By-laws 1(2012) and 1E(2012) setting the Day, Time and Place of
the Regular Meetings of both the Council of Commissioners and
the Executive Committee
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that at a public meeting held on March 26, 2012, the Lester B. Pearson School Board Council of Commissioners adopted drafts of By-law 1(2012) setting the day, time and place of its regular meetings for the 2012-2013 school year and of By-Law 1E(2012) setting the day, time and place of the regular meetings of its Executive Committee for the 2012-2013 school year.
The texts of said draft By-laws are available for public examination at the office of the Director of Secretariat, 1925 Brookdale Avenue, Dorval, Monday through Friday 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m., or @ www.lbpsb.qc.ca/consultations. These By-laws will be tabled for final approval at the Council’s public meeting of May 28, 2012. Given in Dorval, this 4th day of April 2012.
The Lester B. Pearson School Board is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce, encouraging all qualified applicants to apply. We are committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments.
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On March 30, 2012, Dr. Dave Williams, M.Sc., M.D., C.M., L.L.D.(Hon), D.Sc.(Hon), F.C.F.P., F.R.C.P., President & CEO of Southlake Regional Health Centre returned to his former high school, Beaconsfield High, where he graduated from in 1971. Dr. Dave Williams has, on many occasions, credited his time at Beaconsfield High School, and in particular, the teachers he had while at the school, for inspiring him to live his dreams and follow his goals. Dr. Williams was one of four Canadians selected for the Astronaut Training Program with the Canadian Space Agency in 1992. His Space Mission in 2007 on Shuttle Endeavour included 3 space walks on board the International Space Station.
Beaconsfield High School is extremely proud to have Dr. Dave Williams as a graduate from the high school, and that he has taken the time on several occasions to return to the school to speak to students. Dr. Williams was honoured by the school by having the Senior Science wing named in his honour.
Left to right: Rowena Haines - Governing Board Chair, Nancy Hain - Regional Director, Marie Wahba - Principal and Valerie Barbet - Teacher with Zachary Halbert holding the Montreal Gazette with his story.
Zachary Halpert, with the help of his classmates and school, have raised over $600 for cancer research after his grandfather was diagnosed with cancer.
Zachary is pictured in his Sunshine Academy grade 2 classroom, in Montreal Friday March 23, 2012.
Photograph (Insert) by:
Allen McInnis , THE GAZETTE
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MONTREAL ALOUETTES VISIT RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL
The Alouettes visited Riverdale High School to promote their "Together at School" message. The players were involved in an interactive discussion in the auditorium and also played basketball against the Riverdale Spartans.
Together at School with CN and the Alouettes is a community outreach program supporting elementary and high school students in the greater Montreal area.
The program's main goal is to encourage kids to stay in school while focusing on a wide array of challenges that students face today, ranging from bullying and academic performance to peer pressure and the importance of staying active. The players look to inspire and motivate the students they meet to make the right choices and to reach their full potential through hard work and dedication.
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A Surprise Visit for St. Anthony Elementary!
On Thursday, January 19th Craig Kielburger from Free the Children visited school to speak with the students and staff and congratulate them for their efforts over the past three years.
St. Anthony is presently completing its third year of the "Adopt a Village Program." They have raised enough money over the past three years to build three schools in the Makeni region of Sierra Leone.
The second year they provided clean water and sanitation for those schools and this year have raised enough money to create an alternative income for the mothers of the children who go to school. The alternative income project is a poultry farm.
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Extract from the Chairman's report of September 26, 2011
LBPSB by the Numbers
Lately, the value of school boards has been under attack by those who make sweeping, generalized statements aimed at misleading you, our community. I’d like to pass on information that I believe truly represents the value the school board offers and how the incredibly professional, talented people in this building make a huge difference in the ability to offer quality, innovative and effective education of our students. The results, of course, cannot be denied – we have one of the highest success rates in the province and continue to improve upon it.
While these numbers represent our board in 2008-2009, the latest figures available from MELS, the numbers today would only show even higher percentages of our resources focused on the students.
Teaching Support Activities: 24.96%
(In school administration, library, computers, psychologists/speech therapist, student life, animation, health and social services, school success, teacher PD)
Furniture, building and equipment: 9.8%
Council of Commissioners: 0.21%
Administrative Activities: 5.77%
(Finance, IT, Legal & Archives, Transportation Management, Payroll Services, Union Negotiators, and senior management).
With less than 6% of our budget, the board meets all our reporting requirements to MELS (Financial, Registration, Grades, Strategic Plans, Annual Reports and Management Success Agreements),
manages our Educational Services and Student Services, coordinates transportation to 51 buildings
for about 15,000 students, manages the payroll, recruitment and human resources function for 4,500 employees, provides legal and archive services, maximizes our relationships with vendors resulting in minimum pricing for so many of the products used in our classrooms daily, coordinates quality food and nutrition services (and education!) including the delivery of hot meals to schools without cafeterias and management of a Hungry Kids program allowing us to provide meals for many students in need, and maintains our internet and computer network services 24/7. It also includes all of the photocopy machines and telephones in schools and centers, all of the software to run accounting and payroll systems in schools and centers and report cards, two architects and two engineers to oversee the 57 buildings in the school board network, two lawyers to oversee all legal issues, and three accountants to ensure proper accounting practices and tax laws are respected for a $250 million budget.
Any organization, public or private, would be hard pressed to deliver this more economically.
Well before MELS introduced legislation requiring us to reduce our expenses, LBPSB started the rationalization process. We started reducing headcounts and related expenses as our population decreased before Law 100 came into effect, and we continue to do so. We started our Energy Projects before MELS required reductions in energy costs. We did so because we take our role of managing public funds and providing the best education possible to our students very seriously. Always have.
Lester B. Pearson School Board Adopts 2011-2012 Budget
The Lester B. Pearson School Board’s (LBPSB) Council of Commissioners adopted its budget for the 2011-2012 school year at its June 27th, 2011 Council meeting.
The LBPSB budget has $217,252,302 in revenues and $219,263,913 in expenses. The Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports has frozen school board surplus’ but is permitting boards to use up to 10% of the accumulated surplus to June 30th, 2010, excluding the book value of land. With this 10%, the school board
is presenting a balanced budget.
The 2011-2012 budget was a difficult balancing act as the budget rules were delayed and included over
$100 million in cuts, province-wide, to school boards. The Lester B. Pearson School Board has been proactive during the past several years by reducing expenses and developing new revenue sources in order to deliver high quality education and service to its students. Through various initiatives, the LBPSB has been able to make up much of the funding shortfall without affecting the classroom.
The Lester B. Pearson School Board’s graduation rate is currently higher than the provincial target graduation rate and through its strategic plan it has created numerous initiatives to decrease the number of students choosing to drop out of school.
The school board has increased resources for literacy in the early grade levels while creating magnet
programs throughout every high school. The Adult and Vocational Programs continue to grow with the expansion of the Gordon Robertson Centre in 2011, the authorization to provide a vocational training
program in Plumbing at Beurling Academy and the renovation of Riverdale High School to include the new program of general building maintenance and other vocational and adult classes.
The LBPSB will be welcoming students to its newest elementary school, Birchwood Elementary School in Saint-Lazare, for the 2011-2012 school year. Birchwood will educate more than 400 students and feature a double gym and a multi-purpose room with at kitchen to be used as an agora-cafeteria.
The Lester B. Pearson School Board continues to implement new initiatives to benefit students
throughout its system including:
Continuation of an early literacy program targeting elementary schools in the Verdun and LaSalle area.
Continuation of the Kindergarten-for-four-year-olds program in five elementary schools in order to better prepare those students for the full-time educational program starting in Kindergarten.
Expansion of the work oriented training pathways program across the secondary network.
Second year of the Français Plus program in Cycle 2 of Saint Edmund Elementary School and the creation of the program in Birchwood, Terry Fox, and Maple Grove elementary schools.
The second year of increasing French language instruction at the Cycle 1 level for all secondary schools to a minimum of 50%.
Offering a Language Plus program in three elementary schools whereby students can participate in language courses in Mandarin, Spanish and Italian.
Introduction of the Matrix program at Westwood Junior High School whereby parents will purchase laptops for their Grade 7 students to be used throughout the school day.
Introduction of the Multimedia, Arts and Communication program at Macdonald High School.
Expansion of the International Studies Centre - John Killingbeck Pavilion to include more international students living at the centre and the creation of the International Language Centre -Marcus Tabachnick Pavilion for the International Pre-Kindergarten Program where three and four year olds follow an educational program which includes instruction in three languages, English, French, and one of Spanish, Greek, Italian, or Mandarin.
The LBPSB continues to be focused on student success and staff professional development, as well as continuing our safe and caring schools initiative, building and infrastructure improvements and information technology. The 2011-2012 school year will be a challenging year from a budget perspective but the school board’s efforts over the past few years to cut costs by becoming more efficient at all levels of board operations is now paying dividends for our students and staff.
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