| 1. | Roll Call | | | 2. | Approval of Agenda | | | 3. | Declaration of Conflict of Interest | | | 4. | Report from the Board Meeting - Private Session, October 3, 2012 | | | 5. | Student Trustee Report - Sherry Shao | | | 6. | APPLAUSE!  | 1 | | 7. | Board Priorities Update  - Report of the 2011-2012 Provincial Assessments and Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
- Associate Director of Education Denese Belchetz
- Superintendent of Curriculum and Instructional Services Beate Planche
- Project Manager, Assessment and Evaluation Lynne Hollingshead
| 2 - 112 | | 8. | Ontario Public School Boards’ Association Report
| | | 9. | Special Announcements
| | | 10. | Approval of Minutes of the September 4, 2012 Board Meeting  | 113 - 120 |
| 11. | Routine (*) & Non-Routine Approval of Minutes and Reports of Board Committees:
| (a) | Policy and By-Law Committee Minutes, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (*) | 121 - 149 | | (b) | Property Management Committee Minutes, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 (*) | 150 - 167 | | (c) | Board Standing Committee Minutes, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 (*) | 168 - 173 | | (d) | Chair’s Committee Minutes, Monday, September 24, 2012 (*) | 174 - 195 | | | 12. | Routine (*) Acceptance of Advisory Committee Minutes and Non-Routine Recommendations Requiring Board Approval:
| (a) | Special Education Advisory Committee Minutes, Thursday, September 6, 2012 (*) | 196 - 202 | | (b) | Parent, Family and Community Engagement Advisory Committee Minutes, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (*) | 203 - 209 | | (c) | Equity and Inclusivity Advisory Committee Minutes, Thursday, September 13, 2012 (*) | 210 - 216 | | | 13. | Trustee Code of Conduct Selection of External Investigators Equity and Inclusivity Advisory Committee Minutes | 217 - 218 | | 14. | Information and Inquiries - Director’s Information Report
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| 15. | Meetings and Events (*) | 219 | | 16. | Adjournment | |
Please contact Trustee Services at kim.sexsmith@yrdsb.edu.on.ca or lori.barnes@yrdsb.edu.on.ca if you have any questions regarding the Board Agenda. | | | | Anna DeBartolo Chair (Vaughan) Nancy Elgie Vice-Chair (Georgina) Peter Adams-Luchowski (Aurora & King) Loralea Carruthers (East Gwillimbury & Whitchurch-Stouffville) Carol Chan (Richmond Hill) Susan Geller (Markham) Diane Giangrande (Richmond Hill) Joel Hertz (Vaughan) Juanita Nathan (Markham) Sherry Shao (Student Trustee) Allan Tam (Markham) Kush Thaker (Student Trustee) Martin Van Beek (Newmarket) Ada Yeung (Markham) | |