Aside from selecting Mayors and Councillors, October 22nd is the day when voters chose those who will represent their interests as school board Trustees. Trustees are responsible for setting the direction of the school board, allocating funds and implementing provincial policies.
The Thames Valley Union Council, comprised of CUPE 4222, CUPE 7575, ETFO Thames Valley Teachers' Local, ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers' Local and the bargaining units of OSSTF District 11, met recently to review those candidates running for Trustees of the Thames Valley District School Board.
As a result of these deliberations, Union Council has agreed to ask our members to consider supporting the following Trustee candidates (two Trustees to be elected per ward):
Wards 1, 11, 12, 14: Sheri Polhill and Amanda Stratton
Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Leroy Osbourne and Corrinne Rahman
Wards 7, 8, 9, 10, 13: Joyce Bennett
Middlesex County: Sean Hunt and Arlene Morell
Oxford County: Bill McKinnon
Elgin County: Peter Rochus and Bruce Smith
The term of office for a school board Trustee runs from December 1, 2018 until November 14, 2022. N.B. Regardless of your riding, election for Trustees is not by ranked ballot.
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From ETFO Provincial, Members will now be focused on completing the Progress Report for Grades 1 - 8 and the Kindergarten Communication of Learning: Initial Observations. It will be important to remind them of the areas where they may exercise the their professional judgement during the process. Feel free to review the following links:
Grades 1 to 8
http://etfo.ca/SupportingMembers/Professionals/PJdocs/PJM-PRC.pdf
Kindergarten
http://www.etfo.ca/SupportingMembers/Professionsla/PJdocs/PJM-KFC.pdf
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It's in the Mail
This year's pocket calendar is in the mail along with our Fall ETFOTVOT newsletter. Check out all the important news for members and look for your latest invitation to the Columbia Employee Outlet Store which will welcome our members from October 12 to November 4.
Finally, please take a few minutes to visit the link and complete our membership survey - we want to know what is important to our members and look forward to your comments and questions.
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But We Missed You ...
Thank you to all who attended our first PD for the 2018-2019 school year at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn yesterday afternoon. Once again, the venue, delicious meal and beneficial workshops offered by wonderful presenters was very well received.
Save the date for our next PD event scheduled to take place on October 30, 2018 from 4:30 - 7:30 PM at the BMO Centre, 295 Rectory Street in London.
Stay tuned for the workshops being offered and notification when registration will open on the ETFO-TVOT website.
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