Hello Everyone: As you likely already know, the Board of Trustees will vote next week on the recommendations of the Program Viability Committee. (See below for the press release and recommendations). I would welcome any input that the parents and teachers in your school might have regarding the recommendation that is currently before the board. Please consider sharing this email with your community (including parents and teachers). I can be contacted best through email at
[email protected] As a reminder both the delegation night (Mon Jun 13) and the board meeting (Wed Jun 15) are open to the public. Both meetings start at 7pm at JW Singleton Education Centre 2050 Guelph Line, Burlington. June 7, 2016: A t the June 1, 2016 Board meeting Trustees of the Halton District School Board received R eport #16096 c oncerning program viability of elementary English and French Immersion programming. The report was presented to Trustees after nearly a year of extensive research and stakeholder consultation work by the Program Viability Committee (PVC). The recommendation presented to Trustees states: 1. Be it resolved that the Halton District School Board adopt Option 6, Grade 2 Entry to the French Immersion program at 100% intensity in existing single and dual track schools, as outlined in Report 16096. 2. Be it resolved that this model begin in Grade 2 of school year 2018/19. Entry into Grade 1 of our current FI model will cease after the 2016/17 school year and the 2017/18 Grade 1 cohort will be English program only. 3. Be it resolved that students enrolled in our current FI model be ‘grandparented’ and allowed to complete elementary school in the current model. Trustees will hear from stakeholders at a Special Delegation Night scheduled for Monday, June 13, 2016. The list of the 10 delegations will be posted on the board website under “Boardroom and Trustees” on Friday, June 10. Leah Reynolds Trustee Wards 1& 2 Burlington
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