Yearly Archives: 2016

2016.01.18 Report, Ad Hoc Committee on Rural Education, FINAL From the background, first page: In 2015, an ad hoc committee on rural education in SD No. 57 was developed. The committee was designed to gather information from a broad spectrum of rural citizens and provide feedback and recommendations to the Management and Finance 
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As discussed at Monday’s DPAC meeting: IMAGINE Community Grant funding now available to community groups, schools, and organizations! Do you have an idea for a project that promotes staying healthy? Northern Health is looking for community partners with ideas for projects that will improve the health of those living, working, 
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The February general meeting for DPAC will be held Monday, February 1, at 7pm, at the Van Bien Training Centre. All PACs in the district are members, and their representatives may vote. Others may attend as well. 2016 February 1 – DPAC General Agenda Meeting-Notes-January 2016 CUPE – To DPAC Feb. 
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At the January 26th board meeting, the board debated the merits of referring a motion to charge for busing to the Budget Consultation Expanded Committee of the Whole, and by a 4/3 vote sent it to the committee. This debate took place from 9:26pm to 9:56pm. Some key points: They have 
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At each public board meeting, there is a public input session. Anyone can put their name down to speak for 5 minutes. After the public input session, partner group presidents are given an opportunity to speak. This was the DPAC presentation for January 26th: I’m Sarah Holland, representing DPAC, the 
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The Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) – tests of reading, writing and math delivered province-wide every year in Grades 4 and 7 – are currently being conducted. The B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) has  developed an FSA information kit for parents. Click here to see more information from BCCPAC: http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/resources/fsa-information-kit-parents 
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The agenda package for the SD57 school board meeting for January 26th has been made public, and in it is a recommendation being made to the board from their Education Services Committee to implement a $100 rider fee for all student riders. This has not passed as yet, and if 
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To add to the recent story on CKPG news: http://www.ckpg.com/2016/01/06/more-pro-d-days-scheduled/   There is an amazing amount of information available about what our K to 9 kids will be learning next year online: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/ such as a What’s New document: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/whatsnew_ela.pdf   and much, much, more.   More information on the 
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Our first meeting of 2016 will be held Monday, January 11th, at Van Bien Training Centre. 2016 January 11 – DPAC General Agenda DPAC_20151207 December Report to DPAC for Jan 11 Meeting Suggested resolutions for BCCPAC Executive Board Report – for January 11 2016 docx Webconference login: Apologies – technical 
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