Langley District Parent Advisory Council

General Meeting

Minutes
November 17, 2016, 7.00pm

Attendance: Belmont, Blacklock, Coghlan, Dorothy Peacock, James Kennedy, Langley Fundamental, Langley Meadows, Lynn Fripps, Nicomekl,Noel Booth, Parkside, Simonds, RC Garnett, Richard Bulpitt, Topham, Uplands, West Langley, Betty Gilbert, Brookswood,DW Poppy, HD Stafford, Langley Fundamental Middle and Sec, Mountain Sec, Yorkson Creek

Guest:Claire Guy, Cst Jillian Roberts,

Executive: Christine Brightman, Teresa Blades, Ashish Kapoor, Daniel Lindenberger, Tina Patterson, Dawn Perrault, Kris Mohammed, Bernice Kristoff-Trowell

  1. Call to Order: 7:02
  2. Welcome and Introductions
  3. Adoption of:
  4. Agenda for November 17,2016 –Moved – Coghlan, Second – DW Poppy. Passed
  5. Minutes from October 20, 2016 – Moved – DW Poppy, Second – Noel Booth - Passed
  1. Special Presentation: Assistant Superintendent Claire Guy presents on Emergency Preparedness. District unified over purpose and consistency. Emergency Preparedness Committee has met 5x since February 2016. 2 year plan has been created with funding. Year 1 2016-17 K-8 are supplied, year 2 will cover grades 9-12. Grab and go bags now in schools, purchased through ST. Johns ambulance. Any leftover supplies from schools K-8 can pass along their previously purchased supplies to Grades 9-12 in the interim if they wish. Schools continue support ongoing drills and language, including the Great BC Shakeout. There is an app coming for Principals and Vice Principals, goal is for reunification. Any questions can be sent to Claire at . Powerpoint is attached.
  1. Report from Board of Education Trustee David Tod:Coffee cart program in Walnut Grove in its second year. The program supports students learning communication and work skills while teaching compassion and acceptance in the school community. Langley is getting more refugee families that have relocated here. The new curriculum is on the Langley district site, or available here: Walnut Grove enrollment numbers up.
  1. Report from Superintendent Gord Stewart. Support being sent to Abbotsford Secondary to support their teachers and support community. Access to Student Supports, including Counselling and Mental Health Support, is always available to students in Langley Schools. Recent events in Abbotsford may have left students feeling confused and upset. If your child is in need of support, a number of options are outlined on the District website ( Included on the Counselling and Mental Health support page of the website is a document entitled Guidelines for parents/guardians to support children through times of griefwhich may provide helpful tips for talking to your children about the recent tragedy in Abbotsford. If you feel your child may benefit from counselling services, please contact your school directly. Middle School Consultation has begun, with first meeting on November 23. Will likely be a 10 year plan, with future enrollment patterns and state of facilities to be considered. Design process on LSS started, more info and pictures to come next meeting. Designed to promote collaboration. Report cards will reflect new curriculum (certain subjects). No decisions out of Supreme Court decision around class size and composition. Discussions starting around entrepreneurship for younger grades. Think tank coming to develop opportunities.
  1. Special Presentation:Cst. Jillian Roberts presents on Drug Awareness. Part of the Youth at Risk team, deals with mostly 12-17 year olds with mental health issues, family issues, kids on probation. Students in grades as low as 5 have been exposed in some way to drugs (been propositioned, been around them, etc). On Tuesdays and Thursdays Langley Youth Hub is open from 4-8pm for kids ages 12-24 to get access to help, physicians, counselors, food, housing and employment support ( Fentanyl a major concern, RCMP officers have narcan available when handling it, Surrey has had as many as 11 overdoses in one night. Encouraging parents to talk to your kids about drugs, and making good choices. Any parents with questions can contact their school counselor, liaison officer, or Jillian can be contacted at if you would like her to speak to your PAC. Drug info cards attached.
  1. Old Business:
  2. BCCPAC Memberships sent in. 31 memberships sent in, 4 over last year.
  1. Feedback for Governance 101 and Treasurer 101. All feedback over the Governance and Treasurer training was well received. If you have any further feedback to share, please email it to .
  1. MOTION: To update the DPAC Constitution and TEMPLATE Constitution to reflect that Deposits should be verified by the President or Vice President, that all files should be backed up remotely, and that the Treasurer and President and/or VP sign the reconciliation record monthly. 3 votes no. MOTION PASSED. Please note that while the majority vote will change the Constitution template, it is a TEMPLATE, and therefore a guide to your own schools Constitution.
  1. New Business:
  2. Middle School Consultation (first discussion meeting is November 23 at SBO).Kerri and Tina from DPAC to go. If your school has been invited, we encourage you to go and share your feedback. There will be further meetings next year that will be open to everyone to attend and share feedback.
  1. Reports from Executives:
  2. Presidents Report –Suzanne absent, no report.
  3. Treasurer Report: Audit is complete. All signers have signed at the bank. We are still waiting on our gaming money. See further reports:

  1. Committee Reports:Ubuntu update: Last year the Ubuntu program was suspended while we reviewed it. Due to some correspondence/delivery issues, there was a deficit of $1540.40 due to the program. We have paid the owing balance July 6, 2016.
  1. Correspondence:None.
  1. Announcements and upcoming events: We have surveys on the table and hope that you will fill them out. Any further feedback and suggestions for DPAC General Meetings can be sent to . If you have a new DPAC rep, please make sure that Christine has your updated info so you are getting our emails.
  1. Adjournment: 9:04Passed.