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Agenda – October 6, 2014 Meeting

Agenda – DPAC General Meeting Monday, October 6, 2014, 7:00 p.m., Van Bien Training Centre Webconference  link: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M3ELAGS4IK2YAROR23BURGPS75-B8NT&rnd=787008.70376   Full agenda package to be posted before meeting. Executive Board Report – for October 6 2014 2014 September DPAC meeting minutes Request for PAC funding 2014 2015 Agenda – DPAC General Meeting …
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No extension to 2014/15 school year

http://www.cbc.ca/news/b-c-teachers-strike-no-extension-to-school-year-to-make-up-for-lost-time-1.2771797 B.C. has no plans to extend the school year to make up for three weeks of class time lost during the teachers’ strike,  Education Minister Peter Fassbender has confirmed. “We have clearly agreed that we will move forward with the existing calendar and the remaining hours to make up …
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Monday first day of school

The school district waited until after 3:30pm on Friday to officially notify parents of when the first day of school is. http://www.sd57.bc.ca/Pages/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=13 Superintendent’s Update: Friday, September 19, 2014 3:30 p.m. With the ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement between BCPSEA and BCTF schools will open on Monday, September 22, 2014. Monday, …
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First Day in Prince George School District?

As of 7:30am, the SD57 website did not have any details as to whether or not Monday would be the first day of school. We are expecting information to be released today, so do check the district website: www.sd57.bc.ca There is at least one elementary school website that says school …
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Teacher Strike Ratified – 86% YES

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-teachers-strike-is-over-86-vote-yes-to-accept-deal-1.2771202 The prolonged B.C. teachers’ strike has ended, and the province’s public school students will be starting their new school year next week. More than 31,000 B.C. teachers voted Thursday on the tentative agreement reached with the government earlier this week, with 86 per cent of them voting to accept …
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Tentative deal reached!

A tentative deal in the teacher strike was reached as of 3:50 a.m. this morning! Details will be coming out as time goes by, but a vote by teachers to ratify is required first. There is online chatter that this is tentatively expected for Thursday, with schools then tentatively opening …
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Parent and Student Learning Resources

There are a variety of learning resources freely available: http://www.sd57.bc.ca/Parents/Pages/Student-and-Parent-Friendly-Websites.aspx http://www.openschool.bc.ca/k12.html http://www.vsb.bc.ca/district-news/supporting-student-learning-home https://www.khanacademy.org/ Found something else useful? Please post it in comments below.    
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BC School Sports Update

For Immediate Release September 8, 2014 BC School Sports Burnaby –The Board of Directors of BC School Sports (BCSS) recognizes and respects the position of teachers during the current labour dispute with government. BCSS views extra-curricular activities including coaching as voluntary and will respect the decisions that teacher coaches, volunteers, …
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School Counselor Update

social emotional learning tips and resources Each month of the school year, parents will receive helpful tips, strategies, activities and resources to support children at home. Family and school can work together to improve children’s social emotional learning skills. These skills lead to school and life success. The we@sel flyer …
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BC School Trustees Advocacy Update

As we enter the second week of the school year with classrooms still closed, BCSTA is extremely concerned about the impact the continuing strike is having on students, staff, parents and BC’s public education system overall. We appeal to both sides to move beyond their current positions to make meaningful …
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