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Catholic school Board briefs Better signage at crosswalk wanted: trustee Laura Busch Northern News Services Published Friday, January 6, 2012 Trustee Simon Taylor submitted a report to the board at the Dec. 14 meeting that stated the signage at the crosswalk used by many students on their way to either St. Patrick or Weledeh schools are not safe.
Taylor's suggestion came during the December facilities report, where the board of trustees is updated about infrastructure work done in the schools.
Taylor is concerned the existing signs and lights at the intersection are hard to see, particularly in winter conditions. He suggests that new signage, similar to the crosswalk on Range Lake Road adjacent to that school, be installed at the intersection.
Contract committees formed
Contract negotiation committees are being formed in preparation for next summer's negotiations, it was announced at the board of trustees meeting.
Representatives from the board and from the teachers' and workers' unions are in the process of putting together negotiation teams because the Union of Northern Workers and the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association both have contracts expiring in June 2012, said Kathy Zenko, executive assistant to the superintendent. Negotiations are likely to start in March.
So far, the trustees who will sit on each committee have not been named.
YCS gets more funding
Several budget adjustments were introduced during the December meeting. However, they did not affect the school board's bottom line because each item dealt with increased revenue on pace with the amount to be spent.
Budget adjustment items include:
- The Breakfast for Learning program gave $5,000 in funding to Weledeh School and $3,000 to St. Patrick High School to bring nutritious food into those school's cafeterias.
- The Tli Cho Community Services Board recently purchased $7,500 worth of aboriginal-language books published by the board using a federal funding program meant to create aboriginal language materials.
The board will use the money from the sale of the books for further publishing in the future, said Mike Huvenaars, assistant superintendent of business.
The Catholic School district's 2011-2012 budget is $24.6 million.
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