Central Office

Sydney, N.S.

July 2, 2014

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

(1) CALL TO ORDER:

A Special Board Meeting of the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board was called to order today beginning at 5:00 p.m.

(2) RECORD OF ATTENDANCE:

Present:	Lorne Green, Chair	Steve Parsons	Joyce Lind
	Yvonne Kennedy	Darrell Flynn	Jackie Organ (conference call)
	Barb Mercer	Joan Currie	John Berk
	Sandra Margettie	Kevin Ruelland
Absent(sent regrets):	Fred Tilley
Absent:	Jack Toomey	Gary Fraser	Darren Googoo
Also, Present:	Ambrose White, Superintendent
	Beth MacIsaac, Director of Human Resources
	Paul Oldford, Director of Operational Services
	Suasan Kelley, Director of Programs and Student Services
	George Boudreau, Director of Financial Services
	John Astephen, Regional Director of Educational Services
	Michelle MacLeod, Board Recording Secretary

(3) NEW BUSINESS:

n/a

(4) CUPE REPORT:

Moved by Commissioner Mercer
Seconded by Commissioner Flynn

That the Board accept with regret and thanks for years of service the following resignation. . .

Employee#	Name of Employee	Position Employed in	Resignation/ Retirement	Effective Date
40052573	Kim Fraser	LBG/Cape Smokey Elem	Resignation	June 30/14

Motion carried
2014-07-01

(5) NSTU REPORT:

a. NSTU RETIREMENT/RESIGNATION:

Moved by Commissioner Ruelland
Seconded by Commissioner Parsons

That the Board accept with regret and thanks for years of service the following retirement. .

Employee #	Name	School	Effective
269209 40014224	Lynn Moore	Board Owned Position	June 30, 2014

Motion carried
2014-07-02

b. DEFERRED SALARY LEAVE:

Moved by Commissioner Margettie
Seconded by Commissioner Flynn

That the Board approve the following request to withdraw from deferred leave. . .

Employee #	Name	School	Effective
615096 40015802	Nicole Forgeron	Sydney River Assessment Centre	Withdrawal from Deferred Salary (1 Year: August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015)

Motion carried
2014-07-03

c. DEFERRED SALARY LEAVE: (for information purposes)

Employee #	Name	School	Effective
610014 40015752	Loren Johnson	Cabot High	Request to Change Deferred Salary Dates (6 Months: February 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018 Previous: (6 months: February 1 2015 to July 31, 2015)

d. SHARED TEACHING NSTU:

Moved by Commissioner Mercer
Seconded by Commissioner Currie

That the Board approve the following request for shared teaching .

Employee #	Name	School	Effective
548677 40015258	Heather Morrison	George D. Lewis/ Brookland Elem	Request to teach 50% of the position (days 1,3,5 – 3 full days at George D. Lewis). This would leave 50% position (days 2,4,6 – Brookland Elementary (Physical Education)

Motion carried
2014-07-04

e. NSTU ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION:

Moved by Commissioner Mercer
Seconded by Commissioner Parsons

That the Board approve the following administrative recommendation. . .

Employee #	Name	Previous Position	New Position	Effective
509992 40015073	Stephen MacDougall	Principal Robin Foote (Perm)	Principal Seton Elem (1 Year)	August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015

Motion carried
2014-07-05

f. NSTU ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION:

Moved by Commissioner Mercer
Seconded by Commissioner Matheson

That the Board approve the following administrative recommendation. . .

Employee #	Name	Previous Position	New Position	Effective
561522 40015333	Colin McNeil	Vice-Principal (Teaching) St. Agnes Elementary (1 Year)	Vice-Principal (Teaching) St. Agnes Elementary (Perm)	August 1, 2014

Motion carried
2014-07-06

g. NSTU ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION:

Moved by Commissioner Matheson
Seconded by Commissioner Mercer

That the Board approve the following administrative recommendation. . .

Employee #	Name	Previous Position	New Position	Effective
600411 40015642	Anne Penetcost	Mathematics Coach 5-8	Department Head (Math) Malcolm Munroe Jr. High	August 1, 2014

Motion carried
2014-07-07

h. NSTU ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION:

Moved by Commissioner Mercer
Seconded by Commissioner Matheson

That the Board approve the following administrative recommendation. . .

Employee #	Name	Previous Position	New Position	Effective
399766 40014744	Maureen MacDonald	Head Psychologist (1 Year) Sydney River Assessment Centre	Head Psychologist (Perm) Sydney River Assess. Centre	August 1/14

Motion carried
2014-07-08

i. NSTU ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION:

Moved by Commissioner Margettie
Seconded by Commissioner Parsons

That the Board approve the following administrative recommendation. . .

Employee #	Name	Previous Position	New Position	Effective
561878 40015339	Darlene Oliver	Early Literacy Teacher St. Agnes Elementary	Reading Rec. Teacher Trainer (1 Year) Halifax	August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2014

Motion carried
2014-07-09

j. NSTU TERM POSITIONS:

Moved by Commissioner Margettie
Seconded by Commissioner Flynn

That the Board approve the following administrative recommendation. . .

Employee #	Name	Position/School	Effective
671016 40051774	Lindsay Latham	Schools Plus Facilitator Sherwood Park Education C.	August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015

Motion carried
2014-07-10

k. NSTU Temporary Assignments: (For Information Only)

Employee #	Name	Position	Effective
556902 40015302	Mary Pyke	Math Support Teacher 4-6 Temp Assignment (1 Year)	August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015
607499 40015744	Ken Porter	Math Support Teacher 7-9 Temp Assignment (1 Year)	August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2014

(6) NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Parsons – Skill-sets for teachers – Commissioner Parsons questioned the skill-sets of teachers when being placed into teaching positions. He would like to see a review of our schools to identify the number of teachers which are not matched properly.

Concerns were expressed by several Board members regarding this issue.

Commissioner Mercer – Math Consultant/Mentors/Math Support teachers – Commissioner Mercer questioned the number of positions which presently exist in this area.

Commissioner Kennedy – Expectations of staff – Commissioner Kennedy expressed concern regarding absenteeism of students the last day of school before March Break along with the end of the school year. She noted that students should not be attending school to watch movies or to be told “nothing is going on”. Lengthy discussions ensued amongst the Board.

(7) Adjournment of the meeting. . .

the meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.

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LORNE GREEN	GEORGE BOUDREAU
BOARD CHAIR	BOARD SECRETARY