Board Committees and Meetings

Audit Committee: The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing the financial reporting process of the Board. This responsibility includes communications with the external auditor concerning the auditor's roles and responsibilities within the financial reporting process. 

Board Meetings: The Board of Trustees meetings are established at the start of each new school year and are held at the Limestone District School Board Education Centre, 220 Portsmouth Ave., Kingston, ON unless otherwise stated. Board meetings are open to the public to observe. A meeting of a committee of the Board, including a Committee of the Whole Board, may be closed to the public when certain matters, as outlined in legislation, are discussed. 

Budget Committee: The Budget Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board concerning the development of the annual budget, and on any aspects of the Board's financial affairs. 

Education Policy and Operations Committee (EPOC): The Education, Policy and Operations Committee, a Committee of the Whole Board,  is responsible for developing the Board’s aims and objectives and for the delivery of appropriate programs as well as make recommendations to the Board on aspects of aspects of Board operations and building and property management.

Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC): The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee provides an avenue for community involvement and receives advice and input from the community. The committee may make recommendations to the Board regarding the establishment and development of education programs and practices of the Board that are related to environmental sustainability. 

Indigenous Education Committee: The Limestone District School Board (LDSB) Indigenous Education Committee (IEC), as of May, 2023, is recognized as a standing committee of the board. Included in Board Policy 11 – Board Committees, is also a statement that identifies the autonomous nature of the LDSB IEC. The IEC is made up of Indigenous community members, organizations that serve Indigenous students/families, and Indigenous parents/caregivers. Members of the IEC are selected by submitting expressions of interest as defined by the Terms of Reference. The LDSB Indigenous Trustee and one other Trustee also sit on the IEC. 

School Enrolment/School Capacity Committee: The School Enrolment/School Capacity Committee is a Committee of the Whole Board whose mandate is to review school accommodation data and prepare recommendations for formal Board approval. 

Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC): The Special Education Advisory Committee may make recommendations to the Board in any matter affecting the establishment and development of special education programs and services in respect of exceptional students of the Board. This committee provides an avenue for community involvement and receives advice and input from the community. The SEAC Committee is mandated by Ontario Regulation 464/97.