SD42 Elementary school catchment changes
There are detailed maps on the school district website. If you have input, please email a.s.a.p. to dvandergugten@sd42.ca Recommendations are going to the Board of Trustees for consideration at their public board meeting next Wednesday evening 6pm at the district offices on Brown Street in Maple Ridge.
http://www.sd42.ca/proposed-catchment-changes
The District is currently reviewing school catchments in order to address enrollment decline and growth in various parts of the district as well as the elimination of two catchments due to school closure.
Recommendations under consideration
- In the west the catchments of Davie Jones, Hammond, and Maple Ridge would be expanded to relieve pressure on the Pitt Meadows catchment, which would be reduced, and to absorb the old Riverside catchment.
- Centrally Alouette, Glenwood and Eric Langton catchments would be adjusted to absorb the old Mount Crescent catchment.
- Further east the catchments of Yennadon, Albion and Kanaka Creek would be reduced while the catchments for Harry Hooge, Blue Mountain, Webster’s Corner and Whonnock would be increased.
January 11th, DPAC Meeting – All Welcome
DPAC MEETING
MONDAY JANUARY 11, 2010
Host School: WESTVIEW SECONDARY
20905 WICKLUND AVE
7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Sign in – welcome and general introductions
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Host Report WESTVIEW
5. PRESENTATION Jeannie Rohr from F.O.R.C.E (Dealing with mental health issues in our schools)
WEBSITE : www.bckidsmentalhealth.org
6. Co-Chair Report
7. Committee and Other Reports
8. PAC Sharing
9. Partner Group Reports – Trustee Representative of the Board of Education
- Superintendant or Designate
- MRTA
- CUPE
10. New Business
Adjournment
Next regular meeting – Monday February 1 LAITY VIEW ELEMENTARY
Thanks to the MRTA and CUPE for hosting DPACs Christmas meeting
A big thank you to the Maple Ridge Teachers Association and CUPE for hosting the December DPAC meeting. The food was great and parents felt very welcomed.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Meeting Cancelled (copy of message to PACs from Board Chair)
Attention All Elementary and Secondary PAC Chairs & DPAC Co-Chairs;
Due to limited response, the meeting to discuss the financial and operational impacts of the 50% reduction in Gaming Grants, originally planned for Monday, November 23, has now been cancelled.
The Board remains committed to working with PACS on this issue and welcomes your input as we deal with the funding shortfall and implications to school programs and initiatives.
Sincerely,
Kathie Ward, Board Chair
School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows)
Board of Education requests PAC Chairs attend meeting
The Board of Education has sent out a letter to all PAC Chairs of SD#42 schools requesting they attend a meeting November 23rd at 7pm at the District Education Offices on Brown Street in Maple Ridge.
The board would like to discuss the 50% reduction in gaming grants to PACs.
RSVP to the Board’s Executive Assistant Tina Fuchs at 604-466-6232
BCCPAC Advocacy Project
We are sad to report news about the BCCPAC Advocacy Project.
The October 2009 Advocacy newsletter starts with these words:
“The BC provincial budget challenges affect everyone in some way, most notably those who need services and support. In addition to the unexpected cuts to school districts, public education partner groups, including BCCPAC, have lost grants that support the work they do on behalf of students.
That means change in the BCCPAC Advocacy Project. As the BCCPAC Board of Directors determines next steps for the project, we (Janet, Cathy and Helen) need to let you know that after Nov. 30, we are no longer contracted to work on the BCCPAC Advocacy Project.
For Janet and Cathy, the last day of work is Nov. 5, but we will be at the BCCPAC fall conference to deliver the opening keynote and provide workshops.”
Over the years, many parents in our school district have been helped immensely by Janet and Cathy. They have provided support and advice when parents felt they had nowhere else to turn.
Janet and Cathy are an excellent resource and visited our district a couple of years ago to present some useful information and perspective about parent and students rights to appeal.
It is unclear if the project will return at some future date if funding is restored or what other projects Cathy, Janet and Helen may undertake.
The end of the Advocacy Project as we have known it, is a significant blow.
H1N1 Update at DPAC Meeting
Judy Dueck, the school district Occupational Health and Safety Officer, will be attending at the beginning of the DPAC meeting on Monday night to provide an update on H1N1: what plans are in place, what the numbers look like now and the protocols in place for dealing with the situation.
DPAC Meeting
Monday November 2nd, 7-9pm
Albion Elementary School
(If you have any specific questions related to the above that you would like addressed at the meeting, please send us an email dpac_sd42@yahoo.ca)
Agenda: DPAC meeting Monday, November 2nd
Location: ALBION ELEMENTARY, 10031-240 Street, Maple Ridge (off Lougheed Hwy turn north onto 240th – the intersection where Bruce’s Market is – and Albion Elementary is on your left within the block)
All welcome.
AGENDA:
1. Call to Order and Sign in – welcome and general introductions
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes (will be distributed at meeting)
4. Albion School Report
5. Co-Chair Report
6. Committee and Other Reports
7. PAC Sharing (this is the time to tell us about things that are happening with your PAC and/or ask for advice from other PACs)
8. Partner Group Reports – Trustee Representative of the Board of Education, Superintendent or Designate, Maple Ridge Teachers Association (MRTA), CUPE
9. New Business
Adjournment
Next regular meeting – Monday December 7th MRTA/CUPE hosting
SD42 School Choice Survey
The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Board of Education has initiated a school choice survey. All local parents are invited to take part. This is a great opportunity to have your voice heard as the school district makes future plans for educational services for our children.
To take the survey either follow the link on the front page of the school district website or click on this link:
It is not clear how long the survey will be available, so please respond asap.
Reminder of upcoming DPAC meeting dates/locations (all 7-9pm)
* November 2 Albion Elementary School
* December 7 MRTA/CUPE hosting at their offices
* January 11 Westview Secondary School
* February 1 Laity View Elementary
* April 12 Thomas Haney Secondary School
* May 3 Samuel Robertson Secondary School
* June 7th (AGM) District Education Offices – downstairs in resource room.
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- The Olympic Torch is finally here February 6, 2010
