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SD5 Board Notes
The following is a summary of School District No. 5 (SD5) board motions carried during the May 13 meeting in Cranbrook.
Motions Carried
Advocacy
– M/S that the board write to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging his government to renegotiate a new Health Care Accord and to maintain or increase existing funding to the provinces/territories and that this letter be copied to all federal Shadow Cabinet Ministers, our local MP, the Premier, health and education ministers of BC, our local MLA, presidents of the BC School Trustees’ Association (BCSTA), BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC)(for distribution to their members), their local association chairs/presidents and to media.
– That the board give tentative approval for the Field Trip Application for MBSS to go to either Spain/Morocco or Turkey and Greece for spring break, 2015.
Policy
– That the revised Policy 1.2 Procedural Bylaw be approved by the Board of Education.
– That the revised Policy 3.1 Student Registration, Enrolment and Placement be approved by the Board of Education.
– That the revised Policy 3.2 Creating Safe Schools be approved by the Board of Education.
– That the Draft Policy Workplace Bullying and Harassment be approved by the Board of Education.
General
– Second and third reading of the Annual Bylaw Budget in the amount of $52,297,605
– Bylaw, three readings of the bylaw must be completed prior to the end of June.
– That the board approve the following courses to ensure full compliance with the Independent School Act and the BC Ministry or Education requirements: Robotics 11, Robotics 12, Astronomy [YPLS – 1A], Yearbook 10, Yearbook 11, and Yearbook 12.
– Board agreed to –and completed— three readings of the new Election Bylaw (to reflect changes in legislation).
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