The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington (PVNC) Catholic District School Board is seeking public consultation on the renewal of its Directional Policy 800 - Healthy Schools and Workplaces

This Directional Policy is up for renewal as part of the Board’s regular policy review schedule.

Purpose:

• The purpose of the Healthy Schools and Workplaces Directional Policy is to create a shared understanding and systematic approach to the implementation of Administrative Procedures, protocols, and guidelines related to ensuring healthy schools and workplaces for students and staff respectively.

Directional policies signal the major intentions and priorities of the elected board. They are few in number and broad in scope. Directional policies signal long-term institutional commitments to student achievement and well-being, to values, and to fairness.

Administrative procedures, which are a mechanism to implement the policies of the elected board, are specific, detailed and focused and must align with the directional policy under which they sit.

The following administrative procedures support Directional Policy 800 - Healthy Schools and Workplaces and can be viewed here.

• PVNC Administrative Procedure 801 – Student Injury Prevention – Science, Technology, Creative Arts and Physical Education
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 802 – Illness or Injury of a Student
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 803 – Pediculosis in Schools
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 804 – Asthma: Reducing the Risks (Ryan’s Law)
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 805 – Administration of Medication Procedures or Health Support services, and Emergency Response
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 807 – Supporting Students with Epilepsy in Schools
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 809 – Occupational Health and Safety
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 810 – Confirmed Cases of Fifth Disease
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 811 – Fitness for Duty and Substance Use
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 812 – Scent Awareness
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 813 – Nutrition
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 814 – Critical Injury / Fatality Reporting
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 815 – Safe Work Procedure: Lock-out/Tag-out of Energy Sources
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 816 – Extreme Weather Response
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 817 – Confined Spaces Program
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 818 – Accessibility and Barrier Free Learning and Work Environment – Employment
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 819 – Accessibility and Barrier Free Learning and Work Environment – Information and Communication
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 820 – Accessibility and Barrier Free Learning and Work Environment – Transportation
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 821 – Accessibility and Barrier Free Learning and Work Environment – Design of Public Spaces
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 822 – Accessibility and Barrier Free Learning and Work Environment – Customer Service
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 823 – Respiratory Protection Program
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 824 – Asbestos Management
• PVNC Administrative Procedure 825 – Anaphylaxis Reducing the Risks

We encourage you to review Directional Policy 800 - Health Schools and Workplaces in its entirety (available in the documents section to the right) and provide feedback using the short survey provided below.

The consultation period will be open until November 15, 2024

Thank you for taking the time and effort to provide feedback as we work together to achieve our PVNC Catholic Vision: Creating a culture of faith, hope and love to ensure equity and well-being.