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OCSTA Letter

 

TRUSTEE INFORMATION

St. Sebastian School has two Trustees. Please read the following information below indicating trustee information:

 

ESTHER O'TOOLE:

Trustee Ward 9

(Esther is the Trustee for students from ward 9 who are being hosted at St. Sebastian School.)

Telephone: (905) 812-5163

Fax: (905) 890-7610

 

 

SHARON HOBIN:

Trustee Wards 2 & 8

(Sharon is the Trustee for students from ward 8 who attend St. Sebastian School.)

Telephone: (905) 301-1210

 

A Letter From Your Catholic School Trustees

Sharon Hobin and Esther O’Toole

SEPTEMBER 2010

 

We saw many of you doing the “happy dance” the first day of school!  We were blessed with a wonderful summer and if history repeats itself we will have a magnificent September. Welcome Back!  As many of you know we will from time to time include an insert in the school newsletter to bring you updates from the school board. We will be embarking on Full Day Learning which means full day junior and senior kindergarten this year at 16 schools. It will be expanded in year 2. Within five years (2015) all kindergarten classes will be full day. Please consult the Dufferin-Peel web site for more information at www.dpcdsb.org

 

Are You Ticked?

Direction of school support (taxes) has long been an issue for Catholic school boards in Ontario. The fact is that, unless the municipality is notified, the school support designation, for assessment purposes, automatically defaults to public school support when an individual or family moves to a new address. This may have an impact on students’ eligibility to attend Catholic elementary schools, trustee representation on school boards, and on government perception of support for Catholic education. We want to bring a greater awareness around this matter and have created the Are You Ticked? campaign as the communication vehicle for this awareness. If you would like more information on school support designation or would like us to help you check or change your school support designation to the Catholic system, please call us at (905) 890-0708, ext. 24512. 

 

Transportation Revised Eligibility

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has enhanced eligibility standards by reducing the distance criteria for eligibility from 1.6 kilometers to 1.0 kilometers for grade 1 students and by reducing the distance criteria for eligibility for grades 7 and 8 students from 3.2 kilometers to 2.0 kilometers. This means that students currently in Senior Kindergarten who are bussed will continue to be bussed next year. Additionally Grade 6 students currently eligible for transportation will be bussed for the 2010-11 school year and some students currently in grade 7 and ineligible for transportation will be eligible for transportation in grade 8. For those who may wish to apply for Courtesy Ridership please check the STOPR web site at www.stopr.ca. Click on School Forms at the side of the page and find form TFL004 –Courtesy Seat Procedure.

 

Access to Bus Information

Please be advised that the following website, businfo.stopr.ca, is now available to students, parents, school administrators, and school bus operators. This website provides basic information for students and parents, specific to what school do I attend? and am I eligible for transportation? Also, parents of students who are eligible for transportation will be able to login to the businfo.stopr.ca site and access the specific details of only their child’s transportation arrangements.

 

Combined Classes

Many of you will see your children in combined classes. This is due to declining enrolment and more importantly due to the legislation which tells boards that we may not have more then 20 children in a class in grades 1 to 3. This is a hard cap that cannot be changed as per this legislation. We repeat that this legislation comes from the ministry and not from the board of trustees. Principals and staff will do their very best to see that students are placed in the best possible classroom situation.

 

Catholic School Councils

Members of Catholic school council must be in place 30 days after school begins. We encourage you to join school council to add your expertise to the council, volunteer your talent and to join committees that help the school flourish. As strong supporters of Catholic school councils we can tell you that many parents have lots of fun, make wonderful friends and contribute to their community. Do not leave it to someone else. Children whose parents are involved in their school do better in school. Give it a try!!!!

 

We wish you all the very best for this school year.  May the good Lord always hold you in the palms of His hands.