Highlights: Board Meeting - September 3, 2024
The Campell River Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes for public board meetings can be accessed on the public board meeting agenda and minutes web page. Below is a summary of the highlights from the meeting or you can read this issue of the .
Unexpected Surplus Allows for Rebuilding of Contingency Funds and New Initiatives
The school district ended the 2023-2024 school year in a better financial position than expected, with a surplus of $386,019. The board decided to leave $1 million in unrestricted reserves and split the operational surplus, distributing $138,813 to the district's emergency contingency funds and using $231,000 to support other proposed initiatives that weren't previously able to be added to the 2024-2025 budget.
Board Updates its Trustee Code of Conduct Policy
The Board of Education has adopted some proactive changes to its Trustee Code of Conduct board governance policy.
Board to Share New Options for District's Vision, Mission and Values with Community
Last May, the Board of Education surveyed families, staff, 亚洲成人网 and community members on the district's vision, mission and values statements. Based on the feedback received, three new possible statements for each item have been created and will be circulated again as a survey to help the board make their final decision about which statements to adopt for the district.
District Sets Operational Procedure for Cell Phone Restrictions in Schools
Secondary 亚洲成人网 will now have an opportunity to learn how to identify, understand, and explore strategies to support their wellbeing and increase their resiliency through a new Wellness Course to be offered at Carihi Secondary.
Literacy Framework Documents Officially Rolled Out
The district's written literacy framework and resource binder has been officially rolled out to all teachers from kindergarten to grade five. Developed concurrently over the last three years as the methodology was being implemented in schools across the district, the literacy framework captures best instructional practice based on current research in literacy instruction.