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Advocacy correspondence

Vancouver Board of Education trustees have made their concerns about public education funding known in writing. Below is a collection of the board's outgoing correspondence. Index of all outgoing correspondence with advocacy letters highlighted.

2010

September 15, 2010 - Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

August 30, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Meeting request, new initiatives

June 29, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Compliance Budget

June 15, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Ministerial Directive

June 10, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Ministerial Directive

June 10, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Shared Services

June 10, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Special Advisors' Report, preliminary response

May 28, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education and Hon. Rich Colman, Minister of Housing and Social Development re: Playground Funding Grants

May 27, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Administration costs

May 13, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Meeting request

April 27, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Eduation re: Meeting request from board and stakeholders

April 16, 2010 - Statement from board chair correcting Minster MacDiarmid's statement to the Province newspaper

April 13, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: VSB operating surplus

April 13, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Surplus student spaces

April 9, 2010 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Preliminary operating budget proposals

March 24, 2010 - Parents and Guardians re: Funding shortfall for 2010/2011 preliminary operating budget

Feb. 4, 2010 - Hon. Premier Gordon Campbell re: General Gordon Elementary School seismic renewal

Jan. 22, 2010 - Hon. Premier Gordon Campbell re: General Gordon Elementary School seismic renewal


2009

Dec. 21, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Literacy Innovation Grant

Nov. 24, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Carbon Neutral Commitment and SMARTTool

Nov. 13, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Joint letter from VSB stakeholders regarding funding challenges

Nov. 2, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Class size, class composition report

Oct. 27, 2009 – All VSB staff re: Welcome back for 2009/10 school year; financial challenges

Oct. 26, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: elimination of provincial grant for BC School Sports

Oct. 13, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Provincial funding

Sept. 30, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Holdback funds

Sept. 25, 2009 – Vancouver Mayor and Council re: Motion at the UBCM annual general meeting

Sept. 24, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Reinstatement of AFG

Sept. 24, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Child Care Minor Capital Funding

Sept. 24, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: request to reinstate the $20 per student grant available to Parent Advisory Councils

Sept. 24, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: consultation required prior to the implementation of full-day Kindergarten

Sept. 24, 2009 – Hon. Kevin Falcon, Minister of Health re: Request to reimburse school district for measures put in place related to the spread of H1N1 influenza A

Sept. 24, 2009 – Connie Denesiuk, President BCSTA re: Motions to develop a province-wide advocacy plan

Sept. 22, 2009 – Stephen Hansen, Executive Director, BCSTA re: Proposed resolutions for BCSTA Provincial Council meeting on Oct. 24, 2009

Sept. 21, 2009 - Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Education funding issues

August 11, 2009 – Hon. Mary Polak, Minister of Children and Family Development and Minister Responsible for Child Care re: express support for children requiring extra resources at the Phil Bouvier Family Centre

August 11, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: reductions to provincial grants for Vancouver Public Library

August 5, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education re: Thank you letter for meeting

July 1, 2009 – Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Eduction re: Annual Facilities Grant

May 4, 2008 – Hon. Shirley Bond, Minister of Education re: Needs Budget

April 20, 2009 – Premier Gordon Campbell re: Operating budget pressures

April 3, 2009 – PAC executive re: support for advocacy and operating budget plan

April 3, 2009 – MLA Shane Simpson re: Funding shortfall and operating budget plan

April 3, 2009 – MLA Adrian Dix re: Funding shortfall and operating budget plan

April 3, 2009 – Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Finance re: Funding shortfall and operating budget plan

April 3, 2009 – MLA Spencer Herbert re: Funding shortfall and operating budget plan

April 3, 2009 – MLA Jenny Kwan re: Funding shortfall and operating budget plan

April 3, 2009 – MLA Jenn McGinn re: Funding shortfall and operating budget plan

April 2, 2009 – All VSB staff re: 2009-10 funding shortfall and budget proposals

March 10, 2009 – Premier Gordon Campbell re: Budget brief