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Public Meeting of the Board of Education PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION District Education Office 22225 Brown Avenue Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Maple Ridge BC V2X 8N6 Time: 6:00 p.m. ________________________________________________________________________________ “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi A G E N D A A. OPENING PROCEDURES ITEM 1 1. Call to Order 2. Observe one minute of silence 3. Correspondence • R. Fleming, Minister of Education • G. Jackson, Chairperson, School District No. 28 (Quesnel) • L. Dixon, Chairperson, School District No. 37 (Delta) • J. Fraser, Chairperson, School District No. 39 (Vancouver) • B. Hobson, Chairperson, School District No. 43, (Coquitlam) • C. Broady, Chairperson, School District No. 45 (West Vancouver) • R. Price, Chairperson, School District No. 48 (Sea to Sky) • C. Strukoff, Chairperson, School District No. 51 (Boundary) • R. Zandee, Chairperson, School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) • C. McKay, Chairperson, School District No. 68 (Nanaimo Ladysmith) • School District No. 71 (Comox) • School District No. 78 (Fraser-Cascade) • C. Spilsbury, Chairperson, School District No.79 (Cowichan Valley) • L. Dolen, Chairperson, School District No. 81 (Fort Nelson) 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Invitation for Public Input to matters on the Agenda - Members of the public can provide input on decision items on the Agenda. Speaker’s time is limited to 2 minutes per person. This agenda item has a time limit of 10 minutes. B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. February 27, 2019 ITEM 2 C. PRESENTATIONS - Individuals and groups invited by the Board to make presentations. Time limits for individual presentations will be established to allow all speakers to present within the time limit for this item. This agenda item has a time limit of 20 minutes including questions; extension is at the discretion of the Board. 1. Proposed Preliminary Budget 2019/20 ITEM 3 D. DELEGATIONS - Registered delegations can make presentations to the Board. Time limits for individual delegations will be established to allow all registered delegations to present within the time limit for this item. This agenda item has a time limit of 20 minutes including questions; extension is at the discretion of the Board. E. DEFERRED ITEMS F. DECISION ITEMS 1. Chairperson a) Operational Plans ITEM 4 b) Trustee Representative: English Language Learners Consortium ITEM 5 c) 2019/20 Board of Education Regular Public Board Meetings ITEM 6 2. Superintendent of Schools a) Disbursement of Funds – Education Dream Endowment Fund ITEM 7 3. Secretary Treasurer a) 2019/20 Capital Plan Bylaw ITEM 8 b) 2019/20 Annual Facility Grant Spending Plan ITEM 9 4. Board Committees a) Budget b) Finance c) Facilities Planning d) Board Policy Development i. Board of Education Appeal Policy and Procedures Bylaw ITEM 10 e) Education i. Board/Authority Authorized Course ITEM 11 f) Aboriginal Education G. INFORMATION ITEMS 1. Chairperson 2. Superintendent of Schools a) Superintendent’s Update ITEM 12 3. Secretary Treasurer a) Trustees’ Remuneration ITEM 13 4. Board Committees & Advisory Committee Reports a) Budget b) Finance c) Facilities Planning d) Board Policy Development i. Policy Updates ITEM 14 ii. Policy Review Update ITEM 15 e) Education i. Receive Minutes of Meeting ITEM 16 f) Aboriginal Education H. TRUSTEE MOTIONS AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS 1. Trustee Motion - Earthquake Preparedness ITEM 17 I. TRUSTEE REPORTS 1. BC School Trustees Association a) Motions to Annual General Meeting ITEM 18 2. BC Public School Employers Association 3. Student Voice 4. District Parent Advisory Council 5. Municipal Advisory on Accessibility & Inclusion 6. Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council 7. Ridge Meadows Education Foundation 8. Social Policy Advisory 9. City of Maple Ridge Active Transportation 10. Youth Planning Table 11. Culture Roundtable 12. Ridge Meadows Overdose Community Action Table (CAT) 13. Other Board Liaison Representative Reports 14. Good News Items J. QUESTION PERIOD - Questions, with the exception of Trustee questions, will be limited to one question per person with one follow-up clarification question, if necessary. Question period will be restricted to questions only – statements and debate will not be permitted. This agenda item has a time limit of 10 minutes; extension is at the discretion of the Board. A sign-up sheet is provided at the meeting to allow members of the public to register to ask questions. Registration closes at the beginning of question period. K. OTHER BUSINESS 1. Public Disclosure of Closed Meeting Business ITEM 19 L. ADJOURNMENT ITEM 1 To: Board of Education From: Chairperson Korleen Carreras Re: OPENING PROCEDURES Date: April 17, 2019 (Public Board Meeting) Information/Decision 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. OBSERVE ONE MINUTE OF SILENCE The Board has received the attached correspondence from Janet Andrews, of the New Westminster & District Labour Council requesting that the Board and the school district declare April 28th as the official “Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job” and that the school district observe one minute of silence at a Board meeting and in the schools on or before April 28th. The Board adopted the proclamation at the April 25, 2018 public board meeting. 3. CORRESPONDENCE (Information Item) • R. Fleming, Minister of Education • G. Jackson, Chairperson, School District No. 28 (Quesnel) • L. Dixon, Chairperson, School District No. 37 (Delta) • J. Fraser, Chairperson, School District No. 39 (Vancouver) • B. Hobson, Chairperson, School District No. 43, (Coquitlam) • C. Broady, Chairperson, School District No. 45 (West Vancouver) • R. Price, Chairperson, School District No. 48 (Sea to Sky) • C. Strukoff, Chairperson, School District No. 51 (Boundary) • R. Zandee, Chairperson, School District No. 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) • C. McKay, Chairperson, School District No. 68 (Nanaimo Ladysmith) • School District No. 71 (Comox) • School District No. 78 (Fraser-Cascade) • C. Spilsbury, Chairperson, School District No. 79 (Cowichan Valley) • L. Dolen, Chairperson, School District No. 81 (Fort Nelson) RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Board receive all correspondence for information. Attachments 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (Decision Item) RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Agenda be approved as circulated. 5. INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INPUT TO MATTERS ON THE AGENDA - Members of the public can provide input on items on the Agenda. Speaker’s time is limited to 2 minutes per person. The agenda item has a time limit of 10 minutes. Public Agenda Page 1 ATTACHMENT Public Agenda Page 2 Public Agenda Page 3 ATTACHMENT Public Agenda Page 4 Public Agenda Page 5 Public Agenda Page 6 Public Agenda Page 7 Public Agenda Page 8 ATTACHMENT Public Agenda Page 9 Public Agenda Page 10 ATTACHMENT Public Agenda Page 11 Public Agenda Page 12 ATTACHMENT Public Agenda Page 13 1 DELTA BOARD OF EDUCATION FEEDBACK ON INDEPENDENT PANEL’S FUNDING MODEL REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS MARCH 5, 2019 INTRODUCTION In response to the report prepared by the Funding Model Review Independent Panel, called “Improving Equity and Accountability”, the Delta Board of Education is pleased to be able to provide the following submission on the Panel’s recommendations. In preparation for this submission, the Board asked its education partners to participate in a collaborative input session. The session was attended by the Delta Board of Education, Delta senior staff, and 10 members from Delta’s education partner groups: The Delta Teachers Association (DTA), the Association of Delta School Administrators (ADSA), the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1091 (CUPE), and the Delta Parent Advisory Council (DPAC). The participants focused on recommendations 1 through 11, “Equity of Educational Opportunity”, with the goal of providing constructive feedback. For the exercise, the education partners worked through each individual recommendation with facilitating staff versed in each recommendation topic, while trustees took note of the education partner’s input. The Board wishes to thank its education partners for their efforts. The Board of Education is committed to a strong and continued focus on excellent educational opportunities. As was stressed at the various recent events on the funding model implementation, the Board would appreciate an early understanding of the actual formula in order to model its impact and provide input based on its findings. As well, the Board wishes to emphasize its position that the new model should use a “do no harm” approach to the re-allocation of funding. Recommendation #1 - Allocate funding for specific needs first, and then allocate the remainder of funding based on a per-student amount. This recommendation ranks as most significant from the Board’s perspective. It is felt to set the tone for the remainder of the recommendations in the “Equity of Educational Opportunity” section. The emphasis on long-established formula areas of insufficient funding is appreciated. Encompassing recommendations 2, 4, 5 and 6, which are each complex in their own right, it however, raises additional questions and the Board finds that this makes it more difficult to comment and predict upon the implications from the recommendation. Specifically, the Board wonders whether with the remaining funding going to everything else besides the “specific needs”, there could be a risk that the “everything else” could potentially receive arbitrary or insufficient funding emphasis. For example, if funds are allocated for inclusion and for students with Indigenous ancestry first, is there the risk of having
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