Transcript Peace River North SCHOOL DISTRICT #60 www.prn.bc.ca 10112-105 Avenue

Peace River North SCHOOL DISTRICT
#60
10112-105 Avenue
Fort St. John B.C.
V1J 4S4
www.prn.bc.ca
(250) 262-6000 Phone
(250) 262-6048 fax
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September 2008
Trustee Ida Campbell
School District #60
Trustee
Who are we and what do
we do.
Board of Education
How much do you know about being a school
Trustee?
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Peace River North — The
Trustees
Gordon Anderson Chair
Gord Klassen Vice-Chair
Ida Campbell
Linda Sewell
Heather Hannaford
Lynda Peterson
Gary Gamble
Peace River North — The Trustees
Front Row (Left to Right) : Gary Gamble, Gord Anderson
Back Row (Left to Right) : Linda Sewell, Heather Hannaford, Gord
Klassen, Lynda Peterson, Ida Campbell
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Art show at Taylor
School
Helping
Students/Community
plant trees at Charlie
Lake
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Quiz
1. School Trustees are
a) appointed
b) elected
2. The role of Trustee is
a) a fixed term b) week to week
c) hired
c) for life
3. Trustees are accountable to
a) employees b) superintendent c) voters
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4. The role of trustees is set out in
a) collective agreement
b) School Act
c) District Code of Conduct
5. Trustees are paid for their services by
a) a monthly stipend
b) an hourly rate
c) no -- they volunteer their services
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Resource
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC PRIDE
The Centennial History
of the BCSTA
By James B. London
Published by BCSTA in March 2005
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School Boards in B.C.
On May 15, 1865, an Act Respecting Common
Schools was passed by the Legislature of
Vancouver Island. It provided for a General Board of
Education, a Superintendent of Education who
would be secretary of the Board, and for local 3
man school boards appointed by the Governor.
By 1872 there were 14 public schools in the
province.
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Public Meeting
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By the mid-1870’s …the control of the B.C
educational system rested in the hands of the
Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council
Government could create new school districts,
school grants, appoint, certificate and dismiss
teachers, and make rules and regulations for the
management of all public schools
Following the eastern Canadian custom, 3 man
school boards were now elected in each district
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Their functions were limited to calling school meetings,
receiving and disbursing funds, keeping in good repair the
school buildings and equipment, ensuring that only the
authorized textbooks were used, and that the schools were
operated according to the established provincial regulations
In 1873 school boards were allowed to hire their own
teachers
In 1888 they were given authority to raise taxes locally
By 1903 there were 268 school districts in the province,
most being single-school school districts
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Early Challenges
Qualified teachers, especially for hinterland districts
Standardized system of grading
Poor school attendance
B.C. passed a law in 1873 authorizing local board
to pass compulsory attendance By-Laws.
In 1876, the Legislature made attendance
compulsory for children aged 7-12, for 6 months of
the year, if they lived within 3 miles of the school
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Trustee are always learning
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Provincial Association
20 school trustees representing eight school
boards met at the Vancouver School Board
office on February 16, 1905 to discuss ways
to improve public education. This was the 1st
School Trustees Association in Canada.
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Trustees in Province
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Length of term is three years
Next civic election in November 2008
Five, seven or nine trustees on each board
Total of 420 trustees
55 per cent female and 45 per cent male
Incumbent trustees elected 58 per cent
Newly elected 42 per cent
Receive stipend which varies from $6,500 to
$25,250
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BC School Districts
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59 school districts &
francophone
education authority
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599,505 students
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1,800 schools
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BC Facts
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33,716 teachers
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26,000 school districts employees
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300 to 66,000 students per district
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Provincial education budget of $4.8+
billion (19 per cent of total budget)
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District #87 Stikine
282 students
Aboriginal 213
Special Education 37
ESL 147
Language at home
English 99.65%
4 elem/sec schools
22 teachers
6 Principals, Vice-Principals
& District Administration
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District #36 Surrey
66,853 students
Language at home (%)
English 59.09 Punjabi 18.27
Korean 3.24 Hindi 3.06
Vietnamese 2.2 Chinese 2.01
Tagalog 1.79 Mandarin 1.77
Urdu 1.34 Spanish 1.22
128 schools
98 elementary 19 Secondary
3,794 teachers
285 Principals, Vice-Principals
& District Administration
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District #60 Peace River North
5948 students
23 schools
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District Staff
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380 FTE Teachers
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support staff
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35 FTE Principals, Vice-Principals &
District Administration
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Power and Responsibility
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Power and responsibility set out in School
Act.
Co-governance role with Ministry of
Education.
Provincial Government delegates
responsibility to locally elected Boards of
Education and can create, eliminate or
adjust these powers at any time.
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Key Work of Boards of Education
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Approve operating budgets, capital
plans and accountability contract
Set local policy
Employ staff for district operations
Establish conditions of employment
Approve local courses and resource
materials
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Challenges
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Board of Education is responsible for
everything that occurs in the district.
Community interests need to be understood
and taken into account
Many important decisions in education are
made at provincial level including funding,
graduation requirements, curriculum,
employment contracts
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Board Meetings
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Board Meetings:
2nd
Monday of each month at 8:00 p.m. at the District
Administration Office located at 10112-105
Avenue Fort St. John B.C.
& each 4th Monday at 7:00 p.m. located in different
school through out the District
Presentation – written request by one week
prior to Board meeting
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Board Committees
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Trustees meet in committees to enable
full and
informal discussion of school district matters.
These committees make recommendations to the
Board for consideration at the regular Board
meetings
These meeting are open to the public except Incamera meetings which deal with items pertaining
Land dealings and personnel issues which by law
are in-camera meetings
We encourage you to come out to these meeting
the first Monday of the month.
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STANDING BOARD COMMITTEES:
 Operations
 Education
 Finance
 Personnel
 Communications/ Community Relations &
Governance/Administration
 Social Responsibility
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Agenda and all reports of the public
meeting are available on Board Office in
Fort St.John District Friday a.m. of the
week before Board Meeting
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Trustee Liaison
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To act as a liaison between the Board of
Education and the committee
To report the Board on individual functions
and activities of these committee
To be more familiar with the programs,
services, staff, parents and community
members of each district and provincial
programs
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DISTRICT & LIASON COMMITTEES:
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CITY OF FORT ST. JOHN
DISTRICT OF TAYLOR
DISTRICT OF HUDSONS HOPE
UNBC
NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE
COMMUNITY HEALTH
SUPERINTENDENT/PAC PRESIDENT
District Parent Advisory Council
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PROVINCIAL COMMITTEES:
 B.C. School Trustees’ Association
 B.C. Public School Employers’ Association
 BCSTA Provincial Council
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Always another thought
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Website Information
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Peace River North School District www.prn.bc.ca
Ministry of Education: www.gov.bc.ca/bced
BCSTA: www.bcsta.org
BCPSEA: www.bcpsea.org
BCCPAC: www.bccpac.bc.ca
BCTF: www.bctf.ca
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Credits
Diana Mumford Trustee from Burnaby
BCSTA
Jim London/Historical Book on School
Districts
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Trustee Elections
September 30 Nomination period
begins at 9:00 am
October 10 Nomination period ends
4:00pm ,declaration of Candidates
October 14 Deadline for challenge for
nominations 4:00pm
October 17 last day to withdraw from
election
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Trustee Elections
Election or acclamation announcement
November 5 Mandatory advance voting
day
November 15 General Voting day for
local elections
Run for Trustee
and/or remember to Vote
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Thank you for Caring about
our Public Education
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