Yearly Archives: 2013

The Auditor General recently released a report on school board governance in BC: http://www.bcauditor.com/pubs/2013/report2/school-district-board-governance-examinations School boards create an important linkage between local communities and the British Columbia school system. Effective school board governance demands a great deal from elected trustees and the need for good governance cannot be overstated, as …
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The attached PDF is taken from the school board agenda package for April 2nd: April 2 – report to board on class size and composition The report uses IEP as an indicator of composition issues within a class room. This document was kindly provided by the Superintedent, upon request, to …
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The attached PDF file is a presentation, made by DPAC representative from Spruceland Dennis Fudge. Fraser Inst-DPAC This downloadable report  goes into more detail: Fraser institute report
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For those logging in from their home computers, this link can be clicked on to attend the meeting remotely: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7345&password=M.8E3CE080DBFA40561950F5021A5774 Sometimes technical problems have meant a slight delay in bringing the online meeting up and running – please give it a few minutes if it’s not active at the right …
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DPAC MINUTES FOR MARCH 4, 2013 7:00 p.m. Van Bien Training and Development Centre   Attendees: DPAC Executive:               Sarah Holland (Chair), Chris Finke (Vice Chair), Gillian Burnett (Treasurer), Darlene Campbell (District Associate) , Jacqueline Dockray  (Director), Steve Shannon (Director) and Inge Culhane (Secretary) Partner Groups:               Brian Pepper, Superintendent; Kate Cooke, …
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The April and May general meetings have been changed from the first Monday of the month, to the second Monday of the month. The April DPAC meeting will be Monday, April 8th, at 7pm. Agenda information will be posted soon.
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No, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke – it’s time for school again in SD57, as of Monday, April 1st.  
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Preliminary 2013-14 operating grants for B.C.’s 60 boards of education, were released on Thursday: For 2013-14: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/k12funding/funding/13-14/operating-grant-tables.pdf School District 57 is listed as receiving an operating grant of $118,110,509, which a decrease from last year’s operating grant of $119,861,500. For 2012-13: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/k12funding/funding/12-13/operating-grant-tables.pdf In 2012-13, the school age funded FTE was …
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mean girls and what a parent can do – newsletter as PDF Mean Girls and What To Do So what’s a parent or to do? Here are steps parents can take to stop the girl cruelty and raise emotionally-healthy, caring and strong young women. STEP 1: Get Educated About a Girl’s …
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The District Parent Advisory Committee will be conducting our annual elections for executive  positions in May.  The positions that are available are the following: Chair Vice-chair Secretary Treasurer District Associate Directors at Large If you are interested in running for any of these positions please contact Chris Finke, Dennis Fudge, and/or …
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