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 2020-2021

Parent Representatives

Jimmy Abraham	Chairperson
Giuseppe (Pino) Alberga	Vice-Chairperson / Treasurer
Effie Kontakos	Secretary / Alternate Parent Delegate to the SWLSB Parents Committee
Evan Goudis	Parent Delegate to the SWLSB Parents Committee
Theresa Andrusko
Alexandra Antonopoulos
Laura Whittebol
Polizoi Christodoulakis
Angela Lucia	Substitute Member

Student Representatives (non-voting)

vacant

Community Representatives (non-voting)

Helen Morrison

vacant

Teacher Representatives

Valerio Gazzola

Kellie George-Bernard

Maria Tsakris

Maria Katiforis

Nathalie Potier

vacant spot

Support Staff Represntative

Betty Aliftiras

Student Supervisor

Professional Staff Representative

Dominic Di Stefano

Spiritual Animator

Administration

Eric Ruggi	Principal	eruggi@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Charles Chagnon	Vice Principal - Sec. 1	cchagnon@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Sunday Skoufaras	Vice Principal - Sec. 2	kskoufaras@swlauriersb.qc.ca