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SD5 Board Notes
The following is a summary of School District No. 5 board motions carried March 8 during the Board of Trustees’ meeting held in Fernie.
Motions Carried
Advocacy
That the board writes a letter to all boards (of education) to forward any responses to letters received from the Ministry of Education through the BCSTA for distribution to all boards.
That the Board writes a letter to Mike Roberts requesting him to forward any ministry responses to board letters to all boards.
That the board sends a letter to government expressing our concerns re: the provincial budget, the report of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (SSCGFS), the “prosperity fund” and education funding.
That the board sends a letter to the BCSTA expressing our profound disappointment with the media release regarding the 2016 Provincial Budget and our concerns regarding the BCSTA “media strategic plan.”
General
That the board writes a media release on the benefits to the district of the return of the Long Form Census.
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