Budget Challenge 2010

North Van School District announced a series of finance and facilities public consultation meetings to try and address the ongoing budget challenges faced by the school district. The aim of the meetings is to arrive at an understanding of what the "core" education requirements are for students, how the district expands on that in its current programs and what is needed to maintain quality of education.


This discussion is important because it moves the budget discussion from an annual discussion of cuts and facilities to a discussion about what sort of education we want for our children in North Vancouver and how we can re-organize the district and build programs to deliver high quality education. 


If you are interested in contributing and have ideas about how we can maintain the quality of education for all students across North Vancouver then these would be good set of meetings to attend. I will be there.

7 p.m. October 20, 2009: Highlands Elementary, 3150 Colwood Drive
Distinguishing mandatory and optional services and prioritizing for Instructional Practice, Program Diversity, Community Connections, Facilities and Information and Communication Technology.

7 p.m. November 18, 2009: Sutherland Secondary, 1860 Sutherland Avenue
The World Café: “how do we define student achievement and how much program diversity can we afford?”

7 p.m. December 1, 2009: Leo Marshall Curriculum Center, 810 West 21^st Street
Reviewing the service delivery options and arriving at recommendations.