SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47 (POWELL RIVER) BOARD OF EDUCATION Regular Meeting

4:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2017 SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE

A G E N D A

ELECTIONS: Chairperson Vice Chairperson BCSTA Provincial Councilor BCPSEA Representative

PRESENTATIONS: Heavy Metal Rocks Expedition – Jim Palm and Students

FEATURED SCHOOL: Texada Elementary School

QUESTION PERIOD

CHAIRPERSON’S REMARKS – School Highlights

1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES2.a) Approval of the Regular Minutes of November 21, 2017 (attached)

3. CORRESPONDENCEINCOMING (attached)3.a) Henderson Elementary School Invite3.b) Thank you for Five Gitxsan Stories (book)3.c) BCSTA to Hon. S. Robinson, re: Contribution Limits3.d) PRISMA Letter

4. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS’ REPORT4.a) Field Trip Request – James Thomson (attached)4.b) Suspension Report YTD September 2017 to November 30, 2017 (attached)

5. SECRETARY-TREASURER REPORTS5.a) Financial Statements as at November 30, 2017 (attached)5.b) Facility Update (oral)

QUESTION PERIOD MEDIA QUESTION PERIOD ADJOURNMENT

Edgehill Elementary School

Highlights Nov 17 Students in Mrs. Payne’s grade one class attended the Kings Teddy Bear Toss game. Thanks to

the Kings for donating the tickets and to Mrs. Payne for taking the children. It was a fun event and the students enjoyed cheering on their King’s readers, who visit their class each week!

Dec 1 Traditional reports were prepared for 5 classes, while 4 classes opted for the continuous format of e-portfolio. On December 1st, log in information was sent home to parents to access their child’s report/ portfolio.

Dec 1 Edgehill PAC hosted their annual Christmas Carnival on Friday evening from 5-8:00 pm. It was a community event and was very well attended. Several booths were set up in the gym and we offered a concession as well. Children in Ms. Gesell and Ms. Harrison’s class had made AIDS angels to sell and raised quite a bit of money for charity.

Dec 2 Our Edgehill Rippers gave back to the community by volunteering their time to collect donations at Safeway for the Salvation Army! The Christmas cheer was high and the energy and excitement of the students was contagious – the children sang carols and encouraged shoppers to donate to this worthy cause!

Dec 5 Our grade one class attending a skating session with their Henderson buddy class. The bus arrived and they travelled to Henderson to pick up their buddy class. The kids enjoyed the skate and time with their new friends. Afterwards, they all enjoyed a nice hot chocolate and an orange!

Dec 13 After a few weeks of collecting non- perishable food donations, the ladies from Powell River Christmas cheer arrived to pick up pour contributions. They were very thankful for all of our donations.

Dec 15 Staff and students were all invited to participate in a holiday/ tacky sweater day! We saw everything from blinking lights on a Christmas tree to Rudolph.

SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS For Dec 19, 2017

School Board Meeting

Texada Elementary School

Highlights

On November 16th and 17th, Nikki and Fay Spence brought wreaths in – enough for each student inthe school to decorate one. With very little advertising, the wreaths were sold out in no time, raising$20 each for PAC.

Students went for a great little hike to Marble Bay on the 17th, where they hid the school geocacheand had a close look at the site so that they could create good clues for the geocache website.

During the week of November 20th, we had our special “Spirit Week” days, culminating in PJ day onthe Friday….which also happened to be a day we were doing another hike within Van Anda. I’m sure we looked pretty cute traipsing through town in our flannel onesies.

We’ve kicked off the yearly “Cans for Ganz” and are on our way to filling a few boxes of non-perishables for the local food bank.

Division 2 enjoyed their last two session of gymnastics in November.

Division 1 had a great day over in Powell River for the initial “Future Forests” activity at the library.They finished off with some bowling before making their way back home on the 3:45 ferry.

Progress reports were posted on students’ digital portfolios on December 8th. Parents received aletter indicating how they should go about accessing the portfolios.

In mid- November, we swapped our weekly drama lessons for choir lessons. We have a verytalented music teacher, Amber Bourne, living on Texada and were able to have her come in andteach voice techniques and help with our Christmas concert preparation.

Our Winter Wonderland skate took place today, December 13th. It was a fantastic day – superweather for the ferry ride over, and then a handful of Paper Kings joined in for the second half of ourskate. It’s really exciting to see how well some of our students can skate, given that they rarely makeit to Powell River to do so. Some only go when we take them as a school, but that doesn’t get in theway of trying their best and having a great time.

Edgehill Elementary School Cont’d

Upcoming Events Dec 18 Our Christmas Concert dress rehearsal will be attended by some guest from Willingdon Creek Dec 19 Our annual Christmas Concert festivities (1:30 and 6:00 pm performances) Dec 20 All classes will be attending the complex for Winter Wonderland Skate (thanks to the PAC) Jan 8 School reopens after the Winter Break Jan Our eyed eggs will arrive at Edgehill – we will all eagerly watch as they become fry Jan Basketball season starts!

Texada Elementary School Cont’d

Upcoming Events Dec 14 The last “After School Sports” of the year! Dec 15 Our last choir lesson with Amber. Hopefully we’ll be performance ready at the end of it. Dec 20 Our concert should begin at 6:45. This year we’ve got a different sort of show in the works

with a “Readers’ Theatre” written by students, interspersed with various musical, choral and dance acts. The script ties together the unlikely combination of “Rocks and minerals” with “Santa’s hat” and “Countries around the world”.

Dec 21 With the change in concert dates (moving from the last-Thursday-night-before-Christmas as we’ve had since I was a fresh faced young teacher to the Wednesday), we’ve had to make

some additional adjustments to our traditions. As a result, “Craft Day” is moved to the Thursday after The concert. Students will do 3 different crafts, including sewing and baking.

Dec 22 A couple of years ago I started a new tradition where we get to wear pjs on the last day before Christmas break. Yes, it’s a cheap excuse for me not to get dressed yet once more in 2017, but it’s also a nice, fun way to end the school year with our own little Christmas morning, in our pajamas eating home-made pancakes and reading Christmas stories.

Jan 11 We get Nelson for a month of Thursdays! Yay!! Jan 11 After school sports starts up again each Thursday. Jan 12 Wayne will be back for weekly drama lessons with division 1. According to Wayne, our kids

are “Competition ready”, so hopefully we’ll find an appropriate venue to display our improv skills.

Kelly Creek Community School

Highlights

Place Projects are up and running. Groups have started creating projects for theirplace and continue researching and planning together. Groups have met twiceand are committed to meeting once per month.

Volleyball wrapped up with KCCS having two teams. The teams participated in ahome and away series and the wrap-up at Westview. There has been very goodinterest in club volleyball.

Portfolios for all divisions are available on the portal. Parents have had the abilityto view their students work and write their comments in.

PAC participated in a Fresh 2 U fundraiser making over $500 for the students ofKCCS.

Students and staff participated in the first Rainbow Day theme day at KCCS.

PAC hosted a Movie Night (Cars 3) that was well received with great student andparent participation.

Div. 2 is working with Nelson singing an African song for our Holiday Concert.

Lisa Camarta is working hard with classes for the Holiday Concert featuring aflight around the world.

Upcoming Events:

Dec. 15 Winter Wonderland Skate 9:30-10:30

Dec. 19 Christmas Concert (1:00 & 6:00)

Dec. 21 P.J. Day (to be combined with a pancake breakfast)

Dec. 22 “Fire in the Woods”: bonfire with hot chocolate and Christmas carols(outdoor classroom)

Dec. 22 Last Day of School before Winter Vacation.

Jan. 8 Classes resume.

Jan. 8 January newsletter home

Jan. 24 Backwards Day theme day where we wear everything backwards.

James Thomson Elementary School

Highlights

ECO team planning day reenergized our group here.

Grade 1’s had a visit to the library.

Grade 6’s attended the Forest Display at the new art gallery, followed by a libraryvisit

Science innovators from Science World held 2 days of workshops, slime makingwas very well received.

Primary swim lessons have begun.

Grade 1’s had a few dance classes with Miss Mariah at Sheridan Dance.

Vegetable Soup day with Fresh made bread. Maxime’s class preps and helpsserve, always so much appreciated. Max actually makes all the bread the nightbefore-nice to have a professional baker on staff.

First Winter Wonderland Skate today (13th), groups going tomorrow (14th) andFriday (15th) as well.

Primary classes still attending gymnastics as part of their PE curriculum.

Upcoming Events

Max & Manon’s class going to Craig Park for a day of learning and community building.

Dec 19 Christmas concerts, 1:30 & 6:00-we’d love to see you there!

Dec 22 School Christmas lunch, join us if you can!

Westview Elementary School

Highlights: Nov 20 Three divisions hosted the BC Destination Imagination rep in their classes Nov 23 We played host to all of the District’s Eco Team Leaders for their planning session Nov 24 We had a wonderful November Celebration Assembly Nov 24 We teamed up with PAC and hosted a well-attended ‘Family Movie Night’ Nov 28 We hosted the District Elementary Volleyball Championships. Our 3 teams did very well

finishing 1st, 2nd and 4th. Dec 1 Our staff team narrowly defeated our Grade 7 Volleyball Team in a lunchtime contest that

was a lot of fun for staff and students. Dec 6 1st Term Student Progress was uploaded and made available to parents/guardians Dec 12 Approximately 1300 parents, guardians, grandparents and family members took in our

evening Primary & Intermediate Christmas Concerts to much delight.

Upcoming Events: Dec 14 11:00am - Kindergarten Christmas Concert & Luncheon. Dec 15 Westview’s Staff Christmas Social Dec 18 9:30am – Winter Wonderland Skate #1 & 1:00pm – Winter Wonderland Skate #2 Dec 19 9:30am – Winter Wonderland Skate #3 & 1:00pm – December Celebration Assembly Dec 20 6:30pm – Grade 7 Dance Dec 21 9:30am – Kindies perform at Extended Care & 1:00pm – Winter Wonderland Skate #4 Dec 22 PJ Day & PAC sponsored Pancake Breakfast for the school Jan 8 School re-opens

International Student Program

December 4th ISP and Student Council students decorate the Great Hall for Winter/Christmas

December 12th Winter Wonderland Skate with Hot Chocolate and Christmas Cookies

December 14th International Families Homestay Christmas Dinner with Santa

Dec 18th FINE ARTS festival at Brooks. Many ISP students participating

Upcoming Events:

ISP student applications to post-secondary begin and are ongoing

Winter Holiday excursion to Mount Washington and Victoria

16 new international students will arrive at end of January. Homestays pairings currently in theworks!

Henderson Elementary School

Highlights Nov 20 Division 4 visited their buddy class at Edgehill and had a wonderful time. Nov 21 Matt worked with our staff on effective uses of portfolio as assessment. All of our staff is

committed to the use of Portfolios. Nov 21 Our volleyball team travelled Kelly Creek to play. Nov 27 We began our “Cram the Canoe” food drive campaign. We collected quite a lot of food for

the Christmas Cheer Program. We will continue to collect for Salvation Army. Nov 30 Division 1 visited the library with the Future of Forests program. Dec 5 Division 1 visited the fish farm at Lois Lake. It was an all-day adventure which included a

number of academic focuses encompassing many different curricular areas. Dec 5 Division 4 went skating with their buddy class at Edgehill. It was a great experience for all of

them! Dec 7 We had our 3rd school book share. All teachers choose a book and children decide which story

they would like to hear that morning by going to the different classrooms. Dec 8 Letters were sent out inviting parents to view their portfolio again. Dec 11 We had a school wide turkey soup lunch. We all met in the gym and ate our warm lunch

together. Dec 12 We had our wrap up for our Henderson Hockey League which involved students from

kindergarten to grade 7. Dec 13 Division 5 visited the Gingerbread House display. They created their own house for this great

fundraiser. Dec 15 Our ECO group planned a tacky sweater day while all classes turned down the heat. The ECO

group served sweater cookies at lunch to celebrate. Dec 18 We held our dress rehearsal for our Christmas Concert at 11.

Upcoming Events Dec 20 We will be having our formal dress rehearsal at 1:00 and our Christmas Concert at 6:30. Dec 21 Our school will be attending Winter Wonderland. Dec 22 We will be having a whole school/community pancake breakfast and pajama day. Jan 16 School District Basketball begins

Brooks Secondary School

Highlights The following groups continue to be active at Brooks: Stu-Crew, Outdoor club, Mountain bike club, Compassion project, Link crew, Students for change, GSTA, and Interact club.

Tuesdays / Thursdays at lunch we continue to offer Peer tutoring for students.

Volleyball season successfully ended with the announcement that Brooks will be the host school for the 2018 AAA Girls Volleyball BC Championships.

Dec 5 Junior Boys basketball home game Dec 11 Grade 8 boys basketball home game Dec 14 Junior Girls basketball home game Nov 21 PAC Meeting in the library Nov 24-26 School play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 7pm at the Max Theatre Nov 30 Brooks Band and Choral performances at the Max Theatre Dec 4 Monday Musings (Staff Professional Learning Committee) after school. Dec 6 Red and Green day. Dec 13 We hosted a staff appreciation breakfast.

Upcoming Events Dec 14 Dry Grad Meeting in the library. Dec. 18 Fine Arts Reach for the Top variety show 12:35pm in the Max Theatre and live streamed Dec 21 Sleigh rides in the Great Hall. Dec 22 Ugly Christmas Sweater day. Jan 19 Jazz dinner in the Great Hall. Jan 22 Assessment Week Day 1. Block A1 in am, D2 in pm Jan 23 Assessment Week Day 2. Block B2 in am, C1 in pm Jan 23 PAC meeting 7pm in the library Jan 22 Assessment Week Day 3. Block D1 in am, A2 in pm Jan 23 Assessment Week Day 4. Block C2 in am, B1 in pm Jan 24 Assessment Week Day 5. No regular classes – conflict exam/assignments and provincial

exams only Jan 29 Start of Semester 2

District Personalized Learning

Alternate Ed & General

Students from both BOP and from Connect-Ed participated in the Fast Track to the Trades program at VIU. 6 of 7 ( 5 connect -Ed, 1 BOP) passed assessment to get into trades programs

Former Connect Ed students who have moved on to post-secondary include one now in Quesnel doing a nursing program and another in the VIU business program in Nanaimo

51 new students this year. This increase is due, in part, to the restoration of funding for students to upgrade courses.

BOP Students are heading to Brooks to participate in the smaller extension of the Hehewsin carving project.

12 BOP students attended A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Brooks

BOP Staff and 6 students recently completed naloxone training Upcoming: o Students from both BOP and Connect Ed will be participating in the already full Fast Track to

the Trades in February. o Friday, February 22nd: BOP’s annual Christmas Feast

Secondary First Nations Education

The smaller canoe from the Hehewsin project is being completed at Brooks. Carver Ivan Rosypski is working with students from Brooks and BOP to complete the project – a celebration will take place in January, once the canoe is completed.

Based on a student initiative, a drumming group has started at Brooks on Tuesdays at lunch time

Brooks First Nations Leadership Group students are hosting grade 7 students from James Thomson on Wednesday mornings. Each JT student is paired with a Brooks student for a tour and to shadow them for the morning.

We have set-up an Open Centre for First Nations students in the First Nations Room, with a special focus on helping grade 12 students complete their courses. Upcoming: o Friday, December 15th: a presentation to all Tla’amin students from the Nation’s leadership and

from Elder Elsie Paul re: the Nation’s hopes for the students o Thursday, January 11 and Friday, January 12: post-secondary options presentations available to

First Nations students in Tla’amin on Thursday for parents and on Friday at Brooks for students o Thursday, February 8th: Family Dinner and event for Brooks students and families in the Salish

Centre

Career Education/Trades/Dual Credit Upcoming:

o Tuesday, December 19th: Presentation to the Board about Heavy Metal Rocks, with students and parents.

o This spring: 12 students will be receiving a Secondary School Apprentice of $1000 each for their work as apprentices. Students each receive credits for four additional courses and the SD receives an additional $500 per student.

o Dual Credit student/parent info presentation in the Max Cameron Theatre on Wednesday, Jan.24th at 7pm. The NEW dual credit videos will be released for the first time. Start of dual credit intake for 2018-19.

Outdoor & Sustainability Education The Future Forests OLC Scope and Sequence was launched for all grade 6 students on November 28 and 29th. Part one included a library tour and art gallery walk featuring installations by Claudia Medina, Megan Dill, and Donna Lytle. Over the course of 2 days, 250 SD47 students were the first patrons to experience the new Art Space above the library. It was a unique opportunity to interact with 2 exceptional multimedia installations, and to learn of the many unique library programs for youth as well as the tech lending opportunities the library offers.

Many students were so moved by this experience that they returned to the exhibit with their families on the weekend. This is a strong testimonial to the success of part one of this learning opportunity. In February, all students will venture to the OLC to use

District Personalized Learning Cont’d

Outdoor & Sustainability Education Cont’d Many students were so moved by this experience that they returned to the exhibit with their families on the weekend. This is a strong testimonial to the success of part one of this learning opportunity. In February, all students will venture to the OLC to use the library technology to gather their own multimedia footage. This footage will be synthesized into a group exhibit, unveiled as a gala at the Art Space in June.

The R.A.D. (Resiliency. Adventure. Development) program is currently engaging grade 8 - 10 students at Brooks in the learning centre. Students are have been engaged in the Hehewsin canoe carving project, receiving drum lessons through a grant from Vancouver Coastal health and participating in community service work through trail building. Students have hiked numerous sections of the Sunshine Coast Trail this semester. A healthy breakfast program is in place in which students prepare and serve healthy smoothies, salads, and sandwiches through support from Pacific Point Market. Lastly, we now have a fleet of 12 mountain bikes and R.A.D. students are going to be supporting teaching the Gr. 8 PE classes an introductory mountain bike skills course.

Minutes of Regular Meeting November 21, 2017

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47 (POWELL RIVER) BOARD OF EDUCATION - REGULAR MEETING

4:00 PM., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2017 SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE

MINUTES

Present: Doug Skinner (Chair), Aaron Reid, Jeanette Scott, Mary James, Ashley Hull (via phone)

Also in attendance: Jay Yule (Superintendent), Steve Hopkins (Secretary-Treasurer)

PRESENTATION

Mr. R. Barfoot – Hehewsin Canoe Project Mr. Barfoot spoke to his involvement with the community Lead Hehewsin Canoe Project over the last few months.

R. Barfoot reported on the following to update on the Hehewsin Reconciliation Canoe Journey.

The process has been guided by prominent Tla’Amin members including elders.

This process, for SD 47, began a couple of years ago when local carvers expressed interest incarving a canoe and asked if I could support.

Grant to the FPCC and was accepted in Jan 2017.

After many discussions, sharing of information, protocol events, grant writing etc. we finallystarted carving a couple of months ago.

While this was established as a grassroots community effort the School District played anintegral part behind the scenes

This is one experience, of many, that the School District has been involved in.

Well over 1000 students visited and were involved in the carving. Students, teachers andfamilies were also involved in associated ceremonies and protocol events.

Featured School – Westview Elementary School S. Hopkins drew attention to a number of highlights at Westview Elementary that were posted online tothe School and District websites as featured stories.

QUESTION PERIOD No questions.

Minutes of Regular Meeting November 21, 2017

CHAIRPERSON’S REMARKS (School Highlights) School Highlights were included in the agenda.

“From Mary: It was quite the day yesterday with both the Canoe project and the Cultural Diversity celebrations.

Incoming Correspondence: mostly invites and congratulations to new Education Minister and

Minister of Finance.

Festival of Performing Arts – request for funding assistance and use of SD 47 facilities.

Elementary Highlights: All schools: “BC Shakeout Drill”( Earthquake safety and the possibility of a tsunami after a quake), Halloween Spirit, annual Remembrance Day assembly, interschool volleyball season, Parent /teacher conferences, gymnastics and swimming sessions, outdoor Education Center trips, fish hatchery trips for grade 4’s, FSAs have been completed for Gr. 4 & 7, Upcoming Events for All: Christmas Concerts, Winter wonderland Skate for all classes, Report cards

One Unique Event from Each Elementary School: Edgehill: Nov 20-24 Name that Tune ~ on the announcements daily, guess the tune and earn house points!

Texada: Nov 20 We’ll be starting our “Cans for Ganz” collection of donations to the food bank.

Kelly Creek: Nov. 30 Div. 1 to the library for the Future Forests project

James Thomson: Dec 22 School Christmas lunch

Westview: Nov 24 5:30 pm PAC is hosting a double feature Movie Night in the gym

Henderson: Nov 20 Division 4 visited their buddy class at Edgehill

Brooks: Oct 13-27 Germany Exchange students and staff from IKG were here at Brooks Oct 31 Post-Secondary Institution visit for all Grade 12s Nov 14-16 Link Crew traveled to Seattle for the Link Leaders Conference Nov. 24-26 School play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 7pm at the Max Theatre

International Student Program Dec 14 International Families Homestay Christmas Dinner with Santa!”

1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Moved: J. ScottSeconded: A. Reid

THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.

Status: Carried

Minutes of Regular Meeting November 21, 2017

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

Moved: A. ReidSeconded: J. Scott

THAT the Regular Minutes of October 17, 2017 be approved as presented.

Status: Carried

3. CORRESPONDENCE

INCOMING3.a) Education Minister to Parent/Guardians, re: New Curriculum Gr 10-12

For Information.

3.b) Assistant Deputy Minister D. Scott MacDonald, re: Gr 10-12 CurriculumFor Information.

3.c) SD67 to Hon. R. Fleming, re: FSA ResultFor information.

3.d) SD5 to Hon. R. Fleming, re: FSAFor information.

3.e) Joint Letter to Hon. C. James & Hon. R. Fleming, re: 2018 Budget and Education CutsFor information.

3.f) BCSTA Pres. G. Swan to Hon. C. James and Hon. R. Fleming, re: Key Funding Priorities for2018 and Education Cuts For information.

3.g) Abbotsford School District to Cannabis Legalization 7 Regulation SecretariatFor information.

3.h) SD5 to Hon. R. Fleming, re: Congratulations and InviteFor information.

3.i) SD20 to Hon. R. Fleming, re: Congratulations and InviteFor information.

3.j) SD20 to Hon. C. James, re: Congratulations and Support, re: BCPSEAFor information.

3.k) Festival of Performing Arts

Minutes of Regular Meeting November 21, 2017

Moved: A. Reid Seconded: M. James

THAT the request be supported as in past years.

Status: Carried

Moved: A. Reid Seconded: A. Hull

THAT the incoming correspondence be received and filed.

Status: Carried 4. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS’ REPORT

4.a) Current and Prior Year District Summary Class Size and Composition J. Yule spoke to historical class size information as compared to the current year. The

information is particularly relevant considering the Class Enhancement Fund and implementation of contract language respecting class size and composition.

A narrative will be written to share with newspaper and staff.

4.b) Curriculum Implementation Day J. Yule spoke to a recommendation to add April 27, 2018 as a day in support of

implementation of new curriculum with school not in session for students that day. Moved: J. Scott Seconded: M. James

THAT the recommended day be adopted.

Status: Carried

4.c) Field Trip – District Approval – Heuckroth (Brooks) J. Yule brought forth the request for K. Heukroth’s trip overseas.

Moved: A. Hull Seconded: A. Reid

THAT the District Travel Request for Brooks be approved in principle as presented with full itinerary and information to follow early in the new year.

Status: Carried

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4.d) Suspension Report YTD September 2017 to Octoer 31, 2017For information. J. Yule to gather additional information regarding the October suspension numbers.

Moved: A. Reid Seconded: A. Hull THAT the Superintendent of Schools’ Report be received as presented.

Status: Carried

5. SECRETARY-TREASURER’S REPORT

5.a) Financial Report as at October 31, 2017For Information.

5.b) Facility Project UpdateS. Hopkins spoke briefly to the final two major facility projects undertaken in the summerreporting that the Oceanview roof replacement is now complete and that the newportable at James Thomson is nearing completion.

Moved: M. JamesSeconded: A. Hull

THAT the Secretary-Treasurer’s Report be received as presented.

Status: Carried

6. OTHER BUSINESS

6.a) Administrative Procedure 605 (Community Use)For information.

6.a) Administrative Procedure 305 (Transportation)For information.

Moved: J. ScottSeconded: A. Hull

THAT Administrative Procedures 605 and 305 be adopted as presented.

Status: Carried

Minutes of Regular Meeting November 21, 2017

QUESTION PERIOD PRDTA asked for clarification on joint use language. MEDIA QUESTION PERIOD No questions.

ADJOURNMENT

Moved: A. Reid

THAT the Regular Board Meeting be adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

Status: Carried

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November 30, 2017

The Honourable Selina Robinson Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing PO Box 9056, STN PROV GOVT. Victoria BC V8W 9E2

Dear Minister Robinson

RE: Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act, 2017

The British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA) serves and supports all 60 of BC’s public boards of education in their key work of improving student achievement.

As with municipal and regional district elections, the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act applies to school trustee elections. We have been monitoring the progress of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 15) through the Legislature and are writing to request that you consult with our organization before finalizing the regulation that you plan to develop to address the amount that local election candidates may contribute to their own campaigns. Consulting with our organization will help you to develop a regulation that is informed by our experience and unique insight into school trustee elections.

Bill 15 restricts local elections candidates to contributing no more than $1,200 to their own campaigns. Your comments in the Legislature on November 23, 2017 indicate that your “intention would be to recommend a regulation that provides for candidates to make an additional campaign contribution of up to $1,200 in 2018 to their own campaign, with that being in addition to the regular contribution limit of $1,200, bringing the total in those circumstances to $2,400 for 2018.” (Hansard, November 23, 2017). We would like the opportunity to consult with BCSTA members and discuss this matter with you before the regulation is developed.

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Working together, we can share our unique insight into school trustee elections and help you achieve your stated objective of “support[ing] fair election campaigns that are free of the influence of wealthy donors and are accessible to everyone” (Hansard, October 30, 2017).

We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Gordon Swan President BC School Trustees Association

cc: Hon. Rob Fleming, Minister of Education Scott MacDonald, Deputy Minister of Education BCSTA Member Boards of Education

SUSPENSIONS 2016-2017 YEAR TO DATE SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE YEAR TO DATE

10 days or less (non-violent) 2 5 9 16

10 days or less (violent) 5 11 8 24

20 days or less (non-violent) 0

20 days or less (violent) 0

20 days or more (non-violent) 0

Indefinite (non-violent) 0

Indefinite (violent) 1 1

indefinite (first drug offence) 0

Less than 20 days (first drug offence) 0

20 + days (first drug offence) 2 1 2 5

20 + days (second drug offence) 0

Indefinite (second + drug/alcohol offence) 1 1

TOTAL 47

Referrals to Review Committee 0

Referrals to Board Discipline Cttee 0

(Violent incidents include: fighting, physical

altercations, threats of bodily harm, etc.

Verbal is considered violent if threatening)

Date: 15-Dec-2017 14:08 S.D.#47(Powell River) Page: 1

REPORT TO TRUSTEESFOR THE PERIOD ENDING: November 30, 2017

EXPENDITURESCOMMITMENTS TOTAL BUDGET BALANCE AVAIL %

INSTRUCTION

100 Salaries 4,570,265 0 4,570,265 14,548,013 9,977,748 69

200 Employee Benefits And Allowances 973,458 0 973,458 3,471,012 2,497,554 72

300 Services Purchased 950,781 16,272 967,053 1,522,918 555,865 36

500 Supplies And Materials 445,070 0 445,070 1,007,521 562,451 56

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Total For INSTRUCTION 6,939,574 16,272 6,955,846 20,549,464 13,593,618 66

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

100 Salaries 290,642 0 290,642 597,599 306,957 51

200 Employee Benefits And Allowances 64,697 0 64,697 133,719 69,022 52

300 Services Purchased 124,765 0 124,765 210,130 85,365 41

500 Supplies And Materials 7,999 0 7,999 24,500 16,501 67

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Total For DISTRICT

ADMINISTRATION

488,103 0 488,103 965,948 477,845 49

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

100 Salaries 400,032 0 400,032 1,090,479 690,447 63

200 Employee Benefits And Allowances 81,296 0 81,296 251,369 170,073 68

300 Services Purchased 329,308 100,597 429,905 528,580 98,675 19

500 Supplies And Materials 290,500 0 290,500 874,863 584,363 67

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Total For OPERATIONS AND

MAINTENANCE

1,101,136 100,597 1,201,733 2,745,291 1,543,558 56

TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING

100 Salaries 148,456 0 148,456 393,035 244,579 62

200 Employee Benefits And Allowances 28,704 0 28,704 88,349 59,645 68

300 Services Purchased 52,231 0 52,231 61,116 8,885 15

500 Supplies And Materials 83,742 0 83,742 182,500 98,758 54

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Total For TRANSPORTATION &

HOUSING

313,133 0 313,133 725,000 411,867 57

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Grand Total 8,841,946 116,869 8,958,815 24,985,703 16,026,888 64