DPAC Representative Report and Public Education Advocacy Update
Please note that materials posted on this page are FYI only and not intended to state positions for the Hudson PAC or its Executive.
Vancouver School Board 2017-2018 budget process:
The VSB official trustee approved the proposed budget for 2017-2018 on April 26. The relevant board meeting minutes will be posted shortly with the final approved budget, which includes cuts to services and programs to meet a $2.1 million shortfall, at http://www.vsb.bc.ca/2017-2018-budget-updates. The report on the survey the VSB conducted as their public input process can now be found on that page; the VSB refrained from reporting on the responses to the three questions asking the public to prioritize areas of spending as these questions were widely criticized by DPAC, parent advocacy groups and individuals.
Public Education Advocacy
Links to recordings of recent public events focused on public education (DPAC all-party forum with MLA candidates, SFU’s panel of education critics in conversation with a former BC education minister, etc.) will be posted on the Hudson PAC advocacy page as the event organizers make them available.
Non-partisan background on education issues can be found at http://www.panvancouver.ca (the Parent Advocacy Network) and https://www.youtube.com/user/educmatters (SFU’s Faculty of Education’s television program about education issues).
If you have questions about any of the above, please contact Hudson’s representative to DPAC, Alan Patola Moosmann, 778-998-8596, apatola@telus.net.
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