Swan Valley
School Division

Executive Summary of the
April 22, 2019
Special Board Meeting

Submitted by:
Tim Mendel
Superintendent/CEO



1. The Superintendent informed the Board that staffing for the 2019-2020 school year is in full gear. Interviews will be conducted over the next few weeks to fill the remaining positions.

2. The Division is having some difficulty finding teacher candidates for two current term positions. Inquires have been made to all universities and faculty advisors to find suitable candidates.

3. The Board passed a motion allowing Religious Instruction at Bowsman School for the remainder of the 2018-2019 school year.

4. The Board spent some time discussing the Education Review currently being conducted by the Province. The Board wants to encourage all citizens to participate in the Review Process. Please go online to complete the survey, sign the petition or write a submission. https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/educationreview/consultation.html
Engage in the process.

5. Plans are underway for the All Employees Recognition Evening on June 6, 2019 at the Veterans Hall.
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Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held in the Division Office Board Room on April 22, 2019 commencing at 7:00 p.m. (unapproved)
The following were present:

Chair: L. Evans
Trustees: D. Burghart
K. Highmoor
K. Riehl
V. Rooks
W. Schaffer
Superintendent: T. Mendel
Secretary-Treasurer: B. Rausch
Absent: G. Wowchuk

Resolutions:
R1 W. Schaffer, V. Rooks:
THAT the Minutes of the regular meeting of April 8, 2019, be adopted.
CARRIED

R2 D. Burghart, W. Schaffer:
THAT the Staffing Report of the Superintendent/CEO, 8.2, as presented, be ratified.
CARRIED

R3 K. Highmoor, W. Schaffer:
THAT the Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, 9.2, on Capital Disbursements, be received and the payment outlined, be ratified.
CARRIED

R4 K. Riehl, V. Rooks:
THAT as per Item 14.1, a by-law to provide for religious instruction classes at Bowsman School be read a first time long, that the rules of procedure be waived and that it be taken as read a second and third time, be now finally passed, signed by the Chair and the Secretary-Treasurer and numbered 2/2019 and the seal of the School Division affixed thereto.
CARRIED (abstain 1)

R5 K. Highmoor, V. Rooks:
THAT the Board move to In-Camera.
CARRIED

R6 K. Highmoor, W. Schaffer:
THAT the Board move out of In-Camera.
CARRIED

R7 K. Riehl, V. Rooks:
THAT we do now adjourn at 8:47 p.m.
CARRIED