Schedule
Monday, April 22: Easter Monday – NO SCHOOL
DPAC Events
DPAC will be hosting a public consultation session on the VSB’s Draft Budget 2019/2020. The meeting will be held on Thursday April 29th (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm) at the Vancouver Education Centre (Room 180, 1580 W Broadway).
All parents and guardians of students in the District are invited to attend.
FI Proposal Update
As of last week, the immediate move of Hudson FI has been taken off the table and a move to Lord Strathcona is also off the table. The Board heard our concerns and decided it will not move any Hudson FI spots to Strathcona.
On April 29, all they will be voting on now is whether to gradually phase out French immersion for new kindergarten intakes in 2020, or to leave Hudson French as is – keeping the status quo. The staff have recommended that if they do a phase out, all existing French Immersion kids will be able to remain in French at Hudson. The trustees may not support the recommendation and could opt to retain Hudson French. Last week at the VSB Facilities Planning meeting, the trustees on the committee considering this had deep concerns about the proposal and sent it to the School Board for a decision without endorsing the recommendation.
The Hudson PAC is aware that parents who are concerned with the proposed phasing out of Hudson’s FI program have made contingency plans at other FI schools. The deadline for the staffing applications (how many teachers Hudson gets budget for) was April 18. However, the PAC has confirmed with Mr. Cannon that the VSB knows this proposal won’t be decided until April 29, and so they will hold off on staffing decisions for Henry Hudson until May 3. Mr. Cannon assured Robert (PAC Chair) that parents can hold off deciding which school they will attend until after April 29th when the VSB Board makes their decision on the proposal. However, parents should come in right away on April 30 to let Mr. Cannon know. His final staffing numbers have to be submitted on May 3.