Grievance Procedure
Step 1
Face-to-face meeting with the individual you have a grievance with.
Step 2
If there is no resolution with the individual, request a meeting with the school’s principal. If the grievance is with the principal specifically, and you have already met with him/her, you may submit directly to the Grievance Committee as outlined in the following steps.
Step 3
If still no resolution, submit a written detailed account of grievance to the Grievance Committee. If the Grievance Committee feels that a resolution could be reached through mediation, a request may be made by the committee to all parties to acknowledge and embrace any solution provided by mediation in lieu of presentation to the school board (Board).
Step 4
The GC sets up a hearing to take place within 14 calendar days of receipt of the letter of request from the complainant.
Step 5
Present at the hearing are the GC, the complainant and the defendant. The procedure for the hearing as follows:
a) The complainant presents his/her grievance. (content outside
that of the original complaint will not be heard)
b) The defendant is given time to respond.
c) The defendant and the complainant are dismissed.
d) GS deliberates and writes a recommendation.
Step 6
a) On the following business day, the GC sends its recommendation to
the school board.
b) At the next school board meeting, the recommendation is either placed
on the consent agenda or discussed by the Board. If necessary (i.e.
if time is a concern), an emergency school board meeting may be called
to address the grievance.
c) If the Board approves the recommendation, it is implemented and
the process is finished.
d) If the Board rejects the recommendation, an immediate executive
(closed) session is called to re-hear the grievance (in the same format
as Step 5). Immediately following this executive session the entire
attending Board reconvenes and decides by a majority vote to accept or
reject the new recommendation.