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SD5 Board Notes
The following is a summary of motions carried by the School District No. 5 (SD5) Board of Education during the June 15 meeting held via Zoom.
Motions Carried
Advocacy
That Director Tichauer continues to be the School District No. 5 representative on the HARBIR Community Consultation Committee.
That Trustees interested in attending the Canadian School Board Conference (CSBC) are able to attend.
Policy
That the Board of Education accepts Policy 5.4, Student Bus Service, with the revision to the section Ridership Eligibility:
Ridership Eligibility
The Board will pay transportation assistance to the parents/guardians of students who qualify for transportation and for whom it is not cost effective, practical, or possible to provide bus service.
There are inherent limitations transporting students, in accordance with the School Act, bus transportation for students is provided at the discretion of the Board. Consistency and transparency are critical to this policy. The routes will be reviewed and adjusted as needed through the Administrative Procedure Manual. It is recognized that bus transportation routes will not suit the requests of all parents/guardians.
Transportation services will be available for those students enrolled in the district and will be defined by community in the Administrative Procedure Handbook.
Finance/Operations/Personnel
M/S that the Board writes a letter to Minister Whiteside in support of the February 3, 2021, BCSTA letter to Ministers Fleming and Whiteside regarding safe routes to Schools.
General
That the Board refers the letter sent to the Ministry of Highways and Transportation (MoHT) re: lowering the speed limit on Highway 3 in Jaffray to the Finance/Operations Committee meeting in August 2021.
The Board consented to three readings of the 2021/22 Annual Budget Bylaw.
That the Board of Education read a first, second and third time the Annual Budget for the amount of $75,772,587 on June 15, 2021.
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