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SD5 Board Notes
The following is a summary of board motions carried during the May 14 School District No. 5 (SD5) board meetings held in Cranbrook.
Motions Carried
Advocacy/Education Committee
That the board approves the 2020/2021 draft calendar incorporating the change of the PSA day.
Policy Committee
That the Board of Education puts forth a motion to the next BCSTA Directors to go to the BCSTA AGM as follows: That the Ministry of Education support the implementation of new curriculum with recommended resources and implementation planning time for teachers, both collaboratively and individually, to view and choose resources that align with the new curriculum and support student learning.
That the Board of Education sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, carbon-copied to all school districts, requesting the following: That the Ministry of Education support the implementation of new curriculum with recommended resources and implementation planning time for teachers, both collaboratively and individually, to view and choose resources that align with the new curriculum and support student learning.
Finance/Operations/Personnel Committee
That the Board asks Mr. Rob Norum to formulate a summary of the impact the 22 recommendations from the New Funding Model Review specific to our district and then form a committee with staff and board members to review the letters from other districts and formulate a submission to the Ministry of Education.

That the Board forms an Ad hoc Committee with Trustee Chris Johns as Chair, Alan Rice as Vice-Chair and Jason Tichauer representing the district, to review the letters from other school districts and formulate a submission on the 22 Recommendations of the “New Funding Model Review” to the Ministry of Education.
General
Read a first time the 2019/20 Annual Budget for the amount of $73,133,613 on May 14.
M/S read a second time the 2019/20 Annual Budget for the amount of $73,133,613 on May 14.
That the board approves the purchase of two Pride Banners to affix to the outside wall of the School Board office.
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