Zone 9 School Councils

• Chair, Hopewell Avenue Public School Council (HAPSC)
• Community Representative, Glebe Collegiate Institute School Council (GCISC)

Ottawa-Carleton Assembly of School Councils (OCASC)

• Chair, OCASC
• Zone 9 Schools Liaison Officer
• Representative to the OCDSB's:
  
  Chair's Committee; Business Services Committee; Budget Committee of the Whole;  Special Education Costing Working Group, Consultation Policy Task Group;  School Council Bylaws Advisory Group
• Representative to the City of Ottawa's School Boards Liaison Committee
• People for Education (P4E) panelist; OCASC annual workshops lead organizer

Other Community Experience

• Chair, Glebe Parents' Daycare (GPDC) Board of Directors
  
  (satellite programs in three Zone 9 OCDSB elementary schools)
• Board Secretary, Citizen Advocates for Public Education (CAPE)
• Board member and Programming Committee member, Old Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA)
• Ad hoc City of Ottawa budget citizen's committee member

Background

Rob has lived most of his life in Ottawa, for 15 years in the Old Ottawa South area of the Zone, previously in its Sandy Hill area and also downtown. He is himself a Glebe Collegiate Institute alumnus. His spouse Patricia and he are proud to have their three children attend Zone 9 elementary and secondary schools. Rob is a senior IT consultant and project leader for large government accounting and other systems. He is keenly interested in public policy issues and has an MA in Philosophy. He is a strong supporter of public education and an advocate for genuine Board partnership with its communities and for removing barriers to student learning. He has this previous year advocated on secondary school reform, for better community consultation, school and daycare funding needs, city budget alternatives, local school traffic danger and on cultural sensitivity in schools.