The Francophone school board @CSCNInfo is starting soon - trying to live tweet like @Jantafrench in order to share the information.
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 1/ Starting with a moment of silence for the Vincent family who suffered a tragic loss over the Christmas holidays.
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 2/ recognition of territories
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 3/ going over agenda
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 4/ context parents are seeking a school for spruce grove/stony plain, working on a site
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 5/ DG reporting on sites reviewed with existing boards, not possible beyond really short term.
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 6/ some sites don't have a site for playground, some no sports fields, some with safety concerns, some in areas in community centers with other organizations, with building to be torn down in a few years, lots of work needed
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench 7/ So looking at a possible site for a temporary classroom modules like was done for @ecole_CDT
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT 8/ different options for land in different municipalities - that's where we are at.
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT 9/ Q from trustee JD Tremblay - next step? Ans: yes dealing with Ministry, waiting on some analysis results (of what is available, possible for a site)
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT 10/ ministry indicating no money for that kind of thing in any event
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT 11/ DG: but this is a starter school, need funding to start a new school, should be distinct from the capital plan current priorities, looking for a route to maintain the building priorities - work to do
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT 12/ Q from trustee @NathalieLachan6 what are prospects for the temporary (portable) classrooms; And: not great, not much money there, need to work politically to identify needs
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 13/ Q from Trustee/Pres @TanyaSaumure other land options? Ans: in sum many, nothing concrete don't want to advance without proper info but same type of land site/portable classroom options/model
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 14/ point 6.2 report on the sites of the @CSCNInfo - this is important
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 15/ @CSCNInfo has obtained report assessing the school sites, demographics, projections over 4-5 years, rates of francophone families (summary and full) - noted that not all information will be made public
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 16/ want to likely make a public version (not available yet) that is redacted (example of identifiable locations of family given as an example of redactable information for privacy)
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 17/ JD Tremblay noting it's good the community will be able to have the information - a summary noted by DG indicating the type of information that will be shared/given
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 18/ Trustees noting the good work of the Admin team of the @CSCNInfo getting this work done
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 19/ A question from Trustee Steve Daigle asking if there was something more robust for Beaumont school, given that is where the question of doing a feasibility study began
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure 20/ Decisions made re/ Beaumont @Ecole_SV school as the situation has evolved - context, it was announced that there is planning money for a new school
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV 21/ @ealary47 noting the report indicates the numbers on the Mission school are difficult - motion to transfer Mission school kids to Alexandre Tache
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 22/ discussion had been had in a plenary meeting on how to deal with the numbers - re. moving kids, from certain grades in Ecole Mission to make more space in existing buildings
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 23/ discussion on long term, what sites available - all this in the north/ st. Albert region, how to move around students given long term projections on inscriptions
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 24/ @ealary47 noting parent involvement on these changes/models projections - DG noting the history of the @CSCNInfo of doing so
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 26/ DG noting experiences the Board has had over the years with many variations in the mix of different grades in school over the years - mixed ages etc
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 27/ Motion - given the numbers at @Ecole_LM , DG to feasibilityexamine the feasability of making the transfer of certain students/grades to Ecole Tache in St. ALbert in 20-21 year - Passed
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 28/ So I clarify my earlier, it is not to do the transfer, but to study/plan the feasibility how to do it for September next
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 29/ I like the action by the @CSCNInfo , gotta do something we are drowning here
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 30/ DG reporting on the school calendar and other things while I was distracted
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 31/ If your kid is in school, you should probably read the school calendar
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 32/ Contest - always a discussion of how to make the school calendar somewhat mesh with the other boards - given that this Francophone Board covers the same territory of numerous Anglophone school boards
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 33/ for example - the only Ecole Joseph Moreau Junior high in Ritchie in Edmonton has a school boundary reach that goes way out beyond Beaumont towards the next school in Camrose
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM 34/ Q from JD Tremblay about certain PD days identified but specifics of the days not determined - re. needing to conform with the collective agreements - re. @Unite_24
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 35/ So I have another meeting shortly and will either come back later to finish or update
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 36/ You can also watch it here:
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 37/ 7.2 Sherwood Park school @ecole_CDT next
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 38/ a letter, a response received
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 39/ letter written to pol. following up with the ministry on our infrastructure needs in the region
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 40/ Thank to JD Tremblay for trying to have that letter read cause we can't see it (I'm just too slow to get it all down)
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 41/ report from the President now @TanyaSaumure
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 42/ meetings at the schools with JD Tremblay, in particular, being described, Christmas concerts, trustees at school concerts able to meet members of the school community - good work, good deeds all around
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 43/ M. and Mme Tardif were present at the @ecole_CDT school concert
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 44/ still on the Pres report of course - noting meetings with parents in the area of spruce/stony plain, working with them; Beaumont school - wanting/waiting for a letter from the Minister of Education - Min Rutherford calling to make sure we got the call from Infrastructure
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 45/ @ealary47 reporting on some of his trustee activities - Trustee Ismael also
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 46/ @NathalieLachan6 reporting on 8.6 - will participate in meeting with Archeveque. Discussion about taking steps and partnerships in valuing Catholic education - opportunities in our schools and to value what is already hapenning
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 47/ JD Tremblay going over school meetings trustees have had with parents school councils
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 48/Missing stuff cause I'm off to my meeting - but good stuff here from the admin financial officer
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 49/ Discussion about the Ecole St. Vital
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 50/the campus for the school is quite good says Ismael (in temporary sense to sustain until the new build occurs)- they went to see it
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 51/ Trustee Steve Daigle talking about how parents at Citadelle in Legal are of course happy with the new school - notes that the ACFA was there (about what would happen with the current school site being in the ACFA building in Legal)
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 52/ DG noting that the school project in Legal is moving at 200 miles an hour - that's right, 200 miles!
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 53/ JOMO - so the timing on the new school being discussed and Q by @ealary47 - no further specifics at this time
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 54/ I am wrong NOT JOMO, talking about la Mission
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 55/ ok, now I know it is La Decouverte, the new school, that they are talking about (announced in the last NDP budget)- merde
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 56/ @ealary47 asking about the community consultation where the new construction will occur. The @CSCNInfo has a history of consulting with the local community- concern is often traffic circulation and safety
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 57/ now I'm in my meeting - coming back
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 58/ok I'm back, we are going over committee meetings
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 59/ now a 5 minute break
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 60/everyone is back and I am late
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 61/DG report now I am guessing - talking about programs for special needs in schools. Talking about change management and data over time
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 62/ context - the DG has implemented performance plans for the schools, have useful data over time and a way to measure
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 63/ questions for the DG from @TanyaSaumure noting new DG at Horizons school Board (context, potential for partnerships with Horizon Board, which "loans" or "shares" space with the Sherwood park school @ecole_CDT
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 64/ education choice meeting being discussed
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 65/noting the public/catholic choice, Francophone and imersion choice - we as Francophones have a privileged place in terms of our constitutional status to preserve our choice in our right to educate our children
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 66/ this meeting with the Prov on choice seems that they were aware of the Francophone reality and our funding challenges
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 67/ yes we Francophones are well aware of the needs to not have one monolithic education system
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 68/ questions from trustees
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 69/ discussion and Q's from @ealary47 regarding project related to helping the establishment of new immigrant communities in the schools - the FRAP is involved, coordinating funding to not overlap - DG satisfied with project to date
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 70/ trustee Ismael talking about how the @CSCNInfo was accused by the FRAP in the community of going after some of their potential funding
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 71/ context, like is often found, some organizations are protective of what they see as their territory think it is a fixed pie and they want their piece - ugh. Good work by @CSCNInfo in going to get the resources we need in our schools and not looking to take from others
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 72/ we have to be partners - the @CSCNInfo expects this of their partners as well
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 73/ financial update 11.2 school transport
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 74/ got or expecting a bit more in funding on transport
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 75/ @CSCNInfo wrote a letter to the minister @AdrianaLaGrange expressing the importance of our transport costs are we are not local community schools - kids almost all come from out of the zone so our costs are higher
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 76/ -40 most kids got to the schools for diplomas - parents seemed to appreciate during the cold snap that if busses were cancelled it was the night before. @CSCNInfo deals with it differently in rural and urban (example Fort Mac never closes)
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 77/ a clause in certain collective agreements in relation to not needing to travel to the school that has to be considered on weather/school closure policy but not a large practical issue (lot's of the teachers in rural actually live close) @Unite_24
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 78/ obvious risk of cancelling busses the night before is that if weather turns out ok people may be unhappy but it allows people to plan ahead of time
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 79/ finances report - for the schools that the @CSCNInfo rents it is not a fixed amount - each year we have to make a request for the funding to pay the rent for our schools
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 80/ we do not pay rent for la Decouverte as it is already a school owned by the Province, otherwise empty, but we pay rent to the school board who own the school we use
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 81/ yes you read that right - Edmonton Public (and other big boards) have so many schools that they don't know what to do with them, they are empty, aren't using some of them and they won't transfer them to us - and we ask the government for money to pay them rent.
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 82/ why does the government permit permint the big boards to keep these schools when others need them - why are the big boards in the business of being landlords to the smaller school boards?
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 83/ talking about the testing for lead in the schools - we did not get funding for it but @CSCNInfo did the testing for each school - all 14 to date have passed, waiting for a couple other sample submissions
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 84/ #12 on the agenda is policies - a recommendation was received to form a committee to review the @CSCNInfo policies. They received a presentation from consultant and identified lot's of work to do
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 85/ context and note here - lot's of work on policies to change arising out of the 50-50 same representation on both sides of the combined board, and that has not been undertaken - this was an issue on the 2 boards vote to initially close the grade 9 in Beaumont
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange Hey @GrantHunterUCP here is some red tape for you to cut!!!
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 86/ some discussion about manner and timing in which reports are received
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 87/ going over meeting dates and timing issues
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 88/ many dates and meetings - these trustees put in alot of time
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 89/thank your community volunteers, and try to be nice to them - I know this personally all too well!
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 90/ we are so lucky as parents with children in the Francophone school system to have such teachers @Unite_24 administration and staff at the Board @CSCNInfo and our trustees who are working in good faith for the advancement of our rights and the future of our children and comuni
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 91/ the meeting is wrapping up and I have to go. Thanks to the Trustees for their good work.
@CSCNInfo @Jantafrench @ecole_CDT @NathalieLachan6 @TanyaSaumure @Ecole_SV @ealary47 @Ecole_LM @Unite_24 @AdrianaLaGrange 92/ please share and circulate - the purpose is to share information and to demystify the Francophone education system - we are here and ain't going anywhere
