Additional information for prospective school trustees

The school district has posted the following information on their website:

The School District Trustee General Election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014.  There are seven trustee positions available and the term of office is four years.

The nomination period begins Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 9:00 am and ends Friday, October 10, 2014 at 4:00 pm.  

 The completed “Candidate Nomination Package – School Trustee” and/or “Elector Organization Endorsement Package – School Trustee” and/or Candidate Information Release Authorization may be received at the School Board Office during regular business hours during the nomination period.  Copies of the documents emailed or faxed (250-561-6809) to the Chief Election Officer are also accepted within the noted time period with the originals delivered to the Chief Election Officer no later than 4:00 pm, Friday, October 17, 2014.  

  Please click here for the 2014 School District No. 57 Trustee Nomination Package. 

  Paper copies are available during regular business hours at:

 ·         School District No. 57, 2100 Ferry Avenue, Prince George, BC

• District of Mackenzie, #1 Mackenzie Blvd., Mackenzie, BC
• Village of McBride, 100 Robson Centre, McBride, BC
• Village of Valemount, 735 Cranberry Lake Road, Valemount, BC

Oddly enough, the posted document doesn’t have any working links: https://www.sd57.bc.ca/fileadmin/cao.sd57.bc.ca/Home/2014_Election/WebpageTableofContentsLinked.pdf

Perhaps that will be updated in a future online version, or perhaps it is only available in person.

To assist in the process, here are some useful links:

• District Achievement Contract 2014-2017
• School Trustees and links
• Minutes from School Board meetings, going back to 1999
• School District bylaws and policies
• Financial reports 
• Reports and publications
• Student Achievement and Demographics – provincially, by district, and by school, from Ministry of Education
• Publicly available data, from DataBC catalogue
• BC Education Plan
• The BC Curriculum, by subject area
• The K-12 Funding Allocation System, including the Operating Grants manual for 2014/15
• BC School Trustees Association

And yes – this material (and more!) will be on the final exam.