What's on Your Mind?

It is now after 8 p.m. and the meeting has moved on to the "What's on Your Mind" portion of the meeting.  Always interesting questions and discussions.  Gives reps a chance to bring items forward that are of concern to them or members of their staffs.  Questions were raised about the costs of signs for the election, when progress reports are due, vice-principals and teaching portions of their assignments, issues regarding filling out deposit forms by teachers,  supervision of JK/SK students at nutrition break - there is paid supervision available from the Board to assist in this area, concerns with students with significant behavioural issues and little support, safety issues on school buses with JK students and no supervision (going to and from school), getting all-day Kindergarten teachers together for support, collaboration, etc. (is being worked on by ETFO), teachers booking own buses, frequency of CASI data collection (including marking, etc.), supervision and safety issues.