Yearly Archives: 2017

Our meetings in May and June will be held the SECOND Monday of the month, due both to the BCCPAC conference and room availability. May meeting – Monday, May 8, 7pm, at Van Bien. June meeting – Monday, June 12. This meeting will be our annual general meeting, in which …
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According to the SD57 website, the transfer process for Springwood Elementary takes place from April 10th to April 21st, starting online at 9am. Letter from Superintendent  (SD57, letter stored on DPAC website) http://www2.sd57.bc.ca/onlineapps/StudentTransfer Their website refers to a map attached, but there is no link attached. We can link you to the …
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DPAC has two reactions regarding the district’s decision to re-open Springwood Elementary: We support this decision, we look forward to this school opening, and we look to work with parents and parent advisory councils to support this happening in the best way possible for our students. Springwood Elementary will be a …
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At the public input section of the school board meeting of April 4th, the DPAC chair gave the following presentation: Good evening. I’m Gillian Burnett representing the District Parent Advisory Council. I sit before you tonight, knowing that our organization has failed – we have been ineffective in influencing change that we …
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They are looking to establish a communications plan for the affected families. If you have a student in Heather Park or Glenview, you can look forward to receiving a letter. There are currently 183 students living in the Springwood catchment.
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http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications-@Issue/2017/S2%20-%202017-03-07,%20FINAL%20MoA%20for%20Signature,%20V.2.pdf Summary: Tentative Memorandum of Agreement (between British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association (“BCPSEA”) and The British Columbia Ministry of Education (“Ministry of Education”) and British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (“BCTF”) The key components of the Memorandum of Agreement are as follows: Acknowledges restoration of the deleted language as required by the …
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The school board meeting is held at 7pm, Tuesday, April 4th. Full agenda: http://www.sd57.bc.ca/Pages/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=100&ListID=75c80a8f-296a-4d0a-940f-ee765426e1a2&TemplateID=Announcement_Item The school board office is located at 2100 Ferry Avenue, Prince George, BC (opposite corner across from Superstore). The meeting road is immediately to the right after you walk in. If you wish to sign up for a …
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Attend by video conference: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/sd57dpac.ca/dpac-video DPAC Minutes for March 6 2017 Reopening Springwood (from school board agenda package) Posted in November 2016: sd57-enrolment-table sd57-headcount-compared-to-capacity-2016 sd57-enrolment-projection-comparisons-2016 Agenda – DPAC General Meeting Monday, April 3, 2017, 7:00 p.m., Van Bien Training Centre 1. Call to order 2. Adoption of agenda and Adoption of Minutes …
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On the school board agenda for April 4th, there is a recommendation to re-open Springwood Elementary for September 2017, and revise the catchment areas for Heather Park Elementary school and Glenview Elementary. It’s important to note that this motion has not passed at this point, and it will be very interesting …
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