Governing Board

A school's Governing Board is a body established according to the Education Act. It is composed of the principal, vice-principals, parents, teachers, and representatives of non-teaching professionals and support staff, as well as community representatives. All decisions made by the governing board must be in the interest of the school. the students, the parents the school staff and the community. All committee members work in partnership to ensure that every student receives the best possible learning opportunity.

The Governing Board at Laval Junior Academy is comprised of:

8 Parents (Voting)
8 Staff (Voting)
Principal and Vice-Principals (Non-Voting )
2 Members from the Community (Non-Voting)
There may also be up to 2 substitute parent members who may be called upon to replace regular parent members who are absent from meetings of the governing board.

Parent members are elected at the Annual General Meeting which is held at the school prior to September 30 of each school year.

Topics that the Governing Board will address typically include:

School’s educational project
Standards and procedures for student evaluation
Anti-Bullying and Anti-Violence Plan
Services provided by the school, e.g.:
- Cafeteria
- Rental and use of premises
Activities such as fundraisers, extracurricular activities, and field trips
Allocation of any funds raised through a school activity
Curriculum - Subject time allocation
School’s annual budget

Members

Parent Representatives

Laura Wittebol	Chair Substitute Parent Committee Delegate	laura.wittebol@gmail.com
Anthony (Tony) Beliotis	Vice-Chair Parent Committee Delegate Secondary School Parent Commissioner	antbeliotis1@gmail.com abeliotis@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Effie Kontakos	Secretary
Pino Alberga
Maria Caruso
Patrick Chabot
Nadia Colozza
Joe Della Sala
Patrizia D'Ignazio	Substitute Member

Teacher Representatives

Valerio Gazzola

Jonathan Gray

Maria Katiforis

Marlyn Lypoudis

Shannon Rudolph

Maria Tsakris

Support Staff Represntative

Betty Aliftiras

Student Supervisor

Professional Staff Representative

Dominic Di Stefano

Spiritual Animator

Community Representative

LJA Governing Board is pleased to welcome Mr. Jimmy Mourelatos, Ville de Laval Police Community Relations Officer, as its community representative.

Administration

Eric Ruggi	Principal (Interim)	eruggi@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Alan Simoneau	Principal	alsimoneau@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Irene Tsimiklis	Vice Principal - Sec. 1	itsimiklis@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Sunday Skoufaras	Vice Principal - Sec. 2 (Interim)	kskoufaras@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Helen Kalipolidis	Vice Principal - Sec. 2	hkalipolodis@swlauriersb.qc.ca