Reminder: Trustee Shelley Laskin, Trustee Alexandra Lulka and Trustee Alexander Brown will host a consultation meeting on the Parent and Community Involvement Policy (P023) Review on March 5, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Read more about this meeting

Labour Negotiations: (February 28, 2020) On Wednesday, February 26 teachers and education workers with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) began Phase 6 of their ongoing strike action.

ETFO has said that it will not hold rotating one-day strikes between February 26 and March 6, but is prepared to further escalate its job action on Monday, March 9 should no tentative agreement be reached. Read the letter sent to parents & guardians about these strike actions (February 28) . 

For up to date information about the current labour negotiations, please visit the TDSB’s Labour Negotiations web page and follow @tdsb on Twitter.

Extending Your March Break? Our March Break vacation is from Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 20.  There is no school during this period. Classes resume on Monday, March 23.

If your child will be leaving school early, or returning later before/after the upcoming March Break, please email the office so we are aware of the extended absence. (Otherwise the attendance system will make calls until it reaches you.) Please email Cathie ( Cathie.Cordner@tdsb.on.ca) and Vicki  (Vasiliki.Gioris@tdsb.on.ca) with a copy to Ian.Wilson@tdsb.on.ca  and Elizabeth.Aiello@tdsb.on.ca  so that we are aware of the absence.

Parents as Partners Conference 2020 : The Parents as Partners Conference 2020 is on Saturday, March 28 and all parents are welcome! Registration opens mid-February at www.parentsaspartners.ca

Covid-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Update: Please visit the TDSB’s website to view information about the Novel Coronavirus virus as well as Important Links and up to date Parents and Guardian communication: www.tdsb.on.ca/coronavirus

School Council: Our next school council meeting is Tuesday, April 7, 6:30 to 7:30 pm and that Council Calendar (meetings, events, etc.) is posted on our School Council webpage. We have also posted our 2019-2020 school council membership on our school council webpage.

Our School’s Website: Our website has a lot of information about the school and we try to keep it updated regularly. Here is the address for the Eglinton school website: https://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/eglinton/ We hope that you take some time to visit.

A Week (or two) At A Glance

(Check out the Eglinton Google Calendar)

March 5: Joint Ward Forum with Trustee Laskin, 7-9 pm

March 9: Possible start of ETFO’s Phase 7 of strike action

March 16 to 20: March Break (No School)

March 23: School Resumes

March 28: TDSB’s Parents as Partners Conference

April 7: Regular School Council meeting, 6:30 to 7:30 pm