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25 October 2011
SUMMARY OF
BOARD MEETING
NOT OFFICIAL MINUTES
SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
AND CORRECTION
A meeting of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board was held this evening in the Board
Room, 133 Greenbank Road, Ottawa, Ontario, commencing at 7:02 p.m. with Trustee Jennifer McKenzie
in the chair and the following also in attendance: Trustees Donna Blackburn, Rob Campbell, Cathy Curry,
Mark Fisher, Pam FitzGerald (electronic communication); Bronwyn Funiciello, Katie Holtzhauer,
Theresa Kavanagh, Lynn Scott, Shirley Seward and John Shea.
STUDENT TRUSTEES: Kareem Ibrahim and Bill Lin
STAFF: Director of Education and Secretary of the Board, Jennifer Adams; Superintendent of
Instruction, Neil Yorke-Slader; Executive Officer, Corporate Services, Michèle Giroux; Manager of
Planning; Karyn Carty Ostafichuk; Manager of Board Services, Monica Ceschia; Communications
Coordinator, Sharlene Hunter; Central Audio-visual Technician, John MacKinnon; and Senior Board
Coordinator, Maureen Strittmatter.
1. Call to Order
Chair McKenzie called the public meeting to order at 8:00 p.m.
MOTIONS APPROVED BY THE BOARD
2. Approval of pre-tender budget estimate for addition at Steve MacLean Public School
Moved by Trustee Fisher, seconded by Trustee Funiciello,
THAT staff proceed, as directed in Committee of the Whole in camera, with respect to
the pre-tender budget estimate for the addition to Steve MacLean Public School.
ACTION: M. Carson
3. Approval of Long Term Financing Schedule 2011-2012
Moved by Trustee Campbell, seconded by Trustee Holtzhauer,
A. THAT staff be directed to make the necessary arrangements for the long-term
financing arrangements on 25 November 2011 and 09 March 2012 as set out in
Report 11-162, so that the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board can participate in
the provincial loan agreement, and
B. THAT the Chair, Director of Education and staff of the Ottawa-Carleton District
School Board be authorized to sign all necessary documentation to participate in the
loan.
ACTION: M. Clarke
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4. Approval of the Revised Terms of Reference for the Kanata North and South Accommodation
Studies
Moved by Trustee Curry, seconded by Trustee Holtzhauer,
A. THAT the Terms of Reference for the Kanata North Accommodation Study be
revised to include Earl of March Secondary School and West Carleton Secondary
School; and
B. THAT the Terms of Reference for the Kanata South Accommodation Study be
revised to include A.Y. Jackson Secondary School.
ACTION: M. Carson / J. Bennett
5. Receipt of Special Education Advisory Committee Report 7, 22 June 2011
Moved by Trustee Kavanagh, seconded by Trustee Seward,
THAT Report 8, Special Education Advisory Committee, dated 29 September 2011, be
received.
ACTION: N/A
6. Receipt of Special Education Policy Ad Hoc Committee Report 8, 26 September 2011
Moved by Trustee Kavanagh, seconded by Trustee Seward,
THAT Report 8, Special Education Policy Ad Hoc Committee, dated 26 September 2011,
be received.
ACTION: N/A
7. ing Guidelines
Moved by Trustee Scott, seconded by Trustee Seward,
THAT the Board approve the submission of the OCDSB Feedback on the Ministry of
Education Draft Fundraising Guidelines as set out in Appendix B to Report 11-177, as
amended.
ACTION: W. Piovesan
8. Adjournment
The Board meeting adjourned at 9:26 p.m.
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