Special Education Advisory Committee

The Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) may make recommendations to the Board in any matter affecting the establishment and development of special education programs and services in respect of exceptional students of the Board. This committee provides an avenue for community involvement and receives advice and input from the community. The SEAC Committee is mandated by Ontario Regulation 464/97. 

SEAC documents

• SEAC Handbook

SEAC membership

SEAC membership includes local association representation and members at large in addition to Board staff. Membership for the current year includes the following:

• Trustee Karen McGregor, LDSB
• Trustee Tiffany Lloyd, LDSB
• Erin Clow, Member-at-Large
• Samantha Patay, Lennox & Addington Resources for Children
• Helen Simson, Learning Disabilities Association of Kingston
• Andrea Martin, Member-at Large (Queen’s University)
• Katrina Hill, Member-at-Large
• Zoe Rogers, Community Living Kingston
• Matthew Covey, Community Living Kingston
• Krystal Wood, Community Living Kingston
• Haley Clark, Autism Ontario Representative
• Linda Clouthier, Easter Seals Ontario
• Scott Gillam, Superintendent, Curriculum & Program Services:  Student Support Services and Indigenous Education, LDSB
• Mike Blackburn, Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Program Services: ITS and Continuing Education, LDSB
• Deborah Thompson, Principal, Educational Services, LDSB
• Cheryl Snider, Special Education Program Coordinator, LDSB
• Melissa West, Special Education Program Coordinator, LDSB
• Matt Aylsworth, Special Education Program Coordinator, LDSB
• Laura Conboy, Mental Health Lead, LDSB
• Wendy Fisher, Educational Services and Safe Schools Coordinator, LDSB
• Jessi Lalonde, Special Education Program Coordinator, LDSB
• Nicola Dillard, Vice-Principal of Educational Services, LDSB
• Tagget Bonham-Carter, Special Education Program Coordinator, LDSB

Meetings are held at the Limestone District School Board Education Centre, 220 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, beginning at 5:30 p.m., unless otherwise stated.