At the April 10th school board meeting, the report from the March committee of the Education Services Committee was presented. One item listed in the minutes relates to the Catchment and Capacity Consultation, which is currently in development. “The Superintendent discussed first consultation steps that may be taken regarding possible …

A great deal of information on provincial education funding is available on the Ministry of Education website. This is a summary of funding provided provincially: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/administration/resource-management/k12funding/17-18/17-18-overview.pdf   Website: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/administration/resource-management/k-12-funding-and-allocation The provincial government and BC’s 60 elected Boards of Education co-manage the education system in British Columbia.  The province establishes the amount …

BC Family French Camp is a super-fun week-long camp where the kids spend their days doing outdoor activities (hiking, canoeing, games in the woods, archery, making bannock, learning to drum, etc.) all the while singing French camp songs and learning about Quebecois culture from the fantastic counsellors.  It is a wonderful …

DPAC is hosting a FoodSafe course for PAC volunteers (people who volunteer in our public schools) on Saturday, May 26, at the Van Bien Training and Development Centre. A book and certificate will be provided for each participant. As a reminder, when FoodSafe added expiry dates for FoodSafe certification, people …

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/administration/resource-management/k12funding/funding-model-review/stakeholder-perspectives-and-reports/draft_rural_education_report_2017.pdf draft_rural_education_report_2017  (in case above link doesn’t work) “The NDP government has quietly released a draft version of the Liberal’s rural education report. The report found that “stable and predictable funding is critical for education” and that funding based on enrolment does not reflect the higher costs of delivering programs …