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  • 1 May, 2019, PIAC's Motion – Parent email sharing with School Councils
    The Board decided:
    That the Director present a report on the feasibility and legal implications of the following recommendation from the Parent Involvement Community Advisory Committee, and that every best effort be made to allow for a September 2019 implementation:

    That school registration forms include a checkbox to allow parents to consent to the sharing of their email with the school’s school council to facilitate communication and increased engagement by the school councils with the school community. PIAC requests that this be completed to be included in the 2019 Fall welcome packages to parents.

    Effective Fall 2020:
    ​In response to this motion to connect School Councils directly with their parent community by sharing parent emails, the TDSB will give Councils access to School Messenger. Council Chair(s) can then send broadcast communications to parents/guardians using the same data base that Principals use to contact the school community. Council Chairs will have access to School Messenger through their TDSB School Council email account.

  • 4 June, 2019, PIAC's Motion – Outreach Plan for Schools without School Councils
    The Board decided that the following recommendation from the Parent Involvement Advisory Committee be referred to staff to work with the PIAC on the details of implementation:
         
           (a) The TDSB distributes PIAC’s Quick Guide “Fall Tips for
           Principals” to principals via their Superintendents at the
           beginning of each school year beginning 2019/2020. This
           guide is a convenient fact sheet on how principals can
           support their school council.

           (b) That PIAC’s School Council Outreach Plan is used in     
           schools identified as having no school councils.
           Superintendents can assist their principals in building
​           school councils where they do not exist, by sharing and
           working through PIAC’s School Council Building Quick
           Guides for principals and parents. PIAC suggests principal
           outreach occurs at year-end (June) to start identifying
           potential parents for school council for the following school
           year. We further recommend Superintendents attend a
           school council meeting in these schools by January of that
           school year.

           (c) The TDSB be held accountable to this process by
           providing PIAC and the PCEO with annual follow-up
           including an updated list of schools without school councils
           each November to allow for timely support of schools
​           struggling with building their school council.
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