May 23rd,  2007

You can make a protected donation to the the Labatt 24 Hour Relay by clicking on the following line:

http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=415866

Or send a cheque made out to The Labatt 24 Hour Relay to Ken Regan at 121 Queen Anne Circle, n6h4b8. by June 6

Your donation of $10,$20,$25,$50,or more, will change family lives

Through the generous support of many, last year's Relay proceeds enabled CAS to begin several worthwhile programs. Funds from the 2008 Relay, which takes place on June 7 and 8, will allow CAS to expand the number of children, youth and families the programs assist. 

More details are at the Monsignor Feeney Website

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (SWOSTS)

We would like to advise you that a student transportation consortium is in the process of being formed to provide transportation for all students in the City of London and Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin Counties.

The long-term goal is to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the safe transportation of the students in our region.

The immediate goal is to ensure that there is a seamless transition from the current system to transportation services operated by the consortium. To achieve that, it is anticipated that there will be no significant changes to transportation services during the remainder of this school year, or for September 2008.

A more formal and public press release concerning the new consortium will be made during the next few weeks.

The only changes at this time are to contact information for transportation services. Effective immediately, please use the following contact information:

The SWOSTS location is at 6399 Wellington Road South, London, ON, N6N 1N6

The new phone number is: 519-649-1160 
The new fax number is: 519-649-1180

Above, Jim Talbot and Ryan Readings working at their new offices.

STAFF DIRECTORY AND EXTENSIONS

Jim Talbot - 227 Debora Caruana - 225 Ryan Readings - 228 Linda Britton - 222

Consistent with the Board's Strategic Priorities 2007-2010, Human Resources Services intends to implement strategies identified within the "Accountability Framework : "Use information technology effectively toward enhancing human resources management."

Effective April 15, 2008, all permanent and probationary OECTA members who wish to apply to internal job postings, must register on applytoeducation.com so that they can access internal job postings and submit applications directly to the Board. This practice replaces our previous First Class process and is at no cost to staff. The new procedure is much more efficient for Staff, Administrative Teams and Human Resources Services.

Instruction manuals regarding how to register with applytoeducation.com and how to view and apply to internal job postings can be accessed on the Board web-site under Staff/Human Resources/ Internal Job Postings /Teaching Postings, or in the Teacher conference site on the First Class e-mail system. A copy of the manual has also been attached to this message.

Please contact Human Resources Services or the applytoeducation.com help desk at 1-877-900-5627 if you have any questions regarding the new posting procedure.

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Consistent with the Board’s Strategic Priorities 2007-2010, Human Resources Services intends to implement strategies identified within the ‘Accountability’ framework; “Use information technology effectively toward enhancing human resources management.”

Effective February 1^st 2008, all CUPE 4186 employees who wish to apply to internal job postings, must register on applytoeducation.com so that they can access internal job postings and submit applications directly to the Board.  This practice replaces our previous First-Class process and the hard copy “Application for Posted Position (Support Staff) form” process and is at no cost to staff. This new process is much more efficient for staff, administrative teams, principals, supervisors and Human Resources Services

 Instruction manuals regarding how to register with applytoeducation.com and how to view and apply to internal job postings can be accessed on the board web site under Staff/Human Resources/Internal Postings/Support staff or in the various CUPE conference sites on the First Class e-mail system.

 Please contact Human Resources Services if you have any questions regarding the new posting procedure. 

For the past several years, employees and students in the London District Catholic School Board have reached their United Way target, thanks to the generosity and hard work of so many people. But our connection goes much deeper than that.  Many LDCSB employees are involved with one or more of the many member agencies of the United Way Campaigns in London/Middlesex, Elgin and Oxford. If you are involved, we would like to hear from you! Please email with the agency that you are supporting with your volunteer hours. (All information will be held in confidence)

Our Mission

To serve the Catholic student in a community that nurtures a living faith and provides a quality Catholic education that enables the individual to become a contributing member of the Church and Society.

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