TDSB Trustee Anu Sriskandarajah
Tentative Local Agreement
The Toronto District School Board has reached a tentative local agreement with the Maintenance & Construction Skilled Trades Council. MCSTC is a trades council that represents approximately 760-1,000 permanent and temporary maintenance and construction members as well as affiliated trade unions that do construction and maintenance projects at the school board. This local agreement must still be ratified by the Board of Trustees and MCSTC.
Student Vaccination Status
The TDSB continues to prioritize keeping schools safe for students and staff and to focus on limiting the number of disruptions to learning as a result of COVID-19. In the event of an interim cohort dismissal related to COVID-19, students who are fully vaccinated are allowed to continue to attend school as long as they have no symptoms. Fully vaccinated staff and students will still have to pass the COVID-19 screening tool each day, confirming they do not have symptoms.
To more effectively manage possible COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in schools, Toronto Public Health has requested that Toronto school boards begin collecting the voluntary disclosure of vaccination status by students born in 2009 and earlier. This is intended to minimize disruption to the students and support a more efficient dismissal process.
Call the School
One measure of keeping our students safe is to ensure we can account for any absences or reasons for being late to school. If your child is going to be absent or late for any reason, we ask that you contact the school immediately and report the reason for the absence. If we are not informed about the absence, we will make attempts to contact you through our automated call-out system to determine the reason for the absence.
To find out how this automated system works please visit: tdsb.on.ca/HighSchool/CaringSafeSchools/SafeArrivalProgram
If your contact information, including phone number, changes at any time throughout the school year, please call the office at your child’s school and let them know. Thank you for your continued cooperation to keep your children safe.
TCDSB Trustee Garry Tanuan
Good News Stories
As part of our history of providing excellence in Catholic education, the TCDSB is pleased to highlight some of the great initiatives/accomplishments taking place at our schools. Throughout the year, we aim to pitch good news stories from our schools to media outlets and invite you to share the good news happening in your schools. Email your submissions along with a consent form to: commdept@tcdsb.org.
Christmas Drawing Contest
The Catholic Register is conducting its 11th annual children’s Christmas drawing contest. The top entry in each of three categories will receive a $75 Amazon gift certificate. The winning drawings will appear in The Register’s Christmas edition on December 19. Submission deadline is noon Friday, December 10. For more information see: The Catholic Register’s Christmas drawing contest.
Academic Award Celebrations
On November 18, St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy recognized, celebrated and honoured academic and honour roll recipients from the 2020-2021 school year. Principal Jose Alberto Flores said, “These students have demonstrated the ability to achieve excellence in academics while pursuing regular and specialty programs. These include Advanced Placement, Regional Arts, Specialist High Skills Major in Arts and Culture, Hospitality, and Tourism and Sports.
“I trust that this celebration of excellence is a source of pride to your families. We need also to recognize the combined efforts of your teachers and support staff who are entrusted to assist you in achieving high academic standards.”
Advisory Committees – Membership Call-Out
The TCDSB is pleased to invite members of the community and other partners in education to consider serving on a TCDSB Advisory Committee. For more information, visit tcdsb.org and search for “Community/parent committee members needed”
FAQs: tcdsb.org/FORSTUDENTS/back-to-school/Pages/faq
Questions? Contact Trustee Garry Tanuan 416-512-3408 or 416-222-8282 ext. 2659 (Constituency Officer Ida Serpe)