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Strike in School District on Thursday, May 29th announced

http://www.news1130.com/2014/05/20/bctf-escalating-job-action-to-include-rotating-walk-outs http://www.scribd.com/doc/225293244/BC-teachers-to-begin-rotating-strikes-on-Monday-May-26 From School District website: School District officials have received notification of a strike at all School District No. 57 (Prince George) schools next Thursday. Our sources indicate that the local one day strike is part of a series of rotating strikes that will affect learning in all of the province’s …
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Media Coverage of school board budget

http://www.250news.com/blog/view/31968/1/school+district+57++balances+budget+without+job+or+program+cuts http://ckpg.com/school-board-faced-deficit-while-balancing-the-budget-video http://hqprincegeorge.com/good-news-bad-news-situation-when-it-comes-to-school-district-budget/ http://hqprincegeorge.com/sd57-to-partner-up-with-partners-groups-for-more-funding/ http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local/school-board-searches-for-cash-amid-shortfall-1.1060605
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School Board Draft 2014/15 Budget

The draft budget, as presented at the school board meeting: 2014 may 13 sd57 budget portion of agenda package Additionally, the audience received a copy of a press release that was released earlier today to the media (but not to partner groups), that went into more detail about some of …
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DPAC Minutes, May 5, 2014

DPAC MINUTES FOR May 5, 2014 7:00 p.m. Van Bien Training and Development Centre Presentation to DPAC on May 5 DPAC May 2014 Attendees: DPAC Executive: Sarah Holland (Chair), Gillian Burnett (Treasurer), Darlene Campbell (District Associate) , (Director), Steve Shannon (Director) and Inge Culhane (Secretary) Partner Groups: Brian Pepper, Superintendent; …
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School Counselor Newsletter

Mental Health Week, May 5 – 11, 2014   When Children Experience Upheaval Tip—Grieving children will remember any effort you make to support and care for them. Although we may not think of certain changes as loss, many children experience things like saying goodbye to a favorite teacher at the end of …
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Heavy Metal Rocks

One of the all time best first paragraphs: Millions of dollars in high-tech metal fell into the hands of unqualified teenagers last Friday. Heavy Metal Rocks was back in the region that invented it – with 32 young people behind the wheel of almost every major machine known to the …
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Tapestry Choir off to Carnegie Hall

Congratulations to the Tapestry choir, and their recent success at a competition in Seattle! DPAC was privileged to have a presentation from some of our Tapestry choristers at a previous DPAC general meeting. But the biggest accolades were still to come. At the gala closing ceremonies, they were called to …
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Agenda – DPAC General Meeting – May 5, 2014

Webconference link: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=MDXNKX1LU9JZOI91JRGDY48UC4-B8NT&rnd=836790.51714 Agenda package to be posted.  Agenda – DPAC General Meeting Monday, May 5, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Van Bien Training and Development Centre 1. Call to order 2. Adoption of agenda and Adoption of April 2014 Minutes 3. PAC Networking To increase the effectiveness of this section of the …
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New BCCPAC Resolution on Board Budget Planning Process

This resolution will be voted on at the upcoming BCCPAC AGM. http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/news-blog/resolution-seeks-greater-clarity-about-school-board-budgets Be it resolved that BCCPAC call on the BC School Trustees’ Association, the BC Association of School Business Officials and the Ministry of Education to, in conjunction with BCCPAC, develop and implement standardized processes to improve the transparency …
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CUPE resolution as presented at April 29th School board meeting

At the board meeting, Karen Wong, from CUPE, presented the attached resolution to the board, on sustainable provincial funding for education. The resolution also requests parent support. 2014 april 29 Cupe – resolution letter
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