Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the 2021-2022 Budget Process as presented.
Action: The Board voted in favour of approving the 2021-2022 Budget Process and it has been posted to the District website.
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Superintendent's report as presented.
Action: The Superintendent's Report was received as presented.
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Chair to respond to the November 28, 2020 letter received from VCPAC;
AND FURTHER
That the letter contain answers to questions that can be answered now and advise that further information will be provided when it is available.
Action: Chair Watters responded to the November 28th letter from VCPAC on December 16, 2020.
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Secretary- Treasurer's report as presented.
Action: The Secretary-Treasurer's Report was received as presented.
Approved Motion: That the motion "That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Superintendent to staff early child care / child care before and after school programs with first consideration to CUPE 947 members who apply for the positions.
AND FURTHER,
That CUPE 947 EAs immediately / as soon as possible be offered the positions at their current hourly wage before wide advertisement or SD61 staff contracting with other community provider(s)" be postponed to the March 8, 2021 Operations Policy and Planning Committee meeting.
Action: The Board voted in favour of postponing the motion and it has been placed on the March 8, 2021 Operations Policy and Planning Committee meeting agenda.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) proceed with the election process of the Board Chair, Board Vice-Chair, British Columbia Public School Employers' Association Representative and the British Columbia School Trustees' Association Provincial Councilor proceed by Trustees sending in nominations and ballots by text to the Secretary-Treasurer and the Deputy Superintendent to be tabulated and reported out.
Action: The Board voted in favour of proceeding with the elections via text messages to Secretary-Treasurer Morris and Deputy Superintendent Whitten.
Approved Motion: That the election ballots received by text message to Secretary-Treasurer Morris and Deputy Superintendent Whitten be destroyed.
Action: The election ballots received by text message by Secretary-Treasurer Morris and Deputy Superintendent Whitten were deleted.
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) write a letter to the Ministry of Education requesting that MyEd specific forms include "X" as an option for the "Gender" category
AND FURTHER
That the request of notification of gender for parents and siblings be removed.
Action: A letter was sent to the Ministry of Education on December 1, 2020 and posted on the District website.
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) write the Ministry of Education requesting the cancellation of the Foundation Skills Assessment for the 2020-2021 school year during COVID-19.
Action: A letter was sent to the Ministry of Education on December 1, 2020 and posted on the District website.
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve new Policy 6161.5, Instruction: School Gardens;
AND FURTHER
Direct the Superintendent to develop an Administrative procedure.
Action: The Board voted in favour of approving new Policy 6161.5, Instruction: School Gardens and it has been posted on the District website.
December 14, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the 2021-2022 Budget Process as presented.
Action: The Board voted in favour of approving the 2021-2022 Budget Process and it has been posted to the District website.
December 14, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Superintendent's report as presented.
Action: The Superintendent's Report was received as presented.
December 14, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Chair to respond to the November 28, 2020 letter received from VCPAC;
AND FURTHER
That the letter contain answers to questions that can be answered now and advise that further information will be provided when it is available.
Action: Chair Watters responded to the November 28th letter from VCPAC on December 16, 2020.
December 14, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Secretary- Treasurer's report as presented.
Action: The Secretary-Treasurer's Report was received as presented.
December 14, 2020
Approved Motion: That the motion "That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Superintendent to staff early child care / child care before and after school programs with first consideration to CUPE 947 members who apply for the positions.
AND FURTHER,
That CUPE 947 EAs immediately / as soon as possible be offered the positions at their current hourly wage before wide advertisement or SD61 staff contracting with other community provider(s)" be postponed to the March 8, 2021 Operations Policy and Planning Committee meeting.
Action: The Board voted in favour of postponing the motion and it has been placed on the March 8, 2021 Operations Policy and Planning Committee meeting agenda.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) proceed with the election process of the Board Chair, Board Vice-Chair, British Columbia Public School Employers' Association Representative and the British Columbia School Trustees' Association Provincial Councilor proceed by Trustees sending in nominations and ballots by text to the Secretary-Treasurer and the Deputy Superintendent to be tabulated and reported out.
Action: The Board voted in favour of proceeding with the elections via text messages to Secretary-Treasurer Morris and Deputy Superintendent Whitten.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the election ballots received by text message to Secretary-Treasurer Morris and Deputy Superintendent Whitten be destroyed.
Action: The election ballots received by text message by Secretary-Treasurer Morris and Deputy Superintendent Whitten were deleted.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) write a letter to the Ministry of Education requesting that MyEd specific forms include "X" as an option for the "Gender" category
AND FURTHER
That the request of notification of gender for parents and siblings be removed.
Action: A letter was sent to the Ministry of Education on December 1, 2020 and posted on the District website.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) write the Ministry of Education requesting the cancellation of the Foundation Skills Assessment for the 2020-2021 school year during COVID-19.
Action: A letter was sent to the Ministry of Education on December 1, 2020 and posted on the District website.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve new Policy 6161.5, Instruction: School Gardens;
AND FURTHER
Direct the Superintendent to develop an Administrative procedure.
Action: The Board voted in favour of approving new Policy 6161.5, Instruction: School Gardens and it has been posted on the District website.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) accept the September 2020 Quarterly Financial Report as presented to the Audit Committee.
Action: The Board voted in favour to accept the September 2020 Quarterly Financial Report as presented.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Superintendent's report as presented.
Action: The Superintendent's Report was received as presented.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) authorize the signing of the Local Education Agreement between the School District No. 61 and Songhees Nations as presented.
Action: The Board voted in favour of authorizing the signing of the Local Education Agreement between SD61 and the Songhees Nations.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the Craigflower School Closure public consultation plan as presented.
Action: The Board voted in favour of approving the Craigflower School Closure public consultation plan as presented.
November 23, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Secretary- Treasurer's report as presented.
Action: The Secretary-Treasurer's Report was received as presented.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) support in principle for a period of up to two years, the proposed artificial turf field project at Spectrum Community School, at no cost to the Board; AND FURTHER THAT
Staff be directed to update the Board once funding has been secured by the STAR Committee.
Action: Staff have notified the START Project Committee of this motion and that it passed and will be monitoring the progress of the project over the next two years.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) abandon Policies 5141.3, 5143, 5210, 6112.1, 6120.2, 6121, 6130.1, 6135.1, 6141.4, and 6142.01;
AND FURTHER THAT
The Board refer Policies 5141.3 and 5143 to the Superintendent for administration manual consideration.
Action: The Board voted in favour of deleting the named policies from the directory and forwarding the two mentioned to the Superintendent for administration manual consideration.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: Pursuant to Bylaw 9140, that the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) dissolve the Public Engagement Ad Hoc Committee and the Student Registration and Transfer Committee.
Action: The Board voted in favour of dissolving the two committees.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) accept the revised Advocacy Ad Hoc Committee Terms of Reference as presented.
Action: The Board voted in favour of accepting the revised Terms of Reference for the Advocacy Ad Hoc Committee and the new TOR's were posted on the District website.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Superintendent's report as presented.
Action: The Superintendent's Report was received as presented.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Secretary- Treasurer's report as presented.
Action: The Secretary-Treasurer's Report was received as presented.
October 26, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Superintendent to suspend the reporting of the Student Unusual Exclusion Report until the District moves into Stage One of the Restart Plan.
Action: The Board voted in favour of releasing the motion from the In-Camera meeting of October 26, 2020 into the public and the Student Unusual Exclusion Report has been suspended until the District moves into Stage One of the Restart Plan during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) forward all correspondence received with respect to the school police liaison officers to the appropriate committee for review and a summary to be brought to a future board meeting from the committee's work.
Action: All correspondence pertaining to school police liaison officers will be forwarded to the newly formed Ad Hoc Committee.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) accept the amended Draft Terms of Reference for the Police Liaison Officer Ad Hoc Committee.
Action: The Board voted in favour of the Terms of Reference for the Police Liaison Officer Ad Hoc Committee and they have been posted on the District website.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No.61 (Greater Victoria) adopt the draft Superintendent Evaluation Policy Option 2, as presented;
AND FURTHER
That the policy remain in draft until the first evaluation is concluded;
AND FURTHER
That the Board review the draft Superintendent Evaluation policy immediately after completing the Superintendent Evaluation process.
Action: The Board voted in favour of adopting option 2 of the draft Superintendent's Evaluation Policy and it will remain in draft until after the evaluation process has been completed and reviewed by the Board.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No.61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Superintendent to provide the Board of Education a report which sets out what actions and remediation's have been completed, and what actions and remediation's are outstanding as a result of the health and safety issues identified in the school shop audits carried out in November 2016 and Spring 2017.
Action: Not actioned
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No.61 (Greater Victoria) direct the Policy Sub-Committee to add a section to the development of the policy Role of Trustee, that addresses the Trustee Report, including timing, content and a template.
Action: The motion was forwarded to the Policy Sub-Committee to work on developing a Policy for Role of the Trustee.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the appropriation of $17,949,746 of the operating surplus as follows: 1) school level funds $2,574,311, 2) unspent project budgets $5,207,301, 3) purchase order commitments $560,082, 4) COVID-19 contingency $2,561,246, and 5) balance 2020-2021 budget $7,046,806 approved May 2020.
Action: The Board voted in favour of the appropriation of $17,949,746 from the operating surplus as outline in the motion.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the transfer of $639,270 to Local Capital in 2019-2020 for the Student Device Replacement Reserve ($339,270), the Technology Replacement Reserve ($200,000) and the Childcare Capital Reserve ($100,000).
Action: The Board voted in favour to transfer $639,270 to Local Capital as outline in the motion.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the Audited Financial Statements of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) for the year ended June 30, 2020; and that the Board Chair, the Superintendent and the Secretary-Treasurer be authorized to execute these statements, where applicable, on behalf of the Board.
Action: The Board voted in favour of approving the Audited Financial Statements for the year end June 30, 2020 and they have been submitted to the Ministry of Education.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) approve the schedules as required by the Financial Information Act for the period July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
AND FURTHER
That the approved schedules be posted to the District website.
Action: The Schedules have been submitted to the Ministry of Education and posted on the District website.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Superintendent's report as presented.
Action: The Superintendent's Report was received as presented.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) receive the Secretary- Treasurer's report as presented.
Action: The Secretary-Treasurer's Report was received as presented.
September 28, 2020
Approved Motion: That the Board of Education of School District No.61 (Greater Victoria) approve the Federal Safe Return to Class spending plan, as presented.
Action: The Board voted in favour of the Federal Safe Return to Class spending plan.
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