During the April 21 public business session for the South East Cornerstone Public School Division’s (SECPSD) board members, business manager and chief financial officer Shelley Toth, along with the deputy director of education Keith Keating, provided a brief outline of several administration procedures that had been updated.
The six procedures that were updated included freedom of information and protection of privacy details, acquisition of software and web-based services, commitment statement forms, management and leadership responsibilities, reporting and investigation processes and hazard identification and control.
The board also welcomed the online presence of Desirée Fisher, who was making a bus transportation appeal that would allow her son transportation to attend Arcola School following the family’s move that would otherwise place him in the Lampman School attendance area.
The board retreated to an in-camera session following the general public meeting to consider the application, promising Fisher she would receive word of their ruling in a timely manner.
On another issue, director of education Lynn Little noted during a round table discussion that a media release had been issued regarding the return to school schedules that had been posted for both SECPSD and the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School system.
Little said Level 2, in-class learning would return on April 26 for schools in SECPSD with the exception of Spruce Ridge School which will extend their remote learning exercises until May 3 before returning to more traditional in-classroom sessions.
Also, students attending Estevan and Weyburn Comprehensive Schools Grade 9 to 12 were to move to Level 3 effective April 26 and then to Level 2 on May 10.
This was a joint decision by both school divisions in consultation with local medical health experts, she said.
The release came with a reminder that challenges still remained due to the COVID variants now in play and that any student showing any signs of COVID-19 symptoms should be referred to the provincial 811 HealthLine and to follow the daily self-assessment checklist before attending school.
The SECPSD board will meet for another public session on May 19 at 1 p.m.
It has not been determined yet whether this will be a physical gathering in the division’s head office in Weyburn, or an online remote meeting.
An in-camera strategic planning meeting has also been scheduled for May 5.
