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SUBJECT:                            Community Communication

EFFECTIVE:                         August 19, 2013

PURPOSE:                           The District Education Council will ensure that continuous, active and meaningful communication with the community is established, nurtured and monitored.

REGULATION:

• Communications must be established in an atmosphere of mutual trust that is open, respectful and invitational.

• Exchange and dialogue must be conducted in an honest, timely, fair and “jargon-free” manner.

• Stakeholders must be identified and must include students, staff, families, community groups, other councils, business, labor, “partners in education” and government.

• The primary focus of community communication must be upon improving the quality of services to students.

• Community communication must be broadly based with an objective of generating mutual understanding and support.

• Creative, innovative and proactive thinking and exploration must be encouraged.

SUBJECT:                            Student Resources

EFFECTIVE:             March 4, 2002

REVISED:                 August 23, 2005; August 19, 2013

PURPOSE:                           To ensure that students have access to the necessary curriculum resources at no cost.

REGULATION:

1. Required curriculum materials must be provided to students free of charge.

2. Students must not be engaged in any form of fundraising to support the purchase of regular curriculum materials.

3. This regulation does not preclude the use of instructional support materials which augment, supplement, or enrich the curriculum, and which are acquired at no cost  to the pupils or their parents.

SUBJECT:                Advertising and Distribution of Advertising Material

EFFECTIVE:             March 4, 2002

REVISED:                 August 19, 2013

PURPOSE:                           To prevent the exploitation or use of pupils and schools for purely commercial purposes or gain.

REGULATION:

Principals must ensure that businesses, individuals, corporations, or similar organizations are not permitted to use or exploit pupils, the school, the school premises, or the school name to promote, advertise, or sell goods and services for profit or gain.  Principals must refer questionable cases to the Senior Education Officer for advice and/or action.

SUBJECT:                            Fundraising by Schools

EFFECTIVE:                         April 26, 2005

REVISED:                             August 23, 2005; August 19, 2013

PURPOSE:                           To monitor fundraising.

REGULATION:

1. Fundraising by pupils, teachers, or students is permitted only to support co- and extra-curricular activities and is restricted to that purpose.

2. Students from kindergarten to grade five inclusive are not permitted to be involved in any door-to-door solicitation sales on behalf of the school.

3. All schools are encouraged to seek alternatives to door-to-door solicitation and sales as a means to raise funds for co- and extra-curricular activities.

4. K-8 schools can only be involved in one major fundraiser per each school year.  High schools may consider a second major fundraiser, if necessary.  In September, each principal must submit a plan of fundraising activities for the year to the Senior Education Officer for approval.  The plan must include details of use of instructional time.

5. Fundraising in support of charities is at the discretion of the principal, subject to approval by the Senior Education Officer.