Highlights of the May 2015 Board Meeting

MEDIA RELEASE
May 28, 2015

GUELPH, Ontario – The Upper Grand District School Board met on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The following are highlights from the meeting.

Elementary Principal Transfers

The following Elementary Principal transfers are effective September 1, 2015:

• Andrew Creighton from École Paisley Road PS to James McQueen PS
• Randal Wagner from Jean Little PS to École Paisley Road PS
• Brent Ellery from Arthur PS to Elora PS
• Amanda Leathem from Gateway Drive PS to Arthur PS
• Sean Singh from École Princess Elizabeth PS to Island Lake PS
• Jonathan Walker from Laurelwoods ES to École Princess Elizabeth PS.

Elementary Principal Appointments

The following Elementary Principal appointments are effective September 1, 2015:

• Heather Davis from Mitchell Woods PS to Jean Little PS
• Chris Popofski from Rockwood Centennial PS to Gateway Drive PS
• Katherine Wainman from Palmerston PS to École Edward Johnson PS
• Valerie Smith from Centennial Hylands ES to Laurelwoods ES

Elementary Vice-principal Transfers

The following Elementary Vice-principal transfers are effective September 1, 2015:

• Nicole Hamilton from École Erin PS to Mitchell Woods PS
• Wendy Clarke from Parkinson Centennial PS to Centennial Hylands ES
• Kathy Soule from Westminster Woods PS to Sir Isaac Brock PS
• Donna McMillan from John Galt PS to Westminster Woods PS
• Catherine McNinch from Rickson Ridge PS to École Arbour Vista PS.

Elementary Vice-principal Appointments

The following Vice-principal Appointments are effective September 1, 2015:

• Shannon Spike from École Edward Johnson PS to Palmerston PS
• Kaye Martin from Laurelwoods ES to Parkinson Centennial PS
• Melissa Mortimer from Taylor Evans PS to John Galt PS
• Jill Woytko from Westminster Woods PS to Rickson Ridge PS
• Wayne Peeters from Island Lake PS to Hyland Heights ES
• Carla Anderson from Student Support and Program Services to École King George PS

Secondary Principal Transfers

Beth Burns is transferred from Centre Wellington DHS to become the Principal at John F. Ross CVI effective September 1, 2015.

Secondary Principal Appointments

The following Secondary Principal appointments are effective September 1: 

• Chad Warren, VP at Centennial CVI to Principal, Centre Wellington DHS
• Jennifer Meeker VP at Centre Dufferin DHS to (Acting) Principal at Wellington Heights SS

Vice-principal Transfer

Wendy McIntosh is transferred from Orangeville DSS to Vice-principal at Centre Dufferin DHS effective September 1, 2015.

Vice-principal Appointment

James Cako, currently at St. John’s Kilmarnock School is appointed Vice-principal at Centennial CVI effective September 1, 2015.

Congratulations to all!

Elementary Identified Schools Report

The Elementary Identified School Report is presented annually to the board and identifies those schools that are overcapacity and under capacity by comparing enrolment projections for the next school year against the Ministry’s on-the-ground capacity rating for each school (bricks and mortar building, excluding portables). Thirteen percent of the schools are overcrowded (8), 58% are neither over or underutilized (38), and 28% of the schools are under-crowded (18).

Secondary Identified Schools Report

As in the Elementary Report, the Secondary Identified Schools Report measures the projected enrolment for the coming school year as compared to school on-the-ground capacity. Six of 11 secondary schools are at 100% occupancy or more. Only one school is under capacity. The average capacity for the secondary schools in the UGDSB is 97.7%. Centre Peel Secondary School, which has one classroom in Centre Peel Elementary School, is not included in the count because of its unique circumstances.

Interim Financial Reporting as at March 31, 2015

This the second Interim Financial Report presented to the board for the 2014-2015 school year. It measures the percentage of the budget used to March 31, 2015 with the percentage used from the previous year (2013-2014). Enrolment is down 119 students as compared to the budget, based on actual numbers from October 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015. The percentage of the budget used is 60.7% compared with last year at the same time as 60.0%. Most of the variances are in the Staff Development line, where there is extra funding from the Ministry in the Education Projects Other (EPO) grants spent on Ministry-identified projects.

Career Education Council

Lori Arsenault, who manages the Career Education Council for the Wellington Catholic and Upper Grand boards has accepted another position and is leaving the CEC. The board chair will write a letter of thanks to her.

The next meeting of the Upper Grand District School Board will be held on Tuesday June 23, 2015, at the Guelph Board Office, 500 Victoria Road beginning at 7:00 p.m. The board will also meet as the Board as Budget Committee on June 1 (presentation of the budget), June 8 (delegations to the budget, if any) and on June 23 before the regular monthly meeting to consider the budget (time of this meeting is yet to be announced). Everyone is welcome to attend.

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For more information:

Maggie McFadzen, Communications Officer
519-822-4420 ext. 725
[email protected]

Mark Weidmark, Administrative Officer – Communications
519-822-4420 ext. 544
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