{"id":34269,"date":"2019-03-03T17:46:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T23:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=34269"},"modified":"2019-03-02T16:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T22:06:39","slug":"swan-valley-school-division-minutes-february-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2019\/03\/03\/swan-valley-school-division-minutes-february-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan Valley School Division Minutes &#8211; February 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/svsd.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"svsd\" width=\"299\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/svsd.gif 299w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/svsd-147x110.gif 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/svsd-228x171.gif 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><br \/>\nSwan Valley<br \/>\nSchool Division<\/p>\n<p>Executive Summary of the<br \/>\nFebruary 25, 2019<br \/>\nSpecial Board Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by:<br \/>\nTim Mendel<br \/>\nSuperintendent\/CEO<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n1. The Board discussed plans to engage local citizens in the K-12 Education Review being conducted by the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>2. The Superintendent shared a Draft Media Relations and Media Release Admin Procedure. The procedure will be circulated to all staff for feedback.<\/p>\n<p>3. The Board was informed that the Superintendent and the SVRSS Principal attended the U of M Teacher Recruitment event in Winnipeg. It was surprising how many candidates did not know where Swan Valley School Division is located.<\/p>\n<p>4. The Board decided to not move the Grade 6\u2019s from Heyes to ESRSS for next year. May look at doing this in the future.<\/p>\n<p>5. The Board will be writing the Minister of Education requesting permission to close Birch River School. Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2019\/02\/27\/svsd-board-to-request-closure-of-birch-river-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>6. The Board finalized its budget deliberations and will present the 2019-2020 School Division Budget to the Public on March 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the SVRSS Cafeteria. Please attend.<br \/>\n__________________________<\/p>\n<p>Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held in the Division Office Board Room on February 25, 2019 commencing at 7:00 p.m. (unapproved)<\/p>\n<p>The following were present:<br \/>\nChair: L. Evans<br \/>\nVice-Chair: G. Wowchuk<br \/>\nTrustees: D. Burghart<br \/>\nK. Highmoor<br \/>\nK. Riehl<br \/>\nV. Rooks<br \/>\nW. Schaffer<br \/>\nSuperintendent: T. Mendel<br \/>\nSecretary-Treasurer: B. Rausch<\/p>\n<p>Additions to Agenda<br \/>\nBy Board consensus the following addition to the Agenda was approved:<br \/>\n19.1.3 Employees\u2019 Pension Plan<\/p>\n<p>Resolutions:<br \/>\nR1 K. Riehl, V. Rooks:<br \/>\nTHAT the Minutes of the regular meeting of February 11, 2019 and the special meeting of February 21, 2019, be adopted.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n<p>R2 G. Wowchuk, V. Rooks:<br \/>\nTHAT the Staffing Report of the Superintendent\/CEO, 8.2, as presented, be ratified.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n<p>R3 D. Burghart, W. Schaffer:<br \/>\nTHAT as per the Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, 9.4, general cheques numbering 54384 to 54499, B 708 to B 725 and transfers (bank fees) and EFT\u2019s, which includes general and payroll in the amount of $1,752,993.11, for the month of January, be approved for payment.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n<p>R4 G. Wowchuk, K. Riehl:<br \/>\nTHAT as per Transportation Report, 11.1, the recommendation to purchase two school buses as outlined, be approved.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n<p>R5 W. Schaffer, V. Rooks:<br \/>\nTHAT the Board move to In-Camera.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n<p>R6 K. Highmoor, V. Rooks:<br \/>\nTHAT the Board move out of In-Camera.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n<p>R7 K. Highmoor, G. Wowchuk:<br \/>\nTHAT we do now adjourn at 10:55 p.m.<br \/>\nCARRIED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swan Valley School Division Executive Summary of the February 25, 2019 Special Board Meeting Submitted by: Tim Mendel Superintendent\/CEO 1. The Board discussed plans to engage local citizens in the K-12 Education Review being conducted by the Department of Education. 2. The Superintendent shared a Draft Media Relations and Media Release Admin Procedure. 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