NVPAC Update

A few quick updates from NVPAC.

1. NVPAC March 25th meeting Cancelled

After consultation and feedback from our members we have decided to cancel the March 25th NVPAC meeting. We realize this creates a challenge in getting parent input for the Policy 610 Working group meetings and in keeping you all informed on other issues and are hoping parents will use our blog and email to share perspectives on these issues during this very busy time.

2. Next Meeting

Our next NVPAC meeting will be our AGM on April 22nd at LMCC. These meetings are for all parents and I hope to see as many people as we can there. If parents are interested in a role within NVPAC we will be taking nominations and electing for next years positions at that meeting.

3. Parent Survey 

To help us gather parent input for the working groups we will be asking PACs to forward parents two surveys we will be conducting next week in order to understand the experience and opinions of parents on a variety of issues. Your help in getting these surveys out to parents would be greatly appreciated.

4. District Budget

The school district is expecting to hear from the Ministry about its 2010/2011 funding on March 15th. We will try to communicate any information we have on this via the blog ASAP so we can all understand the budget issues for next year. 

5. Blogging

Its sort of redundant to say it here but we are posting our feedback on the Policy 610 working groups and other NV School District info to our blog  blog.northvanpac.org , the blog welcomes comments. 

6. Gaming Grants Restored

Lastly, one helpful funding announcement from Victoria this week is that while they will no longer be funding playgrounds from lottery revenues they have restored the PAC gaming grants to $20 per student for next year. 

Thanks for your ongoing support