The Parent Involvement Committee seeks out the advice and ideas of school councils, other parents and partners as it plans and implements strategies to involve more parents at the school and board levels.

The Parent Involvement Committee:

• is chaired by a parent and contains a majority of parents who make a one or two-year commitment to the committee
• meets four times a year
• has a direct link to the Director of Education and Trustees
• approves parent involvement expenditures, recommends activities to reach out to and include parents, and reports back to Regional School Councils.

Three parents from each region of the school board are selected to sit on the Committee at Regional Council meetings.  These are volunteer positions. Mileage is available to Committee members.

2011 Regional Council meeting dates for selection of Parent Involvement Committee members will take place:

Northumberland
October 18, 6:30 p.m.
East Northumberland Secondary School
71 Dundas Street, RR#3 Brighton

Peterborough
October 25, 6:30 p.m.
Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School
1009 Armour Road North, Peterborough

Clarington
October 26, 7:00 p.m.
Enniskillen Public School
4185 Old Scugog Road, Enniskillen

Parent Involvement Committee Meeting dates for 2011-12 are as follows, beginning at 6:30 p.m.:

November 28 (Initial Meeting)
January 30
February 27
March 26
May 17, (Thursday) 8:00 p.m.

Parental Involvement Policy (PDF, 36 KB)

Parents and community members may be confused by the acronyms and abbreviations used by educators. To help parents better understand these short forms, a list of commonly used abbreviations has been compiled.

Commonly Used Abbreviations List (PDF, 40 KB)

To learn more about the Parent Involvement Committee, please contact:

Greg Kidd
Communications Officer - Public and Corporate Affairs
greg_kidd@kprdsb.ca