As part of our COVID continuity planning, we recognize public participation in Board business is important but will be different for the coming months. Board Ad Hoc and Standing Committee meetings were suspended for April and May while staff continued to work on the pandemic response, along with the processes and structures that are required for start-up in Fall. We resumed the Education Policy & Directions and the Operations Policy & Planning Committee meetings in June.
As of September 2020 we will continue to live stream Regular Open Board meetings, Education Policy & Planning Committee meetings and the Operations Policy & Planning Committee meetings.
All meetings that took place from April 2020 to August 2020 can be viewed using the following YouTube link: https://vcpac.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f9820508e54f0b84d77791ba9&id=67eed3b409&e=d26a2224fa" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRtyy8Uak0lVS-wxlwPeuXw/featured.
All meetings that will take place from September 1st 2020 onwards will be live streamed. To access the live stream please find the meeting date on the calendar https://vcpac.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f9820508e54f0b84d77791ba9&id=b9b4b0b81c&e=d26a2224fa" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">here and click on the meeting. You will see a link that says “video”. Click on this link to access our live stream. You can also view the live stream by clicking on the “Agenda (HTML)” link.
An email address will be provided at the beginning of the meeting, for the public to email questions which will then be answered by staff or the Chair, through the Chair, if an answer is readily available. Please join us remotely as we continue the business of the Greater Victoria School Board.
Please note: At this time there is no public access to our Boardroom unless you have been scheduled to present. Our meetings are live-streamed for public viewing.
Does your PAC have a Constitution and Bylaws?
If yes, please be sure to post them on your school website and PAC website, if you have one so future PAC executive are able to find them.
If not, or you are unable to locate them, here are some helpful tips and examples to help you create new ones:
Create a draft
1. Refer to the school act as it pertains to Parent Advisory Councils
Parents' advisory council
8 (1) Parents of students of school age attending a school or a Provincial school may apply to the
board or to the minister, as the case may be, to establish a parents' advisory council for
that school.
(2) On receipt of an application under subsection, the board or minister must establish a
parents' advisory council for the school or the Provincial school.
(3) There must be only one parents' advisory council for each school or Provincial school.
(4) A parents' advisory council, through its elected officers, may advise the board and the
principal and staff of the school or the Provincial school respecting any matter relating to
the school or the Provincial school.
(5) A parents' advisory council, in consultation with the principal, must make bylaws governing
its meetings and the business and conduct of its affairs, including bylaws governing
(a) the dissolution of the parents' advisory council, and
(b) [Repealed 2015-24-6.]
(c) the election of a member to represent the parents' advisory council on the
district parents' advisory council.
(6) Voting at an election referred to in subsection (5) (c) must be by secret ballot.
2. Recommended items to include in a PAC Constitution:
3. Recommended items to include in PAC Bylaws:
Check out this article and interview about emergency preparedness and supplies: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-earthquakes-schools-emergency-supplies-1.3822934
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