BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 73 (/THOMPSON)

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education held on March 25, 2013. Meeting commenced at 7:00 PM at 1383 - 9th Avenue, Kamloops, BC Chair Harper presiding.

PRESENT: Chair Harper, Vice Chair Karpuk, Trustees Cowden, Glover, Harwood, Kershaw, McKelvey, Wade and Watson

Assistant Superintendent deBruijn (for Superintendent Sullivan); Secretary-Treasurer Stretch; Assistant Superintendent Churchley; District Principal Hamblett

REGRETS: Superintendent Sullivan; Assistant Superintendent Sidow

1. MINUTES

1.1 Adoption of Regular minutes of March 11, 2013 Karpuk - Harwood moved that the minutes of the regular Board Meeting of March 11, 2013, be adopted as circulated. CARRIED

1.2 Bring forward Regular minutes of March 11, 2013 It was agreed to bring everything forward from the minutes of the In-Camera Meeting of March 11, 2013, with the exception of 4.1 Labour Relations; 4.2 Labour Relations; 4.3 Personnel; 7.1.1 Ongoing; 7.1.2 Ongoing; 7.1.3 Ongoing; 7.2 Labour Relations; 7.5 Property; 7.8 Labour Relations; and, 7.9 Labour Relations. Link to the Bring Forward In-Camera Minutes of March 11, 2013: https://bcsd73.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?Id=37779

It was agreed to bring everything forward from the minutes of the Special In- Camera Meetings of March 14, 2013, and March 15, 2013.

Link to the Bring Forward Special In-Camera Minutes of March 14, 2013: https://bcsd73.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=37781

Link to the Bring forward Special In-Camera Minutes of March 15, 2013: https://bcsd73.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?Id=37783

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA

2.1 Additions and Deletions  Trustee Glover has an item under #10 and three items under #11  Trustee Cowden has an item under #10  Trustee Wade has two items under #11  Secretary-Treasurer Stretch has two additional items under #7 Glover - Cowden moved that the agenda be adopted as amended. CARRIED Board of Education - Public, March 25, 2013

3. EDUCATION TOPIC

3.1 Recognition - Team Brown 2013 Canadian Junior Women's Champions On behalf of the Board, Chair Harper congratulated the members of Team Brown, , , and Sydney Fraser, for winning the 2013 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship and for representing Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships in Sochi, Russia. She presented the Curling Team with Certificates of Recognition.

3.2 Brocklehurst Middle School - Principal Tom Dinsdale and Teachers Daily Math Initiatives and Sports Academies Principal Tom Dinsdale and teachers Crosby Dorais, Brad Dalke, Katie McCormack and Teresa Atkinson from Brocklehurst Middle School provided an overview of the Daily Math initiative and the Sports Academies taking place at the school. The Daily Math initiative was developed to help identify students who are struggling in math and to provide a stress-free learning environment to strengthen their skills. Brocklehurst Middle School offers several Sports Academies including Aquatics, Hockey and Soccer. The Aquatics Academy takes a student from learning to swim to competitive swimming, water polo and lifeguarding. The Soccer Academy provides full scope training skills, preventive injury exercises and nutrition guidance. The Hockey Academy is multi-graded and provides 200 hours of hockey instruction throughout the school year. Two new academies, Dance Academy and Baseball Academy will be added in the future.

3.3 Social Responsibility Team - Positive Behaviour Intervention Support (PBIS) Kathy Price and Dyan Gunnlaugson District Principal Hamblett introduced Kathy Price and Dyan Gunnlaugson, District Behaviour Resource Teachers, who provided an overview of the Po