Recommended motion (recommended by the Committee): TTB accept the recommendations of the Student Registration and Transfer Ad Hoc Committee.
Proposed new enrolment protocol for a school: 1. re-enrolling student 2. catchment sibling 3. new catchment child 4. non catchment sibling 5. non catchment child 6. non school district child . / One parent speaker: Changing schools can lead to psychosis.
The Record Off The Record
The Record Off The Record is my personal record of and commentary on SD61 Board and Standing Committee meetings. Official, approved minutes are on the SD61 website, one month after the meeting.
The Record Off The Record is my personal record of and commentary on SD61 Board and Standing Committee meetings. Official, approved minutes are on the SD61 website, one month after the meeting.
SD61 Greater Victoria School District includes students in Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Victoria, View Royal, parts of Saanich and the Highlands, and the Traditional Territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
Sticky post: Motions and Trustee Voting Records January 2012 – October 2016 (December 2016-June 2017 motions updated over summer 2017). Motions may be shortened but retain essential information.
Trustees are assigned as voting members by the Chair to one of thetwo standing committees, Education Policy and Directions, and Operations Policy and Planning.Agenda setting is the prerogative of the Committee Chair, with input from senior administration. Recent Change to Standing Committee vote: October 17/16, Whiteaker: That the Board amend Bylaw 9130 Standing Committees to remove the words “with voting rights” from Item #4 and Item #5. / Carried. Unanimous. This had the effect of allowing only members of the Standing Committee to vote on motions, though other Trustees, if they attend, can participate in the debate. The Chair of the Board ex officio member both Committees, with voting rights. Quorum is a majority of Trustee members on the committee.
Standing committees are the best opportunity for stakeholders, public, and partner groups to make their views known to Trustees. Standing Committee structure operates on less formal Rules of Order than does the Board, ie. no need for a seconder for a motion, and a Trustee can speak more than once to a motion; members of the public, presenters and Trustees can ask questions of each other and engage in dialogue.The question can’t be called in a standing committee, meaning debate can extend for some time. The most extensive debate on motions takes place at the standing committees.
Note: The BC School Act allows Trustees to be absent with no reason for nearly 3 months – have to show up for that last meeting in the 3d month or disqualified. Anyone else have absence leeway like that?
52 (2) If a trustee is continuously absent from board meetings for a period of 3 consecutive months, unless the absence is because of illness or with the leave of the board, the office of the member is deemed to be vacant and the person who held the office is disqualified from holding office as a trustee until the next general school election.
BOARD-ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO EXTERNAL MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS 2017
British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA)
Paynter
British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA)
Whiteaker
BOARD STANDING COMMITTEES 2017 (Loring-Kuhanga member of both, ex officio: vote but not counted for quorum) Operations P&P: Chair Watters, McNally, Leonard, Paynter Ed Policy&Dev: Chair Whiteaker, Ferris, Nohr, Orcherton Policy SubCommittee: (members vary ; 3 month terms)Mar/17–May/17 Ferris&Orcherton [will be reconstituted in September 2017]
INTERNAL COMMITTEES 2017
Aboriginal Nations Education Council
McNally
District Facilities Planning Committee
Ferris
Gender Sexuality Alliance
Watters
Equity Ad Hoc Committee
Paynter & Watters
French Immersion Advisory
Ferris
Needs Budget Advisory Committee
Orcherton, Leonard, Nohr
Public Engagement Ad Hoc Committee
McNally & Orcherton
Student Registration & Transfer Committee
Ferris & Nohr
Middle School Review Committee
Whiteaker & Leonard
SECONDARY SCHOOL CATCHMENT AREA GROUPS LIAISON 2017
Spectrum
Ferris& Leonard
Mount Doug
Paynter
Oak Bay
Loring-Kuhanga
Reynolds
Nohr&Orcherton
Vic High
McNally
Lambrick
Whiteaker
Esquimalt
Watters
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS 2017
Allied Specialists Association
Orcherton
CUPE 382
Watters
CUPE 947
Paynter
Exempt Staff
Ferris (Alternate –Whiteaker)
GVTA
Nohr (Alternate –Leonard)
Principals & VP
Loring-Kuhanga (Alternate –McNally)
EXTERNAL TRUSTEE LIAISONS – COMMUNITY 2017
Saanich Arts, Culture & Heritage
McNally
Saanich Parks, Trails & Rec
Whiteaker
Healthy Saanich Advisory Committee
Orcherton
Victoria Family Court & Youth Justice Committee
Watters
Ad Hoc Committees of the Board and their terms of reference are listed on the SD61 website.
Meeting schedule here. Next meeting June 12 Operations Policy and Planning. Meeting agendas posted on SD61 website Friday before the meeting. Board meetings audio and video recorded; Standing Committees not.
There are four BAA courses coming forward in motions tonight. The School Act says we can develop these courses, but just because we can, should we perpetuate competition among schools? One of the courses is privately funded by a benefactor. This is not how I see public education being funded. There are no big infrastructure costs associated with any one of these courses coming forward, unlike for example, an automotive shop, which would be costly to replicate at every high school. If these courses are good enough for one school, they’re good enough for all schools. For these reasons, I will not support this motion or the three that follow.
Lined Paper (The Record Off The Record) is my personal record of and commentary on SD61 Board and Standing Committee meetings. Official, approved minutes are on the SD61 website, one month after the meeting.
Standing Committees operate on less formal Rules of Order than does the Board, ie. no need for a seconder for a motion, and a Trustee can speak as many times as the Chair allows; members of the public and presenters can ask questions of each other and engage in dialogue.The question can’t be called in a standing committee, meaning debate can extend for some time. After a motion to restrict voting in Standing Committees to only assigned members of the committee (sensible as if all Trustees are present and vote, it’s an improperly constituted Board meeting),. If Trustees choose not to attend the committee if they don’t have a vote, it’s very possible to miss vital information.
Trustee salaries (aka “stipend): $20,486/year effective Dec 1/14. Chair and vice-chair receive an extra $3,000 and $1,500, respectively.
The Record Off The Record is my personal record of and commentary on SD61 Board and Standing Committee meetings. Official, approved minutes are on the SD61 website, one month after the meeting.
