Amanda Fehrman – 2025 Winter Update
Hello Wards 11 & 12,
I hope your family had a restful Winter Break, and the return to classrooms and learning spaces has been successful for your child(ren).
I am pleased to share that at the Monday, November 18 Board Meeting Trustees re-elected Maria-Felix Miller as Chair of the Board and Paul Tut as Vice Chair. Also, I am thrilled to share that I was elected by my fellow Trustees to be Chair of the Program Committee. In this role, I look forward to helping to shape policies that positively impact student achievement, help support learning outcomes and foster inclusive learning spaces for every HWDSB student.
Also, alongside my fellow Trustees we also selected our colleagues for the following positions:
- Chair of Policy Committee – Sabreina Dahab, Ward 2
- Chair of Program Committee – Amanda Fehrman, Wards 11 & 12
- Chair of Finance and Facilities Committee – Paul Tut, Ward 13
- Chair of the Human Resources Committee – Dawn Danko, Ward 7
You can read more about the election, click here. For those who may be interested, you can find the dates of all Board meetings, as well as a link to our livestream, here.
I look forward to continuing to serve the Ward 11 & 12 communities alongside my colleagues.
Also, I am thrilled to share the results of HWDSB’s By-Election and welcome Abby Zaitley as HWDSB’s Ward 4 Trustee. I look forward to the work we will do together alongside all our fellow Trustees.
In support of our Multi-Year Strategic Plan, teams have been working at schools across HWDSB, including accessibility updates to washrooms and changerooms at Ancaster Secondary School, and a new 6 classroom and Learning Commons Addition with 5 Room Childcare at Mount Hope. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about these or other renovation projects in Wards 11 & 12.
As we are in the middle of winter, I wanted to make sure you know where to find important information about Severe Weather. You can learn all about how HWDSB manages snowy and icy conditions here.
I encourage you to subscribe to your child’s school website, follow the Board on Instagram @hwdsb, and look for HWDSB’s monthly NOW@HWDSB newsletter in your email inbox. Please expect the next edition early February.
As the 2024-2025 school year continues, I look forward to hearing about the exciting activities and initiatives taking place in Ward 11 & 12 – and I will be back to you with another update in June.
Sincerely,
Trustee Amanda Fehrman
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Updated on Thursday, January 23, 2025.