RSB Parents' Committee

📣📣To all our parents, please see the wonderful opportunity below to learn more about resources available to support our students’ academic success. 👏👏

All parents who are interested are encouraged to attend and benefit from this event.

Uniting to Support Your Child’s Learning Journey with Alloprof!
When: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Time: 6:00-6:30 p.m.

Link to join presentation: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/25868419920047?p=ZBuv72wwOvfIvCqDPu

Helping children navigate the digital world is not always easy, but parents do not have to do it alone.

EPCA is proud to have collaborated with the creation of Navigating the Digital World: A Handbook for Families, a practical, research based guide developed with experts at McGill University. This resource helps families better understand online risks, address cyberbullying, and build positive and respectful digital habits together.

With tips, real life examples, and tools for both parents and youth, this guide empowers families to approach the digital world with confidence, safety, and kindness.
Explore the guide here:

Website:
https://epcaquebec.org/navigating-the-digital-world/

PDF:
https://epcaquebec.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Handbook-YDC-EPCA-EN-20260402.pdf

Youth Digital Compass

📱 Sécurité numérique et temps d’écran : une discussion essentielle.
Du primaire au secondaire, les jeunes ont besoin d’accompagnement pour développer des habitudes numériques saines et sécuritaires. Parler ouvertement des écrans, des risques en ligne et des limites aide les enfants à se sentir en confiance et à demander de l’aide au besoin. 💬💙
✅ Prenez quelques minutes pour amorcer la discussion et assurez‑vous que vos enfants connaissent les ressources et le soutien disponibles.
🔗 Ressources utiles au Québec et au Canada :

Protégez les enfants en ligne : https://protectkidsonline.ca
Temps d’écran équilibré (Québec.ca) : https://www.quebec.ca/sante/conseils-et-prevention/saines-habitudes-de-vie/saines-habitudes-face-aux-ecrans
211 Québec – Soutien familial et communautaire : https://qc.211.ca
811 Info‑Santé / Info‑Social : https://www.quebec.ca/sante/trouver-une-ressource/info-sante-811
9‑8‑8 Ligne de prévention du su***de (appel ou texto, 24/7) : https://988.ca

ProtectKidsOnline.ca Online safety information to help parents keep their children safe while online.

📱 Digital safety & screen time matter—at every age.
From elementary to high school, kids need guidance to navigate screens safely and build healthy habits. Talking openly about online risks, boundaries, and support options helps them feel confident asking for help when they need it. 💬💙
✅ Take a few minutes to start the conversation—and make sure your kids know support is available.
🔗 Helpful Québec & Canada resources for parents and youth:

Protect Kids Online – Online safety tips for parents & kids: https://protectkidsonline.ca [protectchildren.ca]
Balanced Screen Time (Québec.ca) – Practical guidance by age: https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/healthy-lifestyle-habits/healthy-screen-habits-among-youth [quebec.ca]
211 Québec – Local family, youth & mental‑health support: https://qc.211.ca [qc.211.ca]
811 Info‑Santé / Info‑Social – Health & psychosocial advice: https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/finding-a-resource/info-sante-811 [quebec.ca]
9‑8‑8 Su***de Crisis Helpline – Call or text, 24/7: https://988.ca [988.ca]

ProtectKidsOnline.ca Online safety information to help parents keep their children safe while online.

📱 Do your kids know which number to call for help?
Talking openly with children—whether they’re in elementary or high school—helps them feel safer and more confident asking for support. These services are here to help with health, wellbeing, and everyday concerns, not just emergencies. Take a moment to review them together. 💬❤️

EPCA is concerned by the decision to reduce parent participation on the committee responsible for appointing regional student ombudsmen.

The change adopted through Bill 7, An Act to reduce bureaucracy, improve the efficiency of the State and strengthen the accountability of senior officials, replaces a broader parent presence with a single parent representative. This significantly weakens the role of parents in a process that should reflect the diversity of Quebec’s education network. It also raises serious concerns for English-speaking families, whose perspective may now be absent altogether.

From the outset, EPCA has maintained that parents from the English public school system must be included in discussions and decision-making processes that affect their children and their communities. When families turn to an ombudsman, they are often already navigating difficult and stressful situations. At that stage, trust, understanding, and awareness of the community’s specific context are essential.

It is therefore difficult to accept the argument that reducing representation somehow improves efficiency. A smaller committee does not automatically mean a better process. Efficiency should never come at the expense of fairness, credibility, or informed decision-making.

What this amendment accomplishes is not meaningful simplification, but a narrowing of perspectives at a time when inclusive representation matters most. Parents deserve to be heard. Their role should be strengthened, not diminished.

EPCA believes this change sends the wrong message. When parent voices are pushed aside, confidence in the process is weakened, and the legitimacy of the appointments themselves is called into question.

This amendment is therefore not a genuine administrative simplification. What it does achieve is a narrowing of perspectives, a weakening of parent representation, and a loss of legitimacy in the appointment process.

Reducing the voice of parents is not an efficiency measure. It is a step backward.

2026-2027 Calendar

School Calendar
2026-2027 School Year

The 2026-2027 school calendar is now available on our website.
https://www.rsb.qc.ca/school-calendars/

On that webpage, you can also find the start and end year skeleton calendar for 2027-2028.

Schools and Centres Closed for the day
March 12

All schools and all centres (including all ACCESS centres and the administrative centre) will be closed today, March 12. Some schools with no power, some with no Internet and some without transportation.
All schools will be closed.

Thank you.

Fyi!!

Power Outage UPDATE! All Schools are closed today March 12.

Harold Napper School
Cedar Street School RSB
ACCESS Adult Education and Career Training Centre Cleghorn, Brossard and Darwin only
William Latter
Harold Sheppard School

CLOSED for the day.