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Bishop Pinkham Junior High – Get Excited – Get Involved! Reports | Meeting Dates | Minutes | News Next Meeting - The next school council meeting is on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7 PM in the school library. Everyone is welcome! SCHOOL COUNCIL POSITIONS 2009-2010 Co-Chairs - P. Magdich and K. Cameron REPORTS Principal's Reports: September, October, November, January, February Mark your calendar with future dates. Meetings start at 7 PM and are held in the school library Wednesday, October 28, 2009 CAPSC Meeting Wed. Jan. 27, 2010 at Western Canada High School CAPSC invited the Minister of Education, Dave Hancock and local MLA’s as guest speakers for this meeting.
Mr. Hancock’s speech was typically for government very general, not providing many details/specifics. He spoke
about how much his government values education and indicated that in the upcoming budget being released on Feb. 9
that these cuts will not be as large as people think and that they will not affect staffing or class sizes.
He said his government would like to improve on 3 areas: Other details he did speak about were that Alberta loses 25% of its teachers within their first 5 years of teaching and that Alberta Education spends 6 billion dollars per year. Also his department is continually receiving input from the following 3 initiatives and parents are encouraged to provide feedback/build the framework for areas like the arts curriculum changes: Setting the Direction -
Email: setting.direction@gov.ab.ca Mr. Hancock can be contacted at: Dave.hancock@gov.ab.ca 310-0000 then 780-427-7219 Parents then submitted questions to Mr. Hancock: 1. changing the weighting of math/science diploma exams from 50% to 20-30%
The Minister replied that Alberta Education looks at everything and asks does it add value. AE found very
little difference between the results of part A (written response) to part B (machine scored) hence the written
response part was removed. The meeting concluded with a discussion and question/answer session with local MLA’s. BP’s MLA, Alison Redford was not in attendance. Parents may contact her at: Ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca or phone 310-0000 then 780-427-2339 |
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