Waterloo Region District School Board

Cambridge/North Dumphries, Kitchener, Waterloo/Wilmot, Wellesley/Woolwich

Cambridge/North Dumphries

For your school board, in both administrative and school setting use a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most important) to best express your position. Feel free to elaborate as you see appropriate.	Cindy Watson C[C1]	Colin Harrington	Bill McAndrew	Michael Wolf	Rachel Kukulewich	Iann Lennox	Andrea Mitchell
Strengthening the environmental curriculum in the schools	10    lobbying  MOE		10 C[C2]	10 C[C3]		10 C[C4]
The naturalization of portions of schoolyards	10		10 C[C5]	9 C[C6]		10 C I believe this should be part of the environmental curriculum involving the students developing and maintaining.
Increasing funding for outdoor education centers	10		10 C[C7]	9 C[C8]		10
Increasing funding for outdoor field trips for students	10		10 Our schools need more money for many things. This is one of them.	6 C[C9]		10
”Green building” approaches as an important part of contracts, specification and construction of building new facilities or modifying existing ones	10		8 Where this can sensibly be done, it should be.	8 C[C10]		10: The “Green Building” approach should be instituted as part of the specifications when tenders are accepted.
New school site locations including criteria of environmental suitability of the site and its location in relation to public transit for students and staff.	10		8 Our schools need to be built close to where our students live. Transit must then serve the schools.	9 C[C11]		10: Not only should the site be subject to environmental suitability and accessible to public transit, you need to consider the population as well.
Energy use reductions e.g. lightbulbs, temperature	10 Safety should have priority		10 It is long past the time that this was done.	10 C[C12]		10: An easy way to some energy reductions provided the learning environment is conducive to learning and comfortable for the students.
Stopping corporate sponsorships related to the sale of "junk food and drink" in school facilities	10		8 Public education should be funded from tax dollars.	9 C[C13]		10: There is no educational value to have this type of corporate sponsorship! It is not healthy.
Increased recycling activities	10		10 Extremely important. Many of our schools already do a great job in this area.	10 C[C14]		10
Increased availability of healthy food for students and staff	10		10 Absolutely. Nutrition, along with regular exercise (gym class) is the key to a healthy life.	10 C[C15]
A strong nutritional counseling program in schools	10		10 The should be part of every grades’ health curriculum	10 C[C16]		10
Policies that will (within existing legislation) encourage local procurement of food, materials and services	10		8 Where this can sensibly be done, it should be.	10 C[C17]		10
Ways to maintain or improve indoor air quality in schools and other board facilities	10 priority must be safety		10 Our students, and teachers, need to have a quality work environment. Excellent air quality is a major part of this.	8 C[C18]		10: Applies to Green building approach
Funding asbestos removal from my board's buildings where this action is safe	10		8 C[C19]	7 C[C20]		10: Providing it is safe for removal.
Discouraging the profligate use of bottled water in schools	10		8 C[C21]	7 C[C22]		10: It’s about time! Don’t forget the council meetings as well.
Policies that reduce paper consumption by my board	10		10 Yes	8 C[C23]		10: The 3 R’s… Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The use of non-toxic cleaners and solvent-free paints in all school facilities	10		8 C[C24]	10 C[C25]		10: I believe the use of non-toxic cleaners is an absolute must!
Adopting a board-wide policy of schools as “scent-free” zones	10		8 C[C26]	7 C[C27]

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Questions/Name	Patricia Adamson	Mikael Beijbom	Steve Bongelli	Dawn Clelland	Thomas Fournier	Valerie Jones	Ildiko LaFontaine	Ted Martin	Rod McNeil
For your school board, in both administrative and school settings, use a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most important) to best express your position. Feel free to elaborate as you see appropriate.				C[C28]				C[C29]
Strengthening the environmental curriculum in the schools			10: Evironmental awareness is very important.	10	10 C[C30]		10	10 C[C31]
The naturalization of portions of schoolyards			10: Excellent learning opportunity	10 C[C32]	9 C[C33]		2 C[C34]	10 C[C35]
Increasing funding for outdoor education centers			10	8	9C[C36]		10	10 C[C37]
Increasing funding for outdoor field trips for students			10: Parents shouldn’t have to subsidize these	8	9 See above.		6 C[C38]	10 C[C39]
”Green building” approaches as an important part of contracts, specification and construction of building new facilities or modifying existing ones			10: Green buildings or “LEED” certified buildings are more and more common.	10 C[C40]	10 C[C41]		10 C[C42]	10 C[C43]
New school site locations including criteria of environmental suitability of the site and its location in relation to public transit for students and staff.			10	10	8 C[C44]		9	10 C[C45]