Board Committees
There are four Standing Committees which consider items within their terms of reference
and make recommendations to the Board.
Policy/Program
The Policy/Program Committee consists of the Chair of the Finance/Personnel Committee, the Chair of the Building/Transportation Committee, the Chair of the Public Relations/ Communications Committee and one trustee at large who chairs the committee.
Policy/Program Committee.
The Committee reviews policy recommendations and deals with matters directly relating to the quality and type of education provided at the elementary, secondary and community levels including all aspects of program planning, both curricular and extracurricular. The Committee also deals with matters affecting services provided to students and performs consultative duties relative to communication with students, parents, teachers and administrators on educational matters.
Finance /Personnel
The Finance/Personnel Committee consists of three members of the Board. The
Committee considers and makes recommendations respecting budget guidelines, monitors the budget, acts as an audit and financial advisory committee and deals with personnel matters of a non-routine nature and/or personnel policies. A representative of the Finance/Personnel Committee sits on each of the management committees for negotiations with employee groups.
Building /Transportation
The Building/Transportation Committee consists of three members of the Board. The
Committee deals with long range planning; building and site requirements; the promotion and coordination of community use of schools; school design, construction, and alteration; maintenance of buildings and grounds; the naming and opening of schools; and matters related to transportation of students.
Public Relations/Communications
The Public Relations/Communications Committee consists of three members of the Board. The Committee reviews and recommends policies outlining the Division’s public relations and communications processes.
The Board has also established the following additional committees:
Pension Committee -
(4 trustees)
Children’s Heritage Fund -
(2 trustees)
Joint Committee With Police Department -
(3 trustees)
Advisory Committees
The Board has four district Advisory Committees (Central, Inner City, North, South) and a
French Immersion Advisory Committee, comprised of parent council, community, and student representatives, which have been established to provide a line of communication between the Board of Trustees, School Parent Councils and the community. There is also a
Student Advisory Committee which includes two student representatives from each of the Division’s high schools.
Meetings of each Advisory Committee are held approximately four times per year at 7:00
p.m. on a weeknight.
