RES Council Meeting
January 19, 2016
In Attendance from Council
Jen Smith
Rachael Miller
Nancy Rose
Elaine Ross
Jamie Jensen
Carmen Lowry
Christal Bevans
Marlin Hogg
Opening Remarks: Rachael Miller
Time turned over to Our School Board
Member Ron Fromm
Discussion on proposed
2016/2017 Calendar
-When doing the Calendar there are one
or two choices each year that need to be worked around depending on when
Christmas and Labour Day falls
-Sometimes difficult to set - there are things
to factor in like when Christmas is on a Sunday or when labor day is
- *Full day Fridays floated around, made
the video to explain
- survey sent out and 1000 responded, 230
teachers and 770 community input - lots of feedback
- a large majority from Raymond {Good
Job}
- You have been heard we have taken all
into account
- Is this a done deal? No, though the
original calendar has been scraped
- Came up with a new calendar
- principals got together to come up
with a new calendar and came up with one that was really close to the boards
revised calendar
- Calendar is in negotiation -found no value in extended Fridays
- Start day as well as Christmas
holidays still in the works - there was a three way split on surveys as to when
to start
- the Board’s and Principals’ calendars
together were used as a guideline to come to a decision as to what is best
- the revised calendar will be presented
Monday morning the 25th to principals first and then to school councils at 10am
and then made public thereafter
- No full Fridays but teachers will have
more to do on Fridays
- PD/PLC days will continue to be
valuable for our teachers
- Question asked about a unified lunch
hour in Raymond - the BOARD DOES NOT
set lunch hours
- Question asked if Teachers will have time
on Fridays to coach? volunteer? as part of their schedules -
Answer: Yes it will all be worked out
Next Topic "Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning
environments that respect diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and
Gender Expressions" Rules
- LEGISTRATION is set.
- Passed last week.
Reviewed best practices and points in
document:
- to support individual needs
- respect to self identification
- dress code elimination, uniforms, etc
{no effect on our division}
- gender segregated sports will be affected
-if you have concerns, write your MLA!
- participation in activities
confidential from parents
- safe washrooms and change rooms
- inclusive bathrooms
-some good things
-some scary things
{Division to have policies in place by March
31st according to government}
-Bathroom sign removals and redesigns
will be forthcoming (parents will know before this happens)
-BUT our Teachers are the best and will
do everything to protect our children
-Bill 10 was already passed last Wednesday
-must follow rules or face consequences
*Catholics are our hope that they are
going to fight this – we’ll watch them and together will be stronger
-If we don't comply they will close
schools and cut funding
-We have constitutional rights too *we must fight* talk to our reps *MLA
Grant Hunter
Other news:
- Question asked about international
field trips: ISIS has threatened
tourists, and Canadians are listed as one of the targets so there will be no
international trips in the division
RES Council Briefs
- discussion on Teacher Appreciation
treats and supervision
- Carmen Lowry:
- Overview of funds:1578.06, then we
made about $906 from Baskets {minus $14 for posters}
Making $2484.06, then AR payout for
school reading program in the amount of 678.22 leaving roughly $1805.84
-Council
will vote at next meeting on how to allocate the funds and where
Ideas such as: a buddy bench, indoor
field trips, tether balls, etc
-Discussion on writing a Grant {with
school} for Lockdown Kits for each class
- Voted
Unanimously in favor
Rachael Miller/ Jen Smith/ Carmen Lowry/Nancy
Rose/ Loretta Cahoon
Christal Bevans
-Feb 29th – assembly unveiling of new
book for ONE BOOK ONE SCHOOL
ADJOURNED - Next Meeting is Feb 10th @
9am
