2024-2025 Budget Consultation
School and board planning for the 2024-2025 school year is underway and we want to hear from you! As a member of our Durham Catholic learning community, your feedback on what we are currently doing well, and ways we can improve, is important to us.
Listening, Learning and Living in Faith are foundational processes that form the core of DCDSB's Multi-Year Plan, Inspire 2026. Through these processes, school and board annual budget and plans will be developed and implemented under the strategic priorities of:
- Supporting Faith and Well-Being;
- Advancing Human Rights and Equity; and
- Improving Student Learning.
We want to know your thoughts on how we are doing in these areas. What is going well? Where can we improve?
Your input will help to inform our school and board annual plans and budget for the 2024-2025 school year.
Please share your thoughts by participating in a ThoughtExchange, by answering the following question:
From your perspective, what do you feel we are doing well, and what do you think we can do to improve in the following areas: Supporting Faith & Well-Being, Advancing Human Rights & Equity, and Improving Student Learning?
Click here to participate in the ThoughtExchange.
We ask that participants be considerate when sharing thoughts so we can have respectful and open discussions about our learning community. Please do not include ideas/comments that name or refer to specific students, staff, or individual situations, as thoughts of this nature will be removed from the exchange.
How does ThoughtExchange Work?
ThoughtExchange is an anonymous platform and will allow you to share your thoughts and rate the thoughts and ideas of others. Participants confidentially share their answers to a question and can rate the ideas/answers that others have submitted. All thoughts and ratings are anonymous.
You can come back as often as you would like to participate and, in fact, we encourage you to come back to rate some of the new ideas shared since you first participated. The ratings will help us understand the most important areas of investment for the upcoming school year.
Please click here to participate in the Thought Exchange. This ThoughtExchange will be available until Friday, March 22, 2024.
2024-2025 Budget Delegation Opportunity
DCDSB is currently in the process of gathering feedback to assist with our 2024-2025 budget development. Students, families, staff, and community partners each play an important role in the success and support of our students and we want to provide multiple opportunities to receive your input.
In March 2024, our community is invited to participate in a ThoughtExchange to share input on what we are doing well, and how we can look to improve.
Finance Committee Delegation Opportunity
As part of the budget process for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year, the Finance Committee of the Durham Catholic District School Board is seeking your input to inform the Board’s annual budget and goals.
If you are comfortable sharing your ideas in a public forum you can provide your comments in person or virtually to the Finance Committee at its next meeting which will be held on Monday, April 15, 2024, in a hybrid format, both online and at the Catholic Education Centre, 650 Rossland Road West, Oshawa beginning at 7:00 p.m.
If you would like to present, we ask that you notify the Finance Committee and provide a copy of your submission/presentation no later than Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. via email to finance@dcdsb.ca.
For those who may not be as comfortable presenting in person, there are other ways to provide your input. Please note that your comments and suggestions are welcome at any time during the year by emailing us at finance@dcdsb.ca or by mailing or delivering to:
Attention: Business Services
Durham Catholic District School Board
650 Rossland Road West
Oshawa, ON
L1J 7C4