The Next PAC Meeting will be Thursday, 20th May, 2010 at 7 pm in the library. Annual General Meeting  with PAC Executive Elections.

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

Friday May 28th morning for the last round of vaccinations. Please contact Cathy Fountas at 250-479-7003  or romspacpresident@gmail.com if you are able to help.

 

DISTRICT BUDGET

No. 63, Saanich.  2010/2011 Operating Budget:


The monetary situation is in CRITICAL CONDITION in our school district.  Our children will be faced with more cut backs in their classrooms and schools in the upcoming school year and the next three years at least.  Remember there are still more shortfalls and cuts projected for the next few years! ROMS will LOOK like, SOUND like and FEEL like LESS of everything our kids want and need in their school. 

2010/2011 BUDGET

- Spring Break will only be ONE WEEK long.
- Cuts to Aministration and Overhead Areas  $2,013, 574.00
So the Board has again limited the amount of cuts in the classroom and has made the cuts at the admin level instead, BUT next year there is little money left at the administrative level to cut.  

• *Future shortfalls resulting from the chronic underfunding via the Per Pupil Funding Formula used by the government will only be felt in the classrooms in the next few years!
  
  
• *As proud parents of the Saanich school district, do we want the children at the elementary level now NOT to have the same quality of education when they reach secondary school as current secondary students.
  
  
• *Possibly in the future do you want supersized districts - merging Victoria, Saanich and Sooke into one to save administrative costs even though their administrative portion of the budget is only 10% or so.  Staff and Instructional time makes up 85% of Saanich's budget. 
  
   
• *Possibly in the future do you want staff from all three districts merged into one district and only allow BCTF's seniority procedures to dictate who works where.  How will any younger staff bring in new ideas and passion to our schools. 
  
   
• *Possibly in the future do you want supersized schools with elementary students bused to non-neighbourhood schools.
  
  
• *These are hypothetical right now, but are all possibilities.

Send your responses to

SD 63 board    

• email:  board_trustees@sd63.bc.ca
  phone:  (250) 652-7326 
  
   

Minister of Education

• 
  

  HONOURABLE MARGARET MACDIARMID
  PO BOX 9045 STN PROV GOVT
  VICTORIA BC  V8W 9E2

  Telephone: 250 387-1977
  Fax: 250 387-3200
  E-mail: minister.educ@gov.bc.ca

2.  Talk to other parents and contact your MLA, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and even the Premier Gordon Campbell.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR INACTION. 

IF YOU ARE COMPLACENT THEN YOU ARE ALSO COMPLICIT
IN THE DEATH OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY A THOUSAND CUTS.

ACT NOW BEFORE OUR KIDS AND THEIR SCHOOLS LOSE SO MUCH GROUND
THAT THEY WILL NEVER RECOVER.

2010/2011 SD 63 BUDGET CUT DETAILS:

CUT: $2,013,574 Reduce Administration and Overhead Areas                                                     

CUT: $26,293      Reduce Outreach & Homebound Teacher (from 0.70 to 0.40 FTE)                             

CUT: $43,822      Reduce Elementary Counselling (from 1.30 to 0.80 FTE)                 

CUT: $52,880      Reduce Education Assistant Time 
                                       (from 105.43 to 103.43 FTE or 3,690 to 3,620 hours per week)       

CUT: $61,350      Reduce Learning Assistance .10 per school (from 15.30 to 14.60 FTE)       

CUT: $100,000    Eliminate Optional Field Trip and Musical Instrument Support               

CUT: $203,806    Reduced by10% Supplies and Services-In schools                                                  

CUT: $35,176      Reduced by 10% Supplies and Services-district office                                     

CUT: $41,050      Reduced by 10% Supplies and Services-International                     

CUT: $63,558      Reduce School Clerical Time (from 25.06 to 23.08 FTE)      

CUT: $61,354      Reduce Career Program Supplies by 32%                                             

CUT: $87,237      Reduce School Administration Time  by 3%  (from 25.33 to 24.63 FTE)     

CUT: $394,407    Reduce Middle and Secondary Non-Enrolling Teachers  (from 45.518 to
                           41.018 FTE)        

CUT: $188,614    Reduce Secondary Enrolling - reduce by 2.152 FTE                                           

CUT: $78,879      Reduce District Support Teachers for Literacy & Numeracy (from 1.70 to  
                            0.80 FTE)

Contingency     ($36,350)

TOTAL CUTS       $3,415,649

 Dates to remember:

Tuesday, May 18 through Thursday, May 20 -- Class Placement Interviews

Thursday, May 20 -- PAC Meeting at 7 PM in the school library.  It will be the last one for this school year

Friday, May 21 -- Parent Appreciation from 7:30 to 9:00 AM -- Coffee and Muffins

Monday, May 24 -- Victoria Day

Friday, May 28 -- Gr 6 Immunizations

Tuesday, June 1 -- Early Closure (12:40 PM)

Tuesday, June 29 -- Report Card # 3 -- last day of class

Wednesday, June 30 -- Aministration Day -- NO students

Tuesday, September 7 -- First day back to school

Please refer to the School Newsletters for updated information.