Registration is live for the 8th Annual Parent Involvement Makes a Difference Conference on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Earl Haig SS, 100 Princess Avenue from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Keynote speaker J. Richard Gentry, PhD, a former university professor and elementary school teacher and author of Raising Confident Readers: How to Teach Your […]
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Meet TDSB Director of Education
Ward Forum: Thursday December 12, 7pm @ Ledbury Park PS (Falkirk and St Germain) TDSB Director of Education Donna Quan will answer your questions and talk about our “Years of Action” plans, and our “Kindness goes Viral” campaign. I hope that you will be able to be there to learn what is happening in our […]
Survey Results
Many thanks to the parents who completed the APA survey in December. The survey was required by the TDSB to gauge parents’ interest in helping to fund any improvements to the field. It was also meant to gauge satisfaction with different facets of Allenby and APA and to ask about how you would like to […]
Fantastic Turnout for the First APA Meeting of the Year
Over 50 people at our first APA meeting of the year. There were new faces, great discussion and perspectives sharing, an update by Howard Goodman (Ward Trustee) and yummy food donated by Marigold and Onions! What a great way to start the year. To those who were unable to attend, please look for the Minutes, […]
TDSB Update from Trustee Howard Goodman
Dear Friends of TDSB schools This update will focus primarily of the on-going TDSB budget discussions (for details see the Budget Summary), but I’d like to start with a number of smaller items that I think that you’ll find important, interesting, and/or useful. As always, I encourage you to share this with others who might […]
Board Wide School-Based Staffing Allocations for 2012-2013
TDSB staff delivered to Trustees their recommendations on school-based staffing allocations for next year. The whole Board will vote on school-based staffing allocations at a special meeting next week on March 28. The APA was advised by our Trustee Howard Goodman the following: roughly 80% of the TDSB’s budget ($2B out of $2.6B) pays for […]