Board meets at schools
Powell River Board of Education has resumed holding its public monthly meetings at schools around the district to help increase communication and transparency with School District 47 staff, parents and the community. The board’s January 21 meeting was held in the library at Edgehill Elementary School. Trustees visited classrooms and met with teachers and administrators during the afternoon and then conducted the meeting after school. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is scheduled for February 18 at Kelly Creek Community School.
Superintendent’s report
Superintendent of schools Jay Yule is currently in the process of drafting his public annual student achievement report based of the results of the Foundation Skills Assessment examinations. Highlights from his report include: reading scores for elementary students at or above the provincial average for four of the last five years and higher than average elementary writing scores. Numeracy continues to be a challenge with rates below the provincial average for the past two years. The six-year Dogwood completion rate of high school students has continued to increase for the past four consecutive years from 70.5 per cent to 80.1 per cent. Powell River First Nation education results are generally above provincial rates.
