In support of its position that the education of our children and youth is the best investment of public funds, the Vancouver Board of Education passed a series of resolutions Wednesday night calling on the provincial government to: fully fund increased costs to school districts; restore grants that have been cancelled or reduced; fund the costs of H1N1 prevention; fund increased employee MSP premium increases; grant 75 percent Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) rebates to school districts; alter legislation to allow boards to carry deficits; and fully fund all-day Kindergarten implementation.
Vancouver school trustees are reeling from Thursday’s announcement of a $10.6 million cut from the Ministry of Education for funds earmarked to pay for building component upgrades and replacements to Vancouver’s elementary and secondary schools.
The Vancouver Board of Education has initiated its search for a new Superintendent of Schools/CEO for the Vancouver school district. As part of this search, the board of trustees have retained Pinton, Forrest and Madden as the executive search firm.
Last month, the Vancouver Public Schools Foundation’s board voted to dissolve the foundation effective June 30, 2009 and move responsibility for the accounts to the Vancouver School Board.
Vancouver’s Board of Education trustees approved two 2009/10 operating budgets this evening — a “compliance” budget containing $7.12 million in spending reductions, and a “needs” budget outlining what the board believes it needs to meet the district’s needs.
Board of Education trustees have sent a letter to parents of students in the Vancouver school district to explain the 2009/2010 Preliminary Operating Budget plan that proposes steps the district management might take in order to comply with the School Act and submit a balanced budget
Vancouver Board of Education trustees today released the 2009/2010 Preliminary Operating Budget plan that proposes steps the school district might take in order to comply with the School Act and submit a balanced budget.
ancouver Board of Education trustees are pleased the provincial government is investing more than $167 million towards ensuring Vancouver schools are seismically safe while also targeting funds for much needed new schools in the University of British Columbia area.
ancouver’s Board of Education is hopeful it will soon receive the government approval it needs in order to pass the capital project bylaw for new secondary and elementary school facilities within the University Hill Secondary School catchment area.
The Vancouver Board of Education is opposed to the misuse of the data collected from the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) tests to rank schools in British Columbia.
Vancouver’s Board of Education trustees will sending a letter home to parents of Grades 4 and 7 students clarifying the process for a parent to request their child be excused from writing the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA).
A meeting of the Finance & Legal Committee (Committee V) will be held in Committee Room 110 of the Education Centre, 1580 West Broadway on Monday, January 12, starting at 5:30 p.m.
he Vancouver school district has been notified by its bus contractor, Cardinal Transportation, that students who require a wheelchair ramp to embark and disembark from school buses will not be picked up on Thursday, January 8, 2009.
All schools and Vancouver School Board worksites will be open today. All public meetings, classes and programs will be running, including before- and after-school care programs and night school courses.
The Vancouver school district has released details of the educational framework being proposed for the University of B.C./University Endowment Lands family of schools.
Vancouver’s Board of Education is calling on B.C.’s Minister of Education and the President of the BC Teachers’ Federation to take urgent action in finding a mutually agreeable solution to the outstanding issues related to the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA).
All schools in the Vancouver school district will remain open, if at all possible during winter weather, including snowfalls. Any district-wide closure will be decided by 6 a.m. at the latest, and announced via local media outlets.
