Thread by @shelleylaskin, Please join us for @tdsb Committee of the Whole beginning at 4:30 [...]

Please join us for @tdsb Committee of the Whole beginning at 4:30 - click here https://www.tdsb.on.ca/stream/boardmeetings/livemeeting.html Agenda includes Reports From Trustees Appointed to @opsba and @TOPublicHealth, Profiles of Administration Sites and an Update on School Reorganization - will live tweet

Trustee @Steph4schools reports on @opsba election results and provides summary report from last Board of Directors meeting including a motion requesting EDU immediately disburse federal funding to public school boards and restore school board reserves spent to open schools safely

And a second motion to advocate to the Minister for an immediate mechanism to address the deficiencies and inequities in funding across school boards to fund safe school opening - @opsba boards united in advocacy

Next on the agenda is a staff update on school reorganization @TDSBDirector - sharing virtual school updates based on reorg as of October 13, secondary school update and overall update on regorg as well as adult learning and budget as well as ventilation & school council election

37% of all @tdsb elementary students have chosen virtual school

Demographics of Students Enrolled in Virtual School and In-Person School

Staff speak to the need for resources to go to #TDSBVS - as more students from lower socio-economic background have chosen virtual

Now AD @kgfalcon summary of @tdsb decline from in-person school overall (elementary and secondary) based on March projections when staffing was assigned

Elementary and secondary decline by Learning Centres and Learning Network

AD @manonjgardner now speaking to issues with proposed November elementary transition - date is cancelled - due to a number of concerns - student & staff mental health and well-being - I know many will be glad to hear this news

Staff are exploring options for virtual learning transitions in January - hope is this will bring stability

For secondary - pausing October 15 switch date - need to adapt to the realities of the pandemic - focus on students achieving their credits and be successful - need to ensure courses in bricks and mortar schools remain to support students graduating through their courses

In secondary, staff working with principals, superintendents and unions to determine options - to be effective November 23rd - should know next week

Update with regard to Adult Day School students

Now AD Gold speaks to update on elementary organization - 440 FTE teachers redeployed to Virtual Schools

We were not able to meet our target of 570 teachers - left the prep compliment intact - small number of adjustments were made

Looking at further redeployments of staff to Virtual Schools - need to strengthen the supports there

Now AD Snider speaks to impact of enrolment changes - budgets will be adjusted - $100K provided to virtual schools for curriculum and will be monitored