HomeMy WebLinkAbout13d Notice of Motion Trustee Scott re Board's Funding Awareness Campaign0 �
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DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
TO: Chair and Members DATE: 11 September 2000
of the Board
RE. Board's Funding Awareness Campaign
Trustee Scott has given notice that she will move as follows at the 11 September
2000 Board meeting:
Whereas the publication of Formula Facts, the first step in the Board's funding awareness
campaign, has been successful in attracting public attention to the problems posed for the
Ottawa - Carleton District School Board by the provincial funding formula;
Whereas follow -up is needed to keep attention focused on the funding problems until they
are mutually resolved;
Whereas advertisements providing more detail on issues already brought to the public's
attention in Formula Facts may be useful for continuing to highlight the negative impacts
of provincial education funding policies on public education in Ottawa - Carleton;
Whereas the use of public tax dollars for advertising with a significantly "political"
message is generally considered to be inappropriate;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the trustees of the Board invite private donations
for advertisements to support the funding awareness campaign, and that the teachers'
federations, the Ottawa - Carleton Assembly of School Councils, and the member
associations of the Special Education Advisory Committee be asked whether they would be
interested in assisting financially with the Board's efforts.
Joan Melancon
Assistant Secretary of the Board
James P. Grieve
Director of Education /Secretary of the Board