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New BCCPAC Resolution on Board Budget Planning Process

This resolution will be voted on at the upcoming BCCPAC AGM. http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/news-blog/resolution-seeks-greater-clarity-about-school-board-budgets Be it resolved that BCCPAC call on the BC School Trustees’ Association, the …
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CUPE resolution as presented at April 29th School board meeting

At the board meeting, Karen Wong, from CUPE, presented the attached resolution to the board, on sustainable provincial funding for education. The resolution also requests …
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Proxy Voting for BCCPAC – Reminder of Resolutions Meeting

Join us at a resolutions workshop to discuss how to vote at the provincial BCCPAC Conference, Sunday, April 27th, at 11am at Van Bien Training …
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Recess cancelled in SD57

The school district has announced that recess will be cancelled as a result of the first stage of the BCTF job action: http://www.sd57.bc.ca/fileadmin/cao.sd57.bc.ca/District_Info/2014.04.22_Strike_Letter_to_Parents_and_Guardians.pdf Recess was …
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Parent Information night – Children with Behaviour Disorders

CANCELLED – more information to be provided at a later date. The BC Council for Children with Behaviour Disorders (BCCCBD) is holding a day long …
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Policy 5119 Update

At the most recent policy and governance meeting, by a two to one vote, trustee representatives voted to send the changes to policy 5119 to …
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Budget shortfalls across BC School Districts

Note: DPAC expects to hear the final numbers for budget shortfalls in SD57 on Wednesday, at the expanded committee of the whole. From the Vancouver …
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Strike Update

The BCTF has announced that stage 1 job action will start on Wednesday, April 23, after the Easter weekend. There will be no immediate school …
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Counselor Newsletter

Are you making the most of report card talks?   Maybe your child’s report card is great. Maybe its worse than you had feared. Whatever …
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Field trips and Hardship Policy

There was a recent article in the Tyee about students self-excluding from field trips, due to financial concerns: http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/04/10/Students-Self-Exclude/ A public school system is intended …
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The District Parent Advisory Council of School District 57, known as "DPAC", is the umbrella that brings together Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) and parents in School District 57 (SD57). We work with 41 schools in the Prince George area including Hixon, Mackenzie, McBride, and Valemount.

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