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• FOUNDATIONS
  • A Short History of the Sturgeon School Division
  • Vision, Mission, Mandate and Beliefs
• BOARD OF TRUSTEES
  • Organization
    • Trustee Functions, Trusteeship & Policy, Trustee Secretarial Services
    • Electoral Wards
    • Committees of the Board
    • Board Representation to Other Organizations
  • Trusteeship
    • Attendance at Meetings
    • Code of Ethics
    • Requirement to Declare Conflict of Interest
    • Requirement to Take Oath of Office
  • Board Procedures
    • Board Procedures
    • Rules of Order
    • Policy Development
    • Communications
  • Board Governance
    • Board Roles and Responsibilities
    • Board-Staff Communication
    • Media and Public Relations
• ORGANIZATION
  • Organization Chart
  • School Councils
  • Superintendent of Schools  
  • Job Descriptions for Other Staff
  • Temporary Designation of Principals and Vice-principals
• ADMINISTRATION
  • Business Operations
    • Fiscal Management
    • System Budget Development
    • Security of Personal and Division Information
    • Reserve Funds Appeals
    • Revenue from Property Tax Sources
    • Purchasing
    • Joint-Use Agreements
    • Joint-Use of Sturgeon Composite High School
    • Income Tax Deductible Receipts for Donations Received by the Division
    • Instructional Materials
    • Community Partnerships
    • Financial Accountability and Audit
    • Annual Education Results Report
    • Central Services Roles and Responsibilities
  • School Operations
    • Operational School Year
    • School Operation in Emergency
    • Patriotic Exercises/Flag Etiquette
    • Non-Resident Students
    • System, School and Program Evaluation
    • Attendance Areas
    • School Buildings Alternative Utilization or Closure
    • School Inclement Weather Policy
    • Staff Meetings
    • Agencies Interviewing Students at School
    • Staff Use of School Facilities and Equipment
    • Advertising or Canvassing in Schools
    • School Based Decision Making
    • Charter Schools
    • Shared Services for Schools
    • School Authority Education Plans (Three Year Education Plan)
    • Volunteer Policy
• PERSONNEL
  • Employment Practices
    • Staffing Policy
    • Professional Staff Mobility
    • Reduction in Professional Staff
    • Substitute Teachers
    • Harassment Policy
    • Employee Conflict of Interest
    • Healthy Interactions Model
  • Employee Compensation
    • Employee Expense Reimbursement
    • Trustee Remuneration and Expense Reimbursement
  • Employee Benefits
    • Employee Recognition
    • Employee Recognition Submission Form
    • Educational Leaves of Professional Staff
    • Healthy Employees at Work
    • Deferred Salary Leave Plan
    • Supporting the Growth and Development of Staff

  Discipline and Rules

  • Smoke-Free Environment Policy
  • Employees Seeking/Elected to Public Office
  • Tuberculosis Testing of School-Based Personnel
  • Personnel Records
  • Employee Evaluation
    • Growth, Supervision and Evaluation of Professional Staff
    • Support Staff Performance Review
    • Growth, Supervision and Evaluation of School Administrators
• EDUCATION
  • Instruction
    • Senior High School Credit Load
    • Challenge of Learning Resources
    • Vocational Education
    • Customer and Project Work (Vocational Courses)
    • Healthy School Communities
    • Religious Instruction 
    • Early Childhood Program Services
    • Operation of School Media Resource Centre 
    • Locally Developed Courses
    • Off-Campus Education
    • School Entrance Age
    • Information and Communication Technology
    • Controversial Issues in Education
    • Student Placement Appeals
    • French Language Programs and Languages Other Than French or English
    • Copyright
    • Health/CALM Programs (Human Sexuality)  
    • Alternate Learning Opportunities
    • Programs for Children and Students with Special Needs
  • Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities
    • Curricular and Extra-curricular Fees
    • Field Trips
  • Student Evaluation, Promotion and Awards
    • Course Challenge
    • Awards Policy
    • Student Evaluation Policy
    • Student Records Management
  • Student Discipline
    • School Attendance Policy
    • Student Suspensions and Expulsions
    • Student Conduct
• SPECIAL SERVICES
  • Special Education
    • English as a Second Language
    • Learning Support Services 
    • Out of System Placement of Resident Students
    • Student Placement
  • Pupil Personnel Services
    • Guidance and Counseling Services
    • Health and Safety
    • Health and Safety Training of Staff
    • Student Illness or Accident
    • Co-operation with Local Health and Safety Agencies
    • School Fire Safety
    • Laboratory Safety
    • Emergency Preparedness
    • Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
    • Home Education
    • Student Accident Insurance
    • Crisis and Critical Incidents
  • Community Services
    • Public Use of School Buildings and Property
• FACILITIES
  • Caretaking Staff Allocations
  • Hazardous Materials Policy
  • National Flag Etiquette
• TRANSPORTATION
  • Student Transportation Services
  • School Bus Safety
  • Inclement Weather
  • School Bus Crash/Response Procedures
  • Suspension of School Bus Privileges
  • Selection of School Bus Contractors
  • Reduction in Contract School Bus Fleet
  • Non-Resident Student Transportation
  • Language Immersion Transportation Service
  • Cell Phone Use