The Auditor General recently released a report on school board governance in BC: http://www.bcauditor.com/pubs/2013/report2/school-district-board-governance-examinations School boards create an important linkage between local communities and the British Columbia school system. Effective school board governance demands a great deal from elected trustees and the need for good governance cannot be overstated, as …
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The attached PDF file is a presentation, made by DPAC representative from Spruceland Dennis Fudge. Fraser Inst-DPAC This downloadable report goes into more detail: Fraser institute report
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The April and May general meetings have been changed from the first Monday of the month, to the second Monday of the month. The April DPAC meeting will be Monday, April 8th, at 7pm. Agenda information will be posted soon.
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No, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke – it’s time for school again in SD57, as of Monday, April 1st.
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Preliminary 2013-14 operating grants for B.C.’s 60 boards of education, were released on Thursday: For 2013-14: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/k12funding/funding/13-14/operating-grant-tables.pdf School District 57 is listed as receiving an operating grant of $118,110,509, which a decrease from last year’s operating grant of $119,861,500. For 2012-13: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/k12funding/funding/12-13/operating-grant-tables.pdf In 2012-13, the school age funded FTE was …
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The District Parent Advisory Committee will be conducting our annual elections for executive positions in May. 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 Chris Finke, Dennis Fudge, and/or …
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The BCCPAC Spring Conference is coming up, May 3 to 5: http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/events/bccpac-spring-conference-and-agm As per our policy on conference delegates: https://sd57dpac.ca/2011/12/revised-draft-policy-for-conference-delegates/ If you wish to attend the conference as a delegate from DPAC, you will need to submit a brief written application detailing your reasons for wanting to attend the conference, …
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No increase in education funding in Tuesday’s budget is bad news for schools and bad news for students. That was the assessment from the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the B.C. School Trustees’ Association (BCSTA). Flat funding means boards of education will have to cover inflationary costs and new pension and …
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