeting under 257.63 (3) of the Education Act is not required prior to the adoption of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Education Development Charges By-law No. 01-2024;
  • THAT the Board approve the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Education Development Charges Background Study, dated 15 February 2024, for the purpose of adopting the Board’s Education Development Charges By-law No. 01-

2024;
  • THAT the Board set the residential and non-residential rates as shown in sections six and nine respectively of the proposed By-law;
  • THAT the Board approve the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Education Development Charges By-law No. 01-2024 (attached as Appendix A to Report 24-024) and such By-law shall be effective 1 April 2024, and authorize staff to undertake steps regarding its implementation and administration.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Notion of Motion RE Menstrual Equity Letter
  • THAT the Chair write to the Minister of Education on behalf of the Board requesting that the Ministry ensure menstrual products are procured, distributed and accessible for all Ontario schools on an ongoing basis, free of additional charge(s) to individual boards.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Notion of Motion RE Legislative Ban on Advertisements for Gambling
  • THAT the OCDSB assert that it supports a legislative ban on advertisements for gambling in Canada in all media;
  • THAT the Chair send a letter to local Members of Parliament (MPs), Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs), and provincial and federal political leaders to advocate that legislation be enacted to ban advertising for gambling in all media
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Report No. 24-024, Adoption of Education Development Charges By-law (2024-2029)
  • THAT the Board confirm that an additional public meeting under 257.63 (3) of the Education Act is not required prior to the adoption of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Education Development Charges By-law No. 01-2024;
  • THAT the Board approve the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Education Development Charges Background Study, dated 15 February 2024, for the purpose of adopting the Board’s Education Development Charges By-law No. 01-

2024;
  • THAT the Board set the residential and non-residential rates as shown in sections six and nine respectively of the proposed By-law;
  • THAT the Board approve the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Education Development Charges By-law No. 01-2024 (attached as Appendix A to Report 24-024) and such By-law shall be effective 1 April 2024, and authorize staff to undertake steps regarding its implementation and administration.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Approval of the Agenda:
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Approval of the Advocacy Briefs:
  • THAT the advocacy briefs be approved as amended
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Report 24-016, Revisions to Policy P.017.GOV Student Trustees and P.113.GOV Student Senate
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P 017 GOV - Student Trustees and Policy P.113 GOV - Student Senate, attached as Appendices A and C to Report 24-016, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Report 24-012, Tier 2 Revisions to Policy P.071.CUR Indigenous Voluntary Self-Identification
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P 071 CUR - Indigenous SelfIdentification, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-012, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Report No. 24-023, School Year Calendar: Key Dates
  • THAT the recommended school year calendar as outlined in Report 24-023 be submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval as the official 2024-2025 school year calendar for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s elementary and secondary schools.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Report No. 24-006 Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement 2023-2024 Project Plan
  • THAT the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project budget in the amount of $117,821,303 be approved as detailed in Appendix B of Report 24-006;
  • THAT staff be authorized to proceed with individual project tenders within the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project plans;
  • THAT as FRP/SCI projects are tendered, based on bid results, or as priorities change, additional projects may be added or removed to suit the availability of the overall budget and these additional projects will be able to proceed without further approval as long as the total overall FRP/SCI budgets are not exceeded; and
  • THAT the Chair of the Board and Director of Education are authorized to award contracts above $500,000 that are within this overall available uncommitted approved budget.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 27 February 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 20 February 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Advocacy Strategy Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Approval of the Advocacy Briefs:
  • THAT the advocacy briefs be approved as amended
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Advocacy Strategy Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 13 February 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, February 8, 2024 Notice of Motion, Possible Amendments to Policy P.147.GOV Human Rights
  • THAT Staff bring forward Policy P.147.GOV Human Rights for review by the Ad Hoc Policy Committee and consideration of the following possible amendments:
  • To amend the section entitled “Participation and Inclusion” by adding a new clause that reads as follows: “That the OCDSB shall support students and educators who want to establish and lead activities and organizations that promote a safe and inclusive learning environment, the acceptance of and respect for others and the creation of a positive school climate, including but not limited to (a) activities or organizations that promote gender equity; (b) activities or organizations that promote anti-racism; (c) activities or organizations that promote the awareness and understanding of, and respect for, people with disabilities; or (d) activities or organizations that promote the awareness and understanding of, and respect for, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, including organizations with the name gay-straight alliance or another name."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, February 8, 2024 Report 24-016, Revisions to Policy P.017.GOV Student Trustees and P.113.GOV Student Senate
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P 017 GOV - Student Trustees and Policy P.113 GOV - Student Senate, attached as Appendices A and C to Report 24-016, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, February 8, 2024 Report 24-012, Tier 2 Revisions to Policy P.071.CUR Indigenous Voluntary Self-Identification
  • THAT the proposed revisions to Policy P 071 CUR - Indigenous SelfIdentification, attached as Appendix A to Report 24-012, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, February 8, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 8 February 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Report No. 24-023, School Year Calendar: Key Dates
  • THAT the recommended school year calendar as outlined in Report 24-023 be submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval as the official 2024-2025 school year calendar for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s elementary and secondary schools.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Report 24-006, Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement 2023 to 2024 Project Plan
  • THAT the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project budget in the amount of $117,821,303 be approved as detailed in Appendix B of Report 24-006
  • THAT staff be authorized to proceed with individual project tenders within the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project plans;
  • THAT as FRP/SCI projects are tendered, based on bid results, or as priorities change, additional projects may be added or removed to suit the availability of the overall budget and these additional projects will be able to proceed without further approval as long as the total overall FRP/SCI budgets are not exceeded; and
  • THAT the Chair of the Board and Director of Education are authorized to award contracts above $500,000 that are within this overall available uncommitted approved budget.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 6 February 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 30, 2024 New Findlay Creek Elementary School Study – Approval of Opening Grade Structure, Program Offering, and Attendance Boundary
  • THAT the opening grade structure, program offering and attendance boundary for the New Findlay Creek Elementary School be approved according to Appendix E to Report No. 24-004.
  • THAT the revised attendance boundary for Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 for Vimy Ridge Public School be approved according to Appendix F to Report No. 24-004, to be implemented upon the opening of the New Findlay Creek Elementary School.
  • THAT the Grade 7 and 8 attendance boundary for Vimy Ridge Public School be approved as per Appendix G to Report No. 24-004.
  • THAT all current Junior Kindergarten to Grade 5 students that have been directed to Robert Bateman Public School as a result of the interim measures outlined in Report No. 22-037 be redirected to their home school upon opening of the New Findlay Creek Elementary School.
  • THAT current Grade 7 students attending Roberta Bondar Public School, as a result of the interim measures outlined in Report No. 22-037, be given a one-time option to remain at Roberta Bondar Public School or attend Vimy Ridge Public School upon the opening of the New Findlay Creek Elementary School.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Report No. 24-022 Appointment of an Indigenous Community Representative to the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)
  • THAT Waneek Horn-Miller be appointed as an Indigenous community representative to the Special Education Advisory Committee for the term ending 14 November 2026.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 30 January 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Code of Conduct - Consideration of Appeal
  • THAT the Board confirm the determination made on 19 December 2023 that Trustee Kaplan-Myrth breached Policy P.073, Board Member Code of Conduct; and
  • THAT the Board confirm/revoke/amend its decision regarding the sanctions imposed on Trustee Kaplan-Myrth at the Special Board Meeting of 19 December 2023.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 16 January 2024
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 16, 2024 New Findlay Creek Elementary School Study – Approval of Opening Grade Structure, Program Offering, and Attendance Boundary
  • THAT the opening grade structure, program offering and attendance boundary for the New Findlay Creek Elementary School be approved according to Appendix E to Report No. 24-004.
  • THAT the revised attendance boundary for Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 for Vimy Ridge Public School be approved according to Appendix F to Report No. 24-004, to be implemented upon the opening of the New Findlay Creek Elementary School.
  • THAT the Grade 7 and 8 attendance boundary for Vimy Ridge Public School be approved as per Appendix G to Report No. 24-004.
  • THAT all current Junior Kindergarten to Grade 5 students that have been directed to Robert Bateman Public School as a result of the interim measures outlined in Report No. 22-037 be redirected to their home school upon opening of the New Findlay Creek Elementary School.
  • THAT current Grade 7 students attending Roberta Bondar Public School, as a result of the interim measures outlined in Report No. 22-037, be given a one-time option to remain at Roberta Bondar Public School or attend Vimy Ridge Public School upon the opening of the New Findlay Creek Elementary School.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 16 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 16 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Approval of the Agenda dated 16 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Code of Conduct Formal Review Report:
  • Upon review of the facts as documented in the investigator’s final report presented to the Board on 15 December 2023 regarding Code of Conduct complaints in relation to Trustee Blackburn, the Board finds:
    • THAT Trustee Dickson has breached section 3.29 and 3.30 of policy P.073.GOV, Board Member Code of Conduct, for giving media interviews in contravention of section 3.1 of Policy P.136.COM.
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Code of Conduct Formal Review Report:
  • Upon review of the facts as documented in the investigator’s final report presented to the Board on 15 December 2023 regarding Code of Conduct complaints in relation to Trustee Blackburn, the Board finds:
    • THAT Trustee Blackburn has breached section 3.29 and 3.30 of policy P.073.GOV, Board Member Code of Conduct, for giving media interviews in contravention of section 3.1 of Policy P.136.COM.
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Code of Conduct Formal Review Report:
  • Upon review of the facts as documented in the investigator’s final report presented to the Board on 15 December 2023 regarding Code of Conduct complaints in relation to Trustee Blackburn, the Board finds:
    • THAT Trustee Blackburn has breached sections 3.7, 3.15, and 3.18 of Policy P.073.GOV, Board Member Code of Conduct
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Code of Conduct Formal Review Report:
  • THAT, in accordance with Sections 4.41(b) of Policy P.073.GOV, Trustee Kaplan-Myrth be barred from attending the next regular Board meeting on 30 January 2023; and
  • THAT, in accordance with Section 4.41(c) of Policy P.073.GOV, Trustee Kaplan-Myrth be barred from sitting on the following committees of the Board for a 3-month period beginning 1 January 2024 to 30 March 2024 inclusive: Committee of the Whole, Committee of the Whole Budget, Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee, Advocacy Strategy Committee, Advisory Committee on Equity
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Code of Conduct Formal Review Report:
  • Upon review of the facts as documented in the investigator’s final report presented to the Board on 15 December 2023 regarding Code of Conduct complaints in relation to Trustee Kaplan-Myrth, the Board finds:
    • THAT Trustee Kaplan-Myrth has breached Sections 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.15, 3.17 and 3.18 of Policy P.073, Board Member Code of Conduct.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Report No. 23-078, Approval of Amalgamation of Policy P.035.SCO Extended Day Programs and Policy P.059.SCO Childcare Programs in Schools (Consent Items):
  • THAT the proposed amalgamated policy P.035.SCO Extended Day and Childcare Programs, attached as Appendix A to Report 23.078, be approved; and
  • THAT the standing policy P.059.SCO Childcare Programs in Schools, attached as Appendix B to Report 23-078 be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Notion of Motion (Consent Item)
  • THAT staff develop an analysis of needs in the following areas as part of the 2024-2025 budget process: Transportation; Special Education; Mental Health and Well-Bring; cost pressures related to facilities, renovations, and new builds; Employee Replacement Costs; and Cybersecurity.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 19 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, December 11, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 11 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, December 7, 2023 Notion of Motion: RE Possible Amendments to Policy P.005.GOV Board Member and Student Trustee Expenses and Support Services.
  • THAT Staff bring forward Policy P.005.GOV Board Member and Student Trustee Expenses and Support Services for review by the Ad Hoc Policy Committee and consideration of the following possible amendments:
    • To amend Section 2.2: The Board shall set aside annually a budget allocation for each member of the Board and student trustee to cover expenses incurred by the member while carrying out his/her duties as a member of the Board. This amount shall be equal for each member of the Board and student trustee. To read: The Board shall set aside annually a budget allocation for each Board member position and student trustee position to cover expenses incurred by the incumbent while carrying out their duties as a Board member or student trustee. This amount shall be equal for each Board member position and student trustee position.
    • To amend Section 2.18: For the fiscal year in which a municipal election occurs, funding available for individual Board members and for the Board Development Fund shall be pro-rated for the period from 1 September to the end of the Board’s term of office (14 November) and from the beginning of the new Board’s term of office to 31 August of the following year (15 November). To read: For the fiscal year in which a municipal election occurs, during the period from 1 September to the end of the Board’s term of office (14 November), permissible expenditures by an incumbent Board member and permissible expenditures from the Board Development Fund shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total of the annual budget allocation plus any carryforward from the previous fiscal year.
    • To amend Section 2.23 Board members and student trustees shall not donate funds or gifts from their individual budget allocations to community groups, charities, schools, school councils, political campaigns, or political parties. To read: Board members and student trustees shall not donate funds or gifts purchased with funds from the annual budget allocations for their positions to any organizations or individuals, including community groups, charities, schools, school councils, students, student organizations, political campaigns or political parties.
    • To add a new section following Section 2.23: Board members and student trustees shall not use funds from the annual budget allocations for their positions for the purpose of self-promotion. Selfpromotion includes advertising for personal financial gain, the production and distribution of novelty items that contain the Board member’s name (e.g., personalized pens, pencils, magnets, keychains, banners, signs, plaques, balloons, etc.), and public communications that contain only Board member identifiers or contact information without any substantive information (e.g., details about the operations of the OCDSB, its programs, upcoming special events, new OCDSB initiatives). Business cards and newsletters are not considered to be self-promotion.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, December 7, 2023 Report 23-078, Approval of the Amalgamation of Extended Day and Childcare Programs Policies:
  • THAT the proposed amalgamated policy P.035.SCO Extended Day and Child Care Programs, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-078, be approved; and
  • THAT the standing policy P.059.SCO Child Care Programs in Schools, attached as Appendix B to Report 23-078, be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Thursday, December 7, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 7 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Proposed amendement to the Notion of Motion (Consent Item)
  • THAT staff develop an analysis of needs in the following areas as part of the 2024-2025 budget process: Transportation; Special Education; Mental Health and Well-Bring; cost pressures related to facilities, renovations, and new builds; Employee Replacement Costs; and Cybersecurity and education supports and programs related to educational outcomes.
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Notion of Motion
  • THAT staff develop an analysis of needs in the following areas as part of the 2024-2025 budget process: Transportation; Special Education; Mental Health and Well-Bring; cost pressures related to facilities, renovations, and new builds; Employee Replacement Costs; and Cybersecurity.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 5 December 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Draft 2022-2023 Consolidated Financial Statements
  • THAT the draft 2022-2023 Consolidated Financial Statements attached as Appendix A to Report 23-087 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Report No. 23-074 2022-2023 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity (Consent Item)
  • THAT Appendix A to Report 23-074 be approved as the 2022-2023 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Report No. 23-076 Audit Committee Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Consent Item)
  • THAT Report 23-076 be approved as the Audit Committee Annual Report to the Board for 2022-2023.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 28 November 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Report No. 23-074 2022-2023 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity
  • THAT Appendix A to Report 23-074 be approved as the 2022-2023 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Report No. 23-076 Audit Committee Annual Report for 2022-2023
  • THAT Report 23-076 be approved as the Audit Committee Annual Report to the Board for 2022-2023.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 21 November 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, October 30, 2023 Report No. 23-073 Approval of Revisions to Policy P.107.SCO Naming of Schools and Education Support Facilities and Opening Ceremonies (Consent Item)
  • THAT the revised Policy P.107.SCO - New Schools And Other Board Facilities Naming, Signage, And Opening Ceremonies, attached as Appendix B to Report 023-073, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, October 30, 2023 Report No. 23-071 Board of Trustees Key Areas of Focus and Work Plan 2023-2024
  • THAT the 2023-2024 Board Work Plan and ‘Areas of Focus’ as outlined in Appendix A to Report 23-071 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, October 30, 2023 Letter Requesting the Appointment of an Urban Indigenous Trustee (Consent Item)
  • THAT a follow-up letter be sent to the Minister of Education requesting that the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board be allowed to appoint an Urban Indigenous Trustee.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, October 30, 2023 Motion: Indigenous Student Trustee (Consent Item)
  • THAT the position of Indigenous Student Trustee be created, to take office effective 1 August 2024;
  • THAT the Indigenous Student Trustee be elected directly by students identified as Indigenous;
  • THAT the Indigenous Education Council be involved in developing the necessary revisions to Policy P.017.GOV Student Trustees and any other relevant policies and procedures; and
  • THAT current Student Trustees, the Student Senate, and Indigenous students be consulted."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, October 30, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 30 October 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Report No. 23-074 2022-2023 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity
  • THAT Appendix A to Report 23-074 be approved as the 2022-2023 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activity.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Report No. 23-076 Audit Committee Annual Report for 2022-2023
  • THAT Report 23-076 be approved as the Audit Committee Annual Report to the Board for 2022-2023.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 25 October 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Report No. 23-071 Board of Trustees Key Areas of Focus and Work Plan 2023-2024
  • THAT the 2023-2024 Board Work Plan and ‘Areas of Focus’ as outlined in Appendix A to Report 23-071 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Letter Requesting the Appointment of an Urban Indigenous Trustee
  • THAT a follow-up letter be sent to the Minister of Education requesting that the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board be allowed to appoint an Urban Indigenous Trustee.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 17 October 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, October 12, 2023 Report No. 23-073 Approval of Revisions to Policy P.107.SCO Naming of Schools and Education Support Facilities and Opening Ceremonies
  • THAT the revised Policy P.107.SCO - New Schools And Other Board Facilities Naming, Signage, And Opening Ceremonies, attached as Appendix B to Report 023-073, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Thursday, October 12, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 12 October 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Report No. 23-072 Provisions for Calling Extraordinary Meetings of the Board and Appointing Trustees to a Strike Management Committee
  • THAT the Board invoke the provisions of Section 8.6 of the Board’s By-laws and Standing Rules regarding the calling of extraordinary meetings of the Board, for the purpose of dealing with issues related to collective bargaining, for the period from 26 September 2023 to 31 December 2023.
  • THAT the Board appoint Trustee Bell as a member of the Strike Management Committee, and Trustee Jennekens as an alternate member of the Strike Management Committee.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Report No. 23-070: 2023 Capital Priorities – Staff Recommendations
  • THAT the following capital priorities be submitted to the Ministry of Education in response to the 2023/2024 Capital Call:
    • An addition to Earl of March High School;
    • An addition to AY Jackson Secondary School;
    • An addition to Viscount Alexander Public School;
    • A new elementary school in the East Urban Community; and,
    • A new elementary school in Riverside South.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 3 October 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Motion: Indigenous Student Trustee
  • THAT the position of Indigenous Student Trustee be created, to take office effective 1 August 2024;
  • THAT the Indigenous Student Trustee be elected directly by students identified as Indigenous;
  • THAT the Indigenous Education Council be involved in developing the necessary revisions to Policy P.017.GOV Student Trustees and any other relevant policies and procedures; and
  • THAT current Student Trustees, the Student Senate, and Indigenous students be consulted.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Report No. 23-070: 2023 Capital Priorities – Staff Recommendations
  • THAT the following capital priorities be submitted to the Ministry of Education in response to the 2023/2024 Capital Call:
    • An addition to Earl of March High School;
    • An addition to AY Jackson Secondary School;
    • An addition to Viscount Alexander Public School;
    • A new elementary school in the East Urban Community; and,
    • A new elementary school in Riverside South.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 3 October 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Report No. 23-068, Appointment of Association Representatives and Alternates to the Special Education Advisory Committee
  • THAT Lindsay Copland, be appointed as the primary member representing VOICE for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children to the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the term ending 14 November 2026;
  • THAT Terry Warner, be appointed as the alternate member representing VOICE for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children to the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the term ending 14 November 2026;
  • THAT Mike Marta, be appointed as the primary member representing Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa-Carleton to the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the term ending 14 November 2026; and
  • THAT Marianne Long be appointed as the alternate member representing Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa-Carleton to the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the term ending 14 November 2026.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Air Quality Standards and Guidance for Public School Buildings
  • THAT the Chair write to the Minister of Education, including the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Ontario Chief Medical Advisor and Chair of Public Health Board, requesting:
    • Updates to air quality standards and guidance for public school buildings to support schools in creating the safest possible learning environments;
    • Dedicated capital and operating funding envelopes for reducing the spread of illness in schools. These are to:
      • Build from previous provincial investments to support ventilation improvements to build long-term improvements to air quality in all our schools; and
      • Support continued public health promotion activities in and around schools, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health,
      • THAT the Director present a report to the Board of Directors, prior to the end of 2023 on:
      • Ventilation-related investments, challenges and opportunities; and
      • Other opportunities related to reducing respiratory viruses in schools;
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Report 23-061, New Findlay Creek Elementary School Study
  • THAT the New Findlay Creek Elementary School Study Consultation Plan and Timeline, attached as Appendix D to Report No. 23-061, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Report 23-048, Riverside South Attendance Boundary
  • THAT the new Riverside South SS open in September the year it is completed for occupancy as a grade 7 to 12 secondary school, initially offering grades 7 to 10, to grow a grade per year thereafter until offering a full grade complement;
  • THAT the boundary of this secondary school (as shown in Appendix B) be drawn from the current 7 to 12 boundaries of Merivale HS, South Carleton HS, Osgoode Township HS, Ridgemont HS, Brookfield HS, and Gloucester HS in accordance with Appendices F, G, H, I, J, L.
  • THAT any grade 11 and 12 students (upon opening of the new Riverside South SS) attending Merivale HS, South Carleton HS, Osgoode Township HS, Ridgemont HS, Brookfield HS, and Gloucester HS, shall remain at their current high school with transportation provided if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA;
  • THAT the boundary for Farley Mowat PS be amended (as reflected in Appendix C) to bring that portion of its current boundary east of the Rideau River into the Steve MacLean PS catchment; all students grade K to 5 will be expected to block move to Steve MacLean PS upon opening of the new Riverside South SS. Students entering grade 6 upon opening of the new Riverside South SS may remain at Farley Mowat PS with all transportation provided if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA;
  • THAT the grade structure for Steve MacLean PS be amended to a K-6 grade format and the boundary be amended as reflected in Appendix D; Report 23-048 New Riverside South Secondary School Page 11
  • THAT the grade structure for Vimy Ridge PS be amended to a K-6 grade format and the boundary be amended as reflected in Appendix E;
  • THAT the boundary for South Carleton HS be amended as reflected in Appendix F;
  • THAT the boundary for Osgoode Township HS be amended as reflected in Appendix G;
  • THAT the boundary for Merivale HS be amended as reflected in Appendix H;
  • THAT the boundary for Ridgemont HS be amended as reflected in Appendix I;
  • THAT the boundary for Brookfield HS be amended as reflected in Appendix J;
  • THAT the Grade 7 to 8 English Program with Core French and Early French Immersion Attendance boundary for Kars on the Rideau PS be amended as reflected in Appendix K;
  • THAT the boundary for Gloucester HS be amended as reflected in Appendix L;
  • THAT students in the area bounded by Rideau Road to the north, Limebank Road to the east, Mitch Owens to the south, and the Rideau River to the west that are impacted by the opening of the new Riverside South SS,
    • Students residing in this area upon opening of the new Riverside South Secondary School, be given a one-time option to remain at / choose to attend Merivale HS, Osgoode Township HS, or South Carleton HS and be provided transportation if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA;
    • Students not residing in this area upon opening of the new Riverside South SS, be directed to attend Osgoode Township HS, or South Carleton HS and be provided transportation if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA; and
    • THAT any student on a cross boundary transfer at a school whose program cohort is being relocated to another school as a result of approved recommendations in Report 23-048 be allowed to move with their program cohort without having to reapply for a transfer.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 26 September 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - THAT the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Audit Committee:
    • Receives for information the 2023-24 Annual Report on Internal Audit Activities; and
    • Approves the 2023-24 Regional Internal Audit Team Charter.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - THAT KPMG LLP’s plan for the audit of the 2022-2023 Consolidated Financial Statements be approved. Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 20 September 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Ad Hoc Policy Committee Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 19 September 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Air Quality Standards and Guidance for Public School Buildings
  • THAT the Chair write to the Minister of Education, including the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Ontario Chief Medical Advisor and Chair of Public Health Board, requesting:
    • Updates to air quality standards and guidance for public school buildings to support schools in creating the safest possible learning environments;
    • Dedicated capital and operating funding envelopes for reducing the spread of illness in schools. These are to:
      • Build from previous provincial investments to support ventilation improvements to build long-term improvements to air quality in all our schools; and
      • Support continued public health promotion activities in and around schools, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health,
      • THAT the Director present a report to the Board of Directors, prior to the end of 2023 on:
      • Ventilation-related investments, challenges and opportunities; and
      • Other opportunities related to reducing respiratory viruses in schools;
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Report 23-061, New Findlay Creek Elementary School Study
  • THAT the New Findlay Creek Elementary School Study Consultation Plan and Timeline, attached as Appendix D to Report No. 23-061, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Report 23-048, Riverside South Attendance Boundary
  • THAT the new Riverside South SS open in September the year it is completed for occupancy as a grade 7 to 12 secondary school, initially offering grades 7 to 10, to grow a grade per year thereafter until offering a full grade complement;
  • THAT the boundary of this secondary school (as shown in Appendix B) be drawn from the current 7 to 12 boundaries of Merivale HS, South Carleton HS, Osgoode Township HS, Ridgemont HS, Brookfield HS, and Gloucester HS in accordance with Appendices F, G, H, I, J, L.
  • THAT any grade 11 and 12 students (upon opening of the new Riverside South SS) attending Merivale HS, South Carleton HS, Osgoode Township HS, Ridgemont HS, Brookfield HS, and Gloucester HS, shall remain at their current high school with transportation provided if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA;
  • THAT the boundary for Farley Mowat PS be amended (as reflected in Appendix C) to bring that portion of its current boundary east of the Rideau River into the Steve MacLean PS catchment; all students grade K to 5 will be expected to block move to Steve MacLean PS upon opening of the new Riverside South SS. Students entering grade 6 upon opening of the new Riverside South SS may remain at Farley Mowat PS with all transportation provided if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA;
  • THAT the grade structure for Steve MacLean PS be amended to a K-6 grade format and the boundary be amended as reflected in Appendix D; Report 23-048 New Riverside South Secondary School Page 11
  • THAT the grade structure for Vimy Ridge PS be amended to a K-6 grade format and the boundary be amended as reflected in Appendix E;
  • THAT the boundary for South Carleton HS be amended as reflected in Appendix F;
  • THAT the boundary for Osgoode Township HS be amended as reflected in Appendix G;
  • THAT the boundary for Merivale HS be amended as reflected in Appendix H;
  • THAT the boundary for Ridgemont HS be amended as reflected in Appendix I;
  • THAT the boundary for Brookfield HS be amended as reflected in Appendix J;
  • THAT the Grade 7 to 8 English Program with Core French and Early French Immersion Attendance boundary for Kars on the Rideau PS be amended as reflected in Appendix K;
  • THAT the boundary for Gloucester HS be amended as reflected in Appendix L;
  • THAT students in the area bounded by Rideau Road to the north, Limebank Road to the east, Mitch Owens to the south, and the Rideau River to the west that are impacted by the opening of the new Riverside South SS,
    • Students residing in this area upon opening of the new Riverside South Secondary School, be given a one-time option to remain at / choose to attend Merivale HS, Osgoode Township HS, or South Carleton HS and be provided transportation if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA;
    • Students not residing in this area upon opening of the new Riverside South SS, be directed to attend Osgoode Township HS, or South Carleton HS and be provided transportation if they are eligible under Student Transportation Policy P.127 TRA and Procedure PR.556 TRA; and
    • THAT any student on a cross boundary transfer at a school whose program cohort is being relocated to another school as a result of approved recommendations in Report 23-048 be allowed to move with their program cohort without having to reapply for a transfer.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 12 September 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, September 11, 2023 Upon review of the facts as documented in the final report prepared by Michal Maynard, ADR Chambers, dated 29 May 2023 regarding a Code of Conduct complaint filed by Trustee Dickson in relation to Trustee Kaplan-Myrth:
  • THAT the Board finds that Trustee Kaplan-Myrth has breached Sections 3.17 and 3.18 of Policy P.073, Board Member Code of Conduct, dated April 26, 2016 (the applicable policy), in relation to messages sent by her in November 2022.
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Special Board Meeting Monday, September 11, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 11 September 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Annual Reports from Advisory Committees
  • THAT the Alternative Schools Advisory Committee, Advisory Committee on Equity, Alternative Schools Advisory Committee and Parent Involvement Committee Annual Reports be received
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Report 23-055 Approval for the Chair and Director to Approve Contracts for the Summer Period
  • THAT notwithstanding the provisions of P.007.FIN, Signing Authority and Spending

Controls policy:
    • THAT the Chair (or designate) and Director (or designate) be given authority to award necessary contracts above the regular spending signing authority limits of Report 23-055 Approval for the Chair and Director to Approve Contracts for the Summer Period 3 $500,000, up to a limit of $3,500,000 per contract without prior Board approval, for the 1 July 2023 to 15 September 2023 period subject to the following conditions:
      • I. The Associate Director, Business Operations or designate will certify that the appropriate procurement policies have been followed and the amounts have been approved in the budget; and
      • II. That staff will inform the Board in October 2023 of any contracts awarded under this temporary authority that are exceptional in nature and not part of the planned activities of the FRP/SCI or Minor Tangible Capital Activities programs.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Advocacy Strategy Committee Report dated 19 June 2023 - Approval of the Terms of Reference
  • THAT the Terms of Reference for the Advocacy Strategy Committee be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Ad Hoc Board and Director Evaluation Committee Report dated 21 June 2023 - Approval of Director Job Description and Performance Assessment Guide to be used for the 2023-2024 Evaluation
  • THAT the Director of Education job description and Performance Assessment Guide attached as Appendix B to Report 23-056 be approved, as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Ad Hoc Board and Director Evaluation Committee Report dated 30 May 2023 - Approval of Questionnaire and Process for the 2022 to 2023 Board Self Evaluation
  • THAT the Board proceed with the Board evaluation for the 2022-2023 school year as outlined in Report 23-046, including the proposed self evaluation questionnaire (attached as Appendix B), as amended; (attached as Appendix A)
  • THAT the comprehensive evaluation of the Board be undertaken in the spring of 2024.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee Report dated 31 May 2023 - Rescission of Policy P.111.GOV Advisory Committee for Extended Day and Childcare Programs
  • THAT the Advisory Committee for Extended Day and Child Care Programs be stood down; and
  • THAT Policy P.111 GOV: Advisory Committee for Extended Day and Child Care Programs be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 13 June 2023 - Report 23-049, Naming of the New Elementary School in Half Moon Bay (Consent)
  • THAT the new Half Moon Bay elementary school located in Ottawa at 989 Kilbirnie in Barrhaven, be named Wazoson Public School, effective September 2023.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 13 June 2023 - Approval of the Strategic Plan (Consent)
  • THAT the Strategic Plan 2023-2027, attached as Appendix A of Report 23-051, be approved (Attached as Appendix C).
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 13 June 2023 - Approval of the Special Education Plan 2022-2023 (Consent)
  • THAT the 2022-2023 Special Education Plan, attached as Appendix A of Report 23-045, be approved (Attached as Appendix A); and
  • THAT the 2022-2023 Special Education Report, attached as Appendix B of Report 23-045, be approved (Attached as Appendix B)
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Receipt of Committee of the Whole Report dated 13 June 2023 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Monday, June 26, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 26 June 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Advocacy Strategy Committee Monday, June 19, 2023 Approval of Terms of Reference Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Advocacy Strategy Committee Monday, June 19, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 19 June 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Ottawa Carleton Educational Space Simulation
  • THAT the Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation not be moved or the space demolished, allowing time for potential occupational health and safety concerns to be addressed.
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Report 23-049, Naming of the New Elementary School in Half Moon Bay
  • THAT the new Half Moon Bay elementary school located in Ottawa at 989 Kilbirnie in Barrhaven, be named Wazoson Public School, effective September 2023.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Report 23-051, 2023-2027 Strategic Plan
  • THAT the Strategic Plan 2023-2027, attached as Appendix A of Report 23-051, be approved
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Report 23-045, Special Education Plan 2022-2023
  • THAT the 2022-2023 Special Education Plan, attached as Appendix A to Report No. 23-045 be approved.
  • THAT the 2022-2023 Special Education Report, attached as Appendix B to Report No. 23-045 be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 13 June 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, June 12, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 12 June 2023 - Approval of Report 23-047, 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget
  • THAT the unconsolidated 2023-2024 operating budget of $1,100,848,097 as presented in Report 23-047, 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget and detailed in the 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder be approved
  • THAT the 2023-2024 capital budget of $140.3 million as presented in the 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Monday, June 12, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 12 June 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, June 12, 2023 Approval of Report 23-047, 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget
  • THAT the unconsolidated 2023-2024 operating budget of $1,100,848,097 as presented in Report 23-047, 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget and detailed in the 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder be approved
  • THAT the 2023-2024 capital budget of $140.3 million as presented in the 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget Binder, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, June 12, 2023 Amendment to the Report 23-047, 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget
  • THAT the following be added at the end of the amendment: and that the cost be offset by the following reductions:
    • MTCA Vehicles (0.15)
    • Professional Development PRD (0.09)
    • Replacement Furniture Portables (0.10)
    • VP 0.5 FTE (0.07)
    • Reduce additional funding for EAs by (0.15)
    • MTCA Laptops OCV replacement (0.05)
    • Total (0.61)
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, June 12, 2023 Sub-amendment to the Report 23-047, 2023-2024 Staff-Recommended Budget
  • THAT the following be added at the end of the amendment: and that the cost be offset by the following reductions:
    • MTCA Vehicles (0.15)
    • Professional Development PRD (0.09)
    • Replacement Furniture Portables (0.10)
    • Green/Composting Initiative (0.15)
    • VP 0.5 FTE (0.07)
    • Reduce additional funding for EAs by (0.15)
    • MTCA Laptops OCV replacement (0.05)
    • Total (0.61)
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, June 12, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 12 June 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 31 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Approval of Report 23-047, Rescission of Policy P.111.GOV, Advisory Committee for Extended Day and Child Care Programs
  • THAT the Advisory Committee for Extended Day and Child Care Programs be stood down.
  • THAT Policy P.111 GOV: Advisory Committee for Extended Day and Child Care Programs be rescinded.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Policy Review Committee Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 31 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 30 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 23 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Review of Audit Committee Report Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 17 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Approval of P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct
  • THAT the proposed changes to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-036, be approved, as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 9 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct
  • THAT the proposed changes to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-036, be approved, as amended,
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 4.61 be amended to read "All Board Members shall sign the Board Member Code of Conduct Acknowledgement and Undertaking (Appendix B) upon the beginning of their term and following the approval by the Board of any revisions to the Code of Conduct during their term of office.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 4.56 be amended to read “In an election year, when a Code of Conduct complaint respecting a trustee who is seeking re-election is made during the period of 1 September and ending after the first Board meeting following the election, any informal or formal review shall be paused until after the first board meeting. If required, any applicable review shall resume immediately preceding the end of the first meeting. If the trustee who is the subject of the complaint is not re-elected, no review shall be undertaken.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT new section 4.34 be added to read "Where there is a reasonable apprehension of bias on the part of a board member based on prior public comments on the matter, the board member should consider recusing themselves."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct sub-amedment to section 4.34 (Friendly)
  • THAT "from voting on the matter" be removed.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct sub-amedment to section 4.34 (Friendly)
  • THAT the words "on the matter" be added after the words "prior public comments."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT new section 4.22 be added to read “At the discretion of the Integrity Commissioner, all Board Members shall be informed as soon as possible of the existence of a complaint being managed through the Formal Review Process.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct sub-amedment to section 4.22 (Friendly)
  • THAT everything following the words "Formal Review Process" be removed.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 4.21 be amended to read "The Integrity Commissioner shall provide to the Chair a confidential copy of the Complaint within ten (10) days of a determination that the Complaint will be managed by the formal process following the failure of an informal process.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 4.11 be amended to add the word "All" at the beginning of the clause.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 4.9 be amended to read "The Integrity Commissioner will work with the Chair and Director when providing advice to Board Members, maintaining the confidentiality of Board Members, where possible."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 4.1 be amended to read as “The Code of Conduct applies equally to all Board Members including the Chair of the Board, and to student trustees.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
Amendment on 4.1 to The Code of Conduct applies equally to all Board Members including the Chair of the Board, and to student trustees.		 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 3.37 be amended to read “Board Members have a duty to respond to and comply with all requests of the Integrity Commissioner in a timely manner, and failure to do so is a violation of this Code of Conduct.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 3.23 be amended to read “Should conflict arise with another Board Member, be inserted before “All Board members.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT in section 3.20 the words “media interviews and correspondence and” be inserted before the words “via social media.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT in section 3.20 the word “students” be inserted after the words “one another,”.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 3.10 be amended to read "Acceptable gifts include holiday gifts (e.g., fruit baskets or candy), inexpensive advertising and promotional materials (e.g., pens or key chains), and/or inexpensive awards to recognize service and accomplishment in civic, charitable, educational or religious organizations (e.g., nominal gift certificates to bookstores)."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct Sub Amendment (Friendly)
  • THAT "interviews, parent council updates and trustee communications", be added at the end of clause 3.4.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Amendments to the Report 23-036, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.073.GOV Board Member Code of Conduct (Friendly)
  • THAT section 3.2 be amended to read “All members of the Board shall be governed equally by this code of conduct and are expected to uphold the letter and spirit of this code of conduct in their interactions with other members of the Board, with the employees of the Board, and with students, families, and members of the public, including their communications orally in person, in writing and via social media."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 9 May 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 25 April 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT the proposed revisions to section 11 of the OCDSB By-laws and Standing Rules as set out in Appendix A to the notice of motion presented at the 25 April 2023 Committee of the Whole, be approved, as amended.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 4 April 2023 - Approval of Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to Policy P.113.GOV Student Senate
  • THAT the Board of Trustees adopt changes to Policy P.113.GOV Student Senate as outlined in Appendix A
  • THAT the student senate revisit the changes to P.113.GOV Student Senate between September 2023 and June 2024, with the intent to make a recommendation on the changes.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 4 April 2023 - Approval of Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to Policy P.113.GOV Student Senate
  • THAT the draft policy be amended to delete item 4.5, and that staff conduct further study and review.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 4 April 2023 - Approval of Report 23-027, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.019.GOV Special Education Advisory Committee
  • THAT the revisions to policy P.019.GOV Special Education Advisory Committee, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-027, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 4 April 2023 - Approval of Policy Review Update Report 23-025, Policy Review Update
  • THAT the Board establish an Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee as set out in Appendix D to Report 23-025 with the addition of IEC, ACE, PIC, SEAC and OCASC representatives;
  • THAT all members of the Board be entitled to attend meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee to receive all materials circulated to the committee and to participate in debate, including the making of motions and voting.
  • THAT the Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee continue to meet until October 2024 or until the completion of the mandate.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 4 April 2023 - Amendment to the Approval of Policy Review Update
  • THAT the Ad Hoc Policy Committee policy be amended to set quorum at five voting members
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 25 April 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT the proposed revisions to section 11 of the OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules as set out in Appendix A to this notice of motion, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Amendments to Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT section 11.18 be amended to read "Delegates are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful manner, and consistent with the principles of the OCDSB Code of Conduct and Human Rights Policy and the Ontario Human Rights Code."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Amendments to Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT section 11.19 (b) be amended to read "Following a delegation up to three Board or Committee members may ask a question of clarification. The response shall be for up to one minute each and delegates will not enter into debate or discussion."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Amendments to Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT section 11.18 be amended to read "At regular Board or Committee meetings, at a maximum of 10 oral delegations will be heard. Where the number of requests for delegations exceeds the maximum, the Chair may request that delegates submit a written delegation."
 Abstain Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Amendments to Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT section 11.17 be amended to read "adding the Chair may increase the speaking time of a delegate by a reasonable amount to accommodate for Indigenous traditions, translation, or disability related accommodations."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Amendments to Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT section 11.11 be amended to read "Delegates may request to address the Board or a Committee of the Board on an item on the agenda or on any other matter that is relevant to the mandate of the Committee or Board. The Chair may defer delegations to a later meeting."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Amendments to Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to OCDSB Bylaws and Standing Rules
  • THAT section 11.12 be amended to read "Delegates engaged in any behaviour that is disruptive to the meeting or violates any of the above requirements will have their delegation stopped by the Chair and the delegate will be removed from the meeting."
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 25 April 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Advocacy Strategy Committee Thursday, April 6, 2023 Approval of the Agenda for the Advocacy Strategy Meeting dated 6 April 2023 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Amendments to Policy P.113.GOV Student Senate
  • THAT the Board of Trustees adopt changes to Policy P.113.GOV Student Senate as outlined in Appendix A;
  • THAT the student senate revisit the changes to P.113.GOV Student Senate between September 2023 and June 2024, with the intent to make a recommendation on the changes.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Report 23-027, Approval of Revisions to Policy P.019.GOV Special Education Advisory Committee
  • THAT the revisions to policy P.019.GOV Special Education Advisory Committee, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-027, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Report 23-025, Policy Review Update
  • THAT the Board establish an Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee as set out in Appendix D to Report 23-025
  • THAT the Ad Hoc Policy Review Committee continue to meet until October 2024 or until the completion of the mandate.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Report 23-025, Policy Review Update - Sub-amendment
  • THAT the words “All members of the Board be entitled to attend meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee, to receive all materials circulated to the committee, and to participate in debate, including the making of motions and voting” be inserted as section “B” of the recommendation.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Report 23-025, Policy Review Update - Sub-amendment
  • THAT the words "PIC" and "OCASC" be deleted from section A of the motion.
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Report 23-025, Policy Review Update - Amendment
  • THAT the words “with the addition of IEC, ACE, PIC, SEAC and OCASC representatives” be inserted after the words “Report 23-025” in section A of the motion.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Report 23-025, Policy Review Update - Replacement Motion
  • THAT the Board establish the Committee of the Whole policy model as set out as option 2 in Report 23-025
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 4 April 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Budget Report dated 27 March 2023 - Report 23-026, Academic Staffing Plan for 2023-2024
  • THAT the Academic Staffing Plan for 2023-2024, as set out in the Addendum and Appendices A, B and C to Report 23-026, be approved, subject to adjustments related to fluctuations in projected and actual enrolment.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 March 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Recycling Programs in the OCDSB
  • THAT the District promote the program
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 March 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Recycling Programs in the OCDSB
  • THAT the OCDSB use these programs as an opportunity to engage students in hands on learning about composting and recycling in age appropriate ways by the end of the 2024-2025 school year
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 March 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Recycling Programs in the OCDSB
  • THAT the OCDSB implement a recycling and composting program at every active school and administration site by the end of the 2023-2024 school year
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 March 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Recycling Programs in the OCDSB - An amendment moved
  • THAT the word “mandatory” be inserted before the word “recycling” in section A of the motion.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 March 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Recycling Programs in the OCDSB - Deferral motion
  • THAT the motion be deferred until the Board meeting of 30 May 2023.
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 March 2023 - Report 23-022, Approval of Revision to P.029.SCO Field Trips
  • THAT the revisions to P.029.SCO Field Trips, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-022, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 28 March 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, March 27, 2023 Committee of the Whole Budget Report dated 27 March 2023 - Report 23-026, Academic Staffing Plan for 2023-2024
  • THAT the Academic Staffing Plan for 2023-2024, as set out in the Addendum and Appendices A, B and C to Report 23-026, be approved, subject to adjustments related to fluctuations in projected and actual enrolment.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, March 27, 2023 Report 23-026, Academic Staffing Plan for 2023-2024
  • THAT the staff provide the Board with an update and positions outlining additional reductions to the academic staffing adjustments of both $1.0 million and $2.5 million.
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole, Budget Monday, March 27, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 27 March 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Recycling Programs in the OCDSB
  • THAT the OCDSB implement a recycling and composting program at every active school and administration site by the end of the 2023-2024 school year;
  • THAT the OCDSB use these programs as an opportunity to engage students in hands on learning about composting and recycling in age appropriate ways by the end of the 2024-2025 school year;
  • THAT the District promote the program.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Report 23-022, Approval of Revision to P.029.SCO Field Trips
  • THAT the revisions to P.029.SCO Field Trips, attached as Appendix A to Report 23-022, be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 7 March 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Receipt of Committee of the Whole Report dated 28 February 2023 - Approval of Report 23-015, Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement 2022-2023 Project Plan
  • THAT the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project budget in the amount of $112,487,365 be approved as detailed in Appendix B of Report 23-015;
  • THAT staff be authorized to proceed with individual project tenders within the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project plans;
  • THAT as FRP/SCI projects are tendered, based on bid results, or as priorities change, additional projects may be added or removed to suit the availability of the overall budget and these additional projects will be able to proceed without further approval as long as the total overall FRP/SCI budgets are not exceeded;
  • THAT the Chair of the Board and Director of Education are authorized to award contracts above $500,000 that is within this overall available uncommitted approved budget.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Receipt of Committee of the Whole Report dated 7 February 2023 - Approval of School Year Calendar: Key Dates
  • THAT the recommended school year calendar as outlined in Report 23-012 be submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval as the official 2023-2024 school year calendar for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s elementary and secondary schools.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 28 February 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Report 23-015, Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement 2022-2023 Project Plan
  • THAT the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project budget in the amount of $112,487,365 be approved as detailed in Appendix B of Report 23-015;
  • THAT staff be authorized to proceed with individual project tenders within the Facilities Renewal Program and School Condition Improvement Project plans;
  • THAT as FRP/SCI projects are tendered, based on bid results, or as priorities change, additional projects may be added or removed to suit the availability of the overall budget and these additional projects will be able to proceed without further approval as long as the total overall FRP/SCI budgets are not exceeded;
  • THAT the Chair of the Board and Director of Education are authorized to award contracts above $500,000 that is within this overall available uncommitted approved budget.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 28 February 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole, Budget Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 21 February 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2022-23 Internal Audit Charter
  • THAT the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Audit Committee Approves the 2022-23 Regional Internal Audit Team Charter.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Wednesday, February 15, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 15 February 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Report 23-012, School Year Calendar: Key Dates
  • THAT the recommended school year calendar as outlined in Report 23-012 be submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval as the official 2023-2024 school year calendar for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s elementary and secondary schools.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 7 February 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 17 January 2023 - Notice of Motion, Re: Jewish Equity Coach
  • THAT the Board approve the hiring of a 1.0 FTE Jewish Equity Coach, with budget approval of approximately $100,000 per annum, commensurate with other Equity Coach salaries.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 17 January 2023 - Report 23-007, Purchase of New Portable Classrooms
  • THAT the purchase of ten new modular portable classrooms, at a budgeted total cost of $2,020,000.00 (excluding HST), be approved and funded from reserves, subject to Ministry approval.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Committee of the Whole Report dated 17 January 2023 - Report 23-002, New Riverside South Secondary School - Approval of Study Consultation Plan and Timeline
  • THAT the timeline and consultation plan attached as Appendix B and C to Report 23-022, be approved in order to consult with local school communities and the public.
  • THAT the Board affirm that a Pupil Accommodation Review (PAR) under Board Policy P.118.PLG is not required for this study.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 31 January 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Notice of Motion, Re: Jewish Equity Coach
  • THAT the Board approve the hiring of a 1.0 FTE Jewish Equity Coach, with budget approval of approximately $100,000 per annum, commensurate with other Equity Coach salaries.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Amendment to the Notice of Motion, Re: Jewish Equity Coach
  • THAT the Board approve the creation of a 1.0 FTE position to support Jewish students experiencing anti semitism and to develop the OCDSB's capacity to combat anti semitism, with budget approval of approximately $100,000 per annum commensurate with current Equity Coach salaries.
 No ❌ Failed ❌
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Report 23-007, Purchase of New Portable Classrooms
  • THAT the purchase of ten new modular portable classrooms, at a budgeted total cost of $2,020,000.00 (excluding HST), be approved and funded from reserves, subject to Ministry approval.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Report 23-002, New Riverside South Secondary School - Approval of Study Consultation Plan and Timeline
  • THAT the timeline and consultation plan attached as Appendix B and C to Report 23-022, be approved in order to consult with local school communities and the public.
  • THAT the Board affirm that a Pupil Accommodation Review (PAR) under Board Policy P.118.PLG is not required for this study.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Approval of the Agenda dated 17 January 2023
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Appointment of Advisory Committee on Equity Trustee Representatives to the Ad Hoc Director Selection Committee
  • THAT the trustee representatives to the Advisory Committee on Equity be appointed as trustee members to the Ad Hoc Director Selection Committee.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Report 22-091, Appointment of External Member of the Audit Committee
  • THAT Brian Burns be appointed to the Audit Committee as an external member for a three-year term.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Board Meeting Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Approval of the Agenda dated 20 December 2022
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Committee of the Whole Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Approval of the Agenda dated 6 December 2022
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Report, Audit Committee, 28 November 2022 - Approval of the draft 2021-2022 Consolidated Financial Statements attached as Appendix A to Report 22-076.
  • THAT the draft 2021-2022 Consolidated Financial Statements attached as Appendix A to Report 22-076 be approved (Attached as Appendix A).
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Approval of the Agenda dated 29 November 2022
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Monday, November 28, 2022 Report 22-076, Draft 2021-2022 Consolidated Financial Statements
  • THAT the draft 2021-2022 Consolidated Financial Statements attached as Appendix A to Report 22-076 be approved (Attached as Appendix A).
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Audit Committee Monday, November 28, 2022 Approval of the Agenda dated 28 November 2022
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students:
  • THAT staff be directed to require, from an occupational health and safety perspective, use of surgical or N95 masks by all educators, staff, and students in all OCDSB buildings and in all OCDSB-led activity, with the exception of musical/performing arts instruction or sports in which masks cannot be worn, and with the exception of nutritional breaks;
  • THAT the policy to require masks will take effect on 23 November 2022;
  • THAT children or adults with written medical exemptions from their physicians on the basis of documented disability will not be subject to this mandate;
  • THAT enforcement of, and consequences for violations of the mask requirement, will be subject to same operational rules that govern other OCDSB health and safety policies and codes of conduct; and
  • THAT the mask requirement will remain in place until such time as Ottawa Public Health declares that influenza season has ended in the City of Ottawa, CHEO pediatric ICU occupancy is less than 85% for a period of at least two weeks, and Ottawa Public Health no longer advises the public to wear a mask to protect against exposure to airborne and respiratory viruses in indoor spaces.
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the first clause of the motion, the words "with the exception of OSTA buses" be struck.
 Declaration of Interest Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the second clause, the number "23" be replaced with the number "28."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT he fifth clause of the motion reads as “the mask requirement will remain in place until such time as the Chief Medical Officer of Health messaging reverts to general masking guidance and Ottawa Public Health advice.”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT the words "or by the end of the 2022-2023 school year be inserted after the words "Ottawa Public Health advice."
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Sub-amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT the words "and Ottawa Public Health advice" be inserted after the words "general masking guidance."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT the words "Ottawa Public Health no longer advises the public to wear a mask to protect against exposure to airborne and respiratory viruses in indoor spaces” be replaced with the words “ the Chief Medical Officer of Health messaging reverts to general masking guidance."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT the fourth clause of the motion be substituted with “persons failing to mask will not be subject to suspension or discipline. Educators will be called upon to act as role models and to remind students that they are required to mask, but are not expected to take further action to enforce masking;”
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Sub-amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT the words "Enforcement of the mask requirement will be within reason" be struck.
  • THAT the words "consequences of" be struck;
  • THAT the word "include" be replaced with the words "be subject to"
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the third clause of the motion, the words “students or staff with written medical exemptions from their physicians on the basis of documented disability” be replaced with the words "persons with disabilities or to whom wearing a mask would pose a hardship or interfere with their ability to function”.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting (Continuation) Thursday, November 24, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the third clause of the motion, the word "children" be struck and replaced with the word "students" and the word "adults" be struck and replaced with the word "staff."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Thursday, November 24, 2022 Agenda dated 24 November 2022 N/A N/A
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the first clause of the motion, the words "with exception of OSTA buses" be inserted before "musical/performing arts instruction."
 Declaration of Interest Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the first clause of the motion, the words "OCDSB buildings and in all" be struck.
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the first clause of the motion, the words "during the instructional day" be inserted after "all OCDSB-led activity,"
 Yes ✔️ Failed ❌
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT in the first clause of the motion, the words "or other well fitting masks" be inserted before "surgical."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Amendments to the Notice of Motion, Re: Wearing of Masks for Educators, Staff and Students
  • THAT the words “well fit masks" be changed to "well fitting masks."
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️
Special Board Meeting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Approval of the Agenda dated 22 November 2022
  • THAT the agenda be approved.
 Yes ✔️ Carried ✔️

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