The school board is having a special meeting on Tuesday, May 17th, for two agenda items: first and second reading of the annual budget for 2016-17 Aboriginal education enhancement agreement http://www.sd57.bc.ca/Board/Agendas/Documents/2016.05.17%20Special%20Public%20Board%20Book.pdf As always, board meetings will be streamed live for your viewing pleasure. If you use Windows 10, make sure …
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At the May 9th meeting, the annual general meeting election was held. The DPAC bylaws have term limits, which limit people from serving in any one position for more than 4 consecutive terms, and on the executive itself for more than 8 consecutive terms. The new executive is: Role Name Chairperson …
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People may attend the meeting remotely through a weblink (not as good as attending in person, but we understand this can be difficult): https://ca-sas.bbcollab.com/m.jnlp?sid=7345&password=M.E93F2F1ACD5296BB040B68ABC193DF This webconference is set up through LearnNowBC’s Blackboard Collaborate service. A participant guide for this service can be found here: http://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/v12/Participant 04-31-16 Inc Stmt 04-30-16 YTD Inc Stmt 04-30-16 …
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At the school board’s April 26th meeting, the board voted to receive their new strategic plan, and distributed copies at that time. For those people not in attendance at that meeting, here is a scanned copy: sd57 strategic plan april 26 2016 For background, here’s a news article from when it …
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Please note that these are not the official final results, but are taken from hand-written notes at the conferences. Elections – as this was an even year, the positions that were open were President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary, and two director positions. President – John Bird 2nd Vice President – Jen …
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Has your school told you about the parent satisfaction survey? Help us plan for the future – tell us about your education experience. Students in Grades 4, 7, 10 and 12, their parents and all staff in B.C. public schools are invited to participate in an annual online satisfaction survey about …
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The District Parent Advisory Council will be conducting our annual elections for executive positions in May, on Monday, May 9th. The positions that are available are the following: Chair Vice-chair Secretary Treasurer District Associate Directors at Large If you are interested in running for any of these positions please contact Gillian …
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At this point, we have 17 proxies to be voted at the BCCPAC AGM, and we’re missing the following 7 potential proxies: Buckhorn Elementary Hixon Elementary School Morfee Elementary Peden Hill Elementary Pineview Elementary Prince George Secondary Vanway Elementary
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From the school district: On April 5th, the Board of Education approved Draft Policy 1170.3 Rights and Responsibilities of Employees for distribution to reference groups for input: 1170.3 Draft Rights and Responsibilities of Employees The existing Policy 1170.3 Rights and Responsibilities of Employees, requires updating to reflect changes to …
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DPAC MINUTES FOR April 4th, 2016 7:00 pm Van Bien Training and Development Centre Attendees: DPAC Executive: Sarah Holland (Chair), Steve Shannon, Mike Gagel, Gillian Burnett Partner Groups: Brenda Hooker, Karen Wong, Richard Giroday, Dan Watt School Reps: Candice Bate – Buckhorn, Jacqueline Dockray – College Heights Elementary, Shara Schenk …
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