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Looks like our 16 DPAC Questions were elementary for @councillorwiebe; he's the 1st one to have his replies back to chair@vancouverdpac.org Thank You Michael! Other #vanpoli Mayor & Council Candidates; Deadline extended to 6am so you have more time.
6/ MEDIA ALERT TL;DR: 1⃣DPAC Mayor & Council Candidates Forum Oct 13 at 5pm. 2⃣Reply to 16 DPAC Questions to gain entry. 3⃣Candidates ask each other questions. Spread the word #vanpoli & 🙏 media. We need help to get the word out to Candidates. docs.google.com/document/d/1mO…
Dear #vanpoli, Who wants to hear from @CllrHardwick, @kennedystewart, @marissenmark, @KenSimCity about how school planning & overall amenity planning is going to happen, aligned with their housing growth plans? Retweet and @VanDPAC will create questions & invites to a Forum.
The issues that the new @VSB39 Trustees will decide affect every VSB family. These decisions will include whether MACC and other gifted ed programs continue. Please watch -- and vote! #vanpoli #bced #savemacc #VanDPAC
Join Vancouver DPAC at an All Trustee Candidate Forum this Thursday night, October 6th at 7 pm. Livestreaming on YouTube. youtu.be/Hzu1mdz8YAs
The evidence is very clear that educational acceleration for the gifted is educationally efficacious,” said David Lubinski, professor of psychology and human development” at Vanderbilt University, and study co-author news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/08/03/aca…
Most excellent motion Trustee @reddyforchange! Flows with: "The Board’s fundamental obligation is to preserve and enhance, the public trust in public education, generally, and in the affairs of its operations in particular." #vanpoli #bced
So far the only trustee who is trying to get the VSB to do the right thing and offer bus service to MACC students is @reddyforchange
Why deny school bus service to MACC students? The VSB says it’s NOT about budget – remember @janetrfraser refused to let anyone speak on this issue because it “does not relate to governance and/or budget” (twitter.com/SaveMACC2022/s…)
3 parents asked, by deadline, to speak at the June 20 VSB Delegations meeting on the issue of bus transportation for new MACC students. Their requests were denied by an unnamed person, presumably the chair @janetrfraser (thread) #vanpoli
With the policy change effective this fall, MACC will be the only special-needs program in the district for which bussing will not be offered. Staff either don't get that #giftedness is a special need, or they understand and they want to discriminate against gifted kids anyway.
.@VSB39 is failing to follow its own policy " Requests for the transportation of students with Ministry identified special needs shall be considered on the individual circumstances of the student and the collective circumstances of the bus and bus route the student rides."
According to the Ministry of Education, giftedness is a Special Needs designation for which districts are required to provide accommodation. MACC is a special-needs program, not a choice program, and being gifted is not a choice.
Parents have been given until June 24 to accept an offer of a MACC placement for their child, and many of them cannot accept it if they are not offered bussing.
Thanks @VanDPAC for your continued support for having MACC be accessible regardless of family circumstances. School transport is a huge barrier esp. for single parents and for those with inflexible work. Thread from DPAC's letter to @VSB39:
Krista, if you're elected to the Board in October, what will you do to bring staff in line with those goals?
The closure of QEA isn’t the last chapter in the flawed VSB facilities drama. It would be sad if it wasn’t so infuriating how so many processes went sideways and backwards (and back-room) over the past few years at VSB. Consultations with preconceived outcomes to name one of many
The VSB also ought to be concentrating on fixing its "product issues" so that it can increase its market share. For sure, safe and modern schools are part of the product problem but so are educational programs, special needs resources, extra-curricular activities & perception.
I did not vote for these changes and I am concerned that a public institution is enacting policy that actively creates barriers to engagement.👇🏾
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