SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.
78 (FRASER-CASCADE)
BYLAW NO: 26 DATE: 97-07-08 REVISED: 2003-04-22
SUBJECT: SCHOOL
CALENDAR
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Preamble
The School Calendar
Regulation requires that notification be provided before the School
Board can take certain actions respecting school calendars. These actions are:
(a) to
make available a local calendar for a school in its district which varies from
the provisions of the standard school calendar (Section 6);
(b) to
amend a school calendar (Section 6.1); and
(c) to
refrain from scheduling one or more non-instructional periods that the Minister
of Education has ordered to be scheduled and used for a specific purpose
(Section 10).
The procedures for obtaining
approvals are required to be contained in a School Board bylaw.
The Board of School
Trustees for School District No. 78 (Fraser-Cascade) therefore enacts the
following procedures for obtaining required approval of school calendar
proposals:
Definitions
1. (a) In
this bylaw,
"Act” means
the School Act.
"Regulation”
means the School
Calendar Regulation.
"Representative"
means the person or persons chosen by those employees of a school who are not
represented by a union to represent them for purposes of this bylaw.
"School calendar
proposal" means a proposal of the school board to make available a local
school calendar which departs from the standard school calendar established by
the Regulation, or to amend a school calendar after it has been made
available as required by the Act and Regulation, or to refrain
from scheduling one or more non-instructional periods that the Minister of
Education has ordered to be scheduled and used for a specific purpose.
(b) Words and expressions used in this bylaw
have the same meanings as are assigned to them in the Act and Regulation.
2. A proposal for a local school calendar
for a school, or for an amendment to a school calendar, shall comply with the
requirements of the Act, Regulation and any applicable ministerial
orders.
Notice
3. (a) If
the Board intends to adopt a local school calendar proposal, the Board
shall, provide to the parents or
guardians of students enrolled in the school, to employees of the Board
assigned to the school, and to the employees' unions and other representatives,
at least one month written notice of the public meeting date at which the board
will discuss and vote on a motion to adopt a local school calendar proposal.
The Board will enable this process by passing all school calendar proposals
through three readings of the Board as per its policy development and input
procedures.
(b)
Notice to parents or guardians shall be given by distribution of notices
to students at school and by notice to the Parent Advisory Council, if
any.
(c) Notice
to employees may be given by a posting on the staff bulletin board within the
school, or by distribution of notices through the internal school mail. Notice will also be given in writing to the
President of each representative union.
(d) The representative of Principals/Vice-Principals and any other
employees not represented by a union assigned to the school shall be the
District Principals' & Vice-Principals' Association, unless an
administrative officer or other employee notifies the Secretary-Treasurer of a
different choice of representative, no later than seven (7) days after
distribution of the proposal notice.
(e) Failure to provide notice to any individual employee or parent or guardian, unless bad faith is shown, shall not invalidate any action taken on a school calendar proposal.
School Board Approval
6. (a) A school calendar proposal which has been
approved by the School Board in accordance with the provisions of this bylaw,
shall govern school operation in accordance with its term.
Distribution
7. (a) Following approval, a local school calendar, or
a school calendar which does not schedule one or more of the non-instructional
periods designated by the Minister, shall be made available to parents or
guardians of students in the school on or before May 31, as required by the Act.
(b) Following approval of an amendment to a school
calendar, the Board shall give written notice of the amendments to the school
calendar and the date on which they are to take effect to:
i) the parents or guardians of
the students enrolled in the school, and
ii) the employees of the Board assigned to that school and to their unions and other representatives.