On October 1st, 2002 Trustees of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board passed a motion in favour of placing five elementary schools under review. The schools in question are St. Anthony, St. Michael and St. Theresa in the Central and South Family of Schools, and Our Lady of Fatima and St. James in the Western Family of Schools. Over the next few weeks, the school superintendent will be meeting with each Catholic school council executive to discuss the process. There will also be public meetings for all parents, school staff and Catholic school ratepayers as follows:

Board staff will present the rationale for placing the schools under review during these meetings and there will be an opportunity for questions and input from the audience. Each Catholic school council will also have an opportunity to make presentations to the Board at a meeting to be held on December 3, 2002 with Trustees making their final decision at a Board meeting on December 17, 2002.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Dave MacDonald as the new Academic Computer Instructor effective December 2, 2002.

Mr. MacDonald’s major duties and responsibilities will be to develop, design and maintain an online support site for students and staff of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board and to provide current curriculum development information and resources. Mr. MacDonald’s other duties will include, designing and delivering workshops to school staff and students and assisting the curriculum team in assessing and improving current technology based teaching and learning practices.



Mr. MacDonald is well qualified for the position of Academic Computer Instructor having been involved in this area for many years in his previous role as a Course Instructor at Nipissing University and as a Department Head of the Computer Science Department at St. Charles College. He also possess an Educational Specialist Certification in Computer Studies in the both the elementary and secondary panels. Mr. MacDonald’s extensive background in multi media presentations and as a workshop instructor for educators will serve him well in this position. In assuming his new role as Academic Computer Instructor MacDonald stated that, “I am very happy to be joining our curriculum team and taking on this new and exciting challenge. I have had the privilege of working with many of our talented teachers in our computer workshops and I now look forward to actively working with them in their schools.”



Zandra Zubac, Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic School Board is pleased with Mr. MacDonald’s appointment stating that. “I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Dave MacDonald for many years in his previous role as a teacher and vice-principal. His passion for learning and teaching combined with his in-depth knowledge of computers make him a definite asset to this Board.”