Delegations for Kanata North ARC

At Council’s meeting on Feb. 21, the co-chairs agreed, at the request of those present, to form a delegation and present the comments and concerns of School Council and the parent community to the Board of Trustees on March 5. As a resource, we’ve put together a comparison summary of the ARC’s recommendations and Staff’s recommendations.

ALL parents are invited and entitled to form delegations to state their opinions to the Board of Trustees. If you feel strongly on the matter, please consider registering as a separate delegation. The more people that speak on the issue, the more information and sense of parental opinion the Trustees will have before they debate and make a final decision.

Please educate yourself on this issue! It WILL impact your child’s education over the next several years!

For more information, please refer to previous posts on this website or visit these sites:

OCDSB website

independent parents’ website

Homework Help Presentation

On Feb. 9, 2012, Colleen Taylor from the WOCRC gave a presentation on homework help. If you missed this information session but would like to view the material, please check out our Presentations page.

Teens and Technology: Sexting, Cyberbullying, Safety and Mental Health

The OCDSB is hosting a free ‘Teens and Technology’ information session with the Ottawa Police Service to teach parents and educators about sexting, cyberbullying, safety and mental health on Wednesday, February 15. For more information click here.

Facebook Ate My Daughter…

… and My Son Won’t Stop Playing Call of Duty.

The OCDSB is offering a free information session with Dr. Leonard Sax. This presentation will address parents’ questions about social media, video games, and the effects of growing up in virtual worlds. Click here for more details.

WOCRC presentation on Understanding ADHD

The Western Ottawa Carleton Resource Centre will be hosting a workshop on understanding ADHD on February 21. This is a FREE workshop lead by Sandra LeBlanc. If you are interested, please register by February 15. For more information, click here.

Full-Day Kindergarten Program Survey

The Ministry of Education is reviewing the Full-Day Kindergarten program which has been in use for the past two years. You can provide feedback in an online survey. The deadline for input is February 10, 2012. For more information, click here.

OCDSB Arts Consultation

The OCDSB wants parents and students to share their thoughts on Arts programming through a short survey. What suggestion(s) or recommendation(s) would you make to improve or enhance any aspect of the arts (dance, drama, music, visual arts, media arts) in schools of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board? Deadline for input is February 17. Click here for more information. Join the conversation!

Becoming a Delegation to Comment on the Kanata North ARC

The public is invited to express their opinions (both positive and not so positive) through public delegations at the Board meeting on March 5, 2012. If you wish to appear as a delegation, you must register by March 1, 2012. To ensure that you have a place on the agenda as a delegation, please contact Maureen Strittmatter 613-596-8211, extension 8641, or maureen.strittmatter@ocdsb.ca . You MUST submit a written statement to Maureen Strittmatter on your issue by 4:00 pm on Thursday, 01 March 2012. For more information on delegations and to view the delegation schedule, click here.