Prince Rupert schools were back in session this week, returning just in time for a four day holiday, but with the return following the Two Week Spring Break, the District office caught up on some news from March, providing an update on their March Board Meeting.
The First half hour of their March 14th session was turned over to Cam Hill who provided an update on developments from Hartley Bay, born and raised in the community and now serving as Principal for the School there, he offered up range of notes on both the school and how it related to the community.
A synopsis of some of the key points from Mr. Hill's presentation is available from the District below:
Towards other the business on the night for the District, in the area of correspondences, the trustees had some discussion towards the topic of Gender neutral bathrooms.
Sandy Pond provided a review of the approval of Field Trips, a look at enrolment for the District Schools, noting of a decline in enrolment by eight in March. Observing that a number of students have moved out of the district this month.
She also highlighted the celebration of Literacy across the District, noting of some of the activities that took place in schools. Ms Pond also noted of the anti-bullying messages of February, which included the annual Pink Shirt Day.
A look at some of the activities in the Schools, with details on some of the initiatives taking place at Charles Hays Secondary School.
There was also a review of some of the elements for the provincial Anti-Racism Action plan, which the School District will implement along with its own policies.
An update on the current work towards the Framework for Advanced Student learning was provided by Trustee Sanchez, Sandy Pond expanded on some of the themes from the session noting of how the data collected has shined on some of the inequities and where the District is falling short on towards areas such as completion rates literacy and numeracy at the secondary level as well as the FSA data from Grade fours and sevens.
It was noted that all of the work taken on as part of the Framework program feeds into the District's Strategic planning. Some additional conversation outlined how the process will move forward and how the engagement with other stakeholders such as parents and the Action committees will move evolve.
Ms. Pond noted that some reference material for parents and guardians is available from the province here.
Trustee Kristy Maier outlined some notes from the Provincial Council, observing of changes to their schedule, as well as BCSTA budget issues, the planning for the Council AGM and the nomination process.
Some information on the Indigenous Education program was provided by Chair Toye, noting of some funding that will be carried over. Ms. Toye also outlined some of the elements of the recent Indigenous Implementation Day and how important the work towards it is.
Ms. Toye also shared some further observations towards Susan Kobe's work on child care initiatives, observing that the estimate is for the need of 100 Child care spaces in Prince Rupert and how the District has applied for 72 spaces to meet some of the demand.
She expanded on some of the additional supports that the program will require as it moves forward.
Policy and technical themes brought the final moments of the meeting to a close.
The session ended with some questions from the public related to the Framework of Education process.
The Board will next meet in its Regular session on April 18th. They also have some sessions planned towards their Budget work on April 11th and on the 20th which will be the meeting to approve the budget.
You can review the full Board Meeting from March from the video below:
More notes related to School District 52 can be reviewed from our archive page.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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