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Consider After school recreational activities for students

Consider Music programs for all schools

Consider additional strategies for staff recruitment and retention generally.

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Communications to families from schools

Community partnerships for improvement to schools. Communities are very responsive.

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How can we better engage with Indigenous parents? Continue to focus on reconciliation.

Parent advocacy

Create space at PAC to discuss broad education topics

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1.) Increase communication to parents/students on why we are doing things i.e. split classes
2.) Not as many activities for kids - Using our spaces for opportunities to connect to families - extracurricular
3.) Recycling and compost facilities - is it a cost issue? At MPE a custodian spearheaded and it was funded by PAC - Not the same district wide - Can be done through policy
4.) District looking for grant writers to advocate for extra services

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1.) Running late bus for after school programming - Community Link funds

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1. Gardening programs in schools - mediated outdoor environments
2. Community partnerships - Pemberton Building Project
3. School Staffs keeping in-person learning happening through the pandemic

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1. Resume recycling and composting programs
2. Increase variety of additional programs - ie. music
3. Support for school staff - PD, Benefits, wellness
4. Extra learning opportunities - summer school/camp

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Music - beyond instruments - incorporate technology and production

Opportunities for students to pursue the arts

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Hiring of new staff and quality staff

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Attend Indigenous PAC to know more about Indigenous ways of learning

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More Indigenous Parent - PAC or Committee

Create and maintain connection to parents especially during covid -

Recycling and composting

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Squamish Nation and Community Partners at St’a7mus School

Helping Hands and Foodbank Support for Students

HSS Squamish Can Farm

PACs!!! For everything that they do

Relationships with Indigenous communities

Work Experience

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Supports for parents to access technology and student work

Outdoor learning spaces (outdoor classrooms)

Partnerships with other groups to create and learn how to use

Accessible spaces (furniture / lighting /  etc.)

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Ensure the district provide ways to get involve and receive input from a greater diversity of families, not only represented through PAC

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1. Strong effort required to re-engage meaningful events and opportunities - post COVID
2. Increase opportunities for Indigenous community members, volunteers and other community members to get back in schools
3. Strengthen partnerships with parents through better communication about programming that supports all students - ie - anti-bullying

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1. PAC/DPAC is super supportive and take on large projects - fundraising, scheduling, etc.
2. Volunteers and community members in the schools

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Access to laptops and iPads

Teaching staff how to use technology and online platforms

License for software / learning apps

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Strong partnership with Indigenous communities

Partnership between schools

PAC is very involved in providing support to students

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1 MyEd language barrier. Variable uptake/success with accessing files on the MyEd parent portal. Learning curve requiring more learning support.
2 Too many emails being sent to parents. Being ignored
3 Keep emails/all communication brief
4 Maximize messaging - getting more info in fewer emails.
5 Increase hiring and retention EA's, bus drivers, toc's
6 Lack of music teachers. Look at creative ways of sharing those teaches across district. Community partnership. Supporting access to instruments. Should it be a district supported program. Important for health and wellness.
7 Encourage use of outdoor classrooms/learning spaces. Encourage increased outrdoor/nature focus in learning. Hire outdoor educator.

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1 Human resources support of wellness initiatives. Timely and well put together.
2 Covid response, leadership support. efforts to keep facilities, staff and students safe.
3 Daytime custodians. Students showing more respect for keeping their learning environments clean and tidy.
4 Good communication through website.
5 Weekly parent newsletter.

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Devices are not always working well, and Wi-Fi is not strong enough

Shared document for school furniture inventory

Replacement of damaged/outdated books for primary students

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Social emotional supports

Assessments / diagnostic support

Space for the supports

Professional Learning - SEL and Mental Health - Trauma informed practice and spaces (including land based)

More time for Indigenous Support from Indigenous Support Workers

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1 Partner with service industries/tourisim groups to support education programs careers
2 Better facilitation of First Nations partnerships. Access to knowledge keepers.
3 Happy knowledge/joy. Weaving & group learning. Increasing positive learning. Connection with everyday life.
4 Encourage First Nations field trips. SLCC & Audain meaningful day trips. Additional funding to support these types of trips.

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1.) Sometimes students need human interaction rather than technology - Student need is best supported through teacher intervention rather than technology intervention i.e. reading struggles - more and increased support in addition to the teacher - human resource supports to supplement those with significant gaps in literacy and numeracy (enough staffing? TOCS?)
2.)Technology doesn't work for everyone - Chrome books are getting wrecked
3.)Not a lot of support for I-Pads

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1.) Teachers are doing a great job with connecting with students - literacy programs and manipulative technology, mathology
2.) Chrome books and technology - Google classrooms, meaningful and useful
3.)Doing a good job of getting resources out there to students and staff

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Language and Culture with Indigenous Support Workers
Collaborative Models of Support - Staffing and support

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Student access to technology has improved

Devices-to-teachers ratio is growing

Libraries are well-stocked, incl. with Indigenous content

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1. Continued support to maintain the level of technology we have now.
2. Communication and awareness of resources - online, physical, furniture
3. Increase flexible learning environments

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1. Access to technology and the continued support of
2. New furniture and flexible learning spaces
3. Libraries, IST, ILT, resources associated with both

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Need to take care of computer equipment

Set up and maintenance of IPads

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Technology

One to One ratio

School can have discretion on what their needs are

Equity

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Social Emotional Support for students (additional staff)

Post Secondary Counseling support (additional staff)

Tutoring options connected to the school (academic support in the school)

Students need more adults consistent ongoing connections for social emotional support and academic support

Place additional resource toward early intervention

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Indigenous Support

CLE are improving ie: focusing on post grad options, career options

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1 Community coaches and access to training
2 Access to child and youth mental health support SSCS.
3 Access to food for all students SSCS/Helping Hands
4 PAC's functions well. Invaluable resource for our schools.

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Consider improving methods and timeliness of communication regarding bus route cancellations

Transportation staffing

Walking limit concerns

Concerns about overcrowding on afternoon run to the highlands

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Safe access to outdoor spaces

Scheduling and timing of busses work well

Routes are organized efficiently

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Bussing - Attendance and Field Trips
Grounds Safety in inclement weather
Aging facilities

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Extra time for custodial
Response time for emergency repairs
Bussing communication and late bus
Creative use of space

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1 Planned replacement of aging equipment.
2 Adequate training of staff and students as the learning resources are improved/replaced/upgraded
3 Confirmation of sustainable disposal and recycling of old tech equipment.
4 Greater access/sharing of books/novels/paper resources across the district

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SOGI education could cover elementary students

Earlier assessments will support students more effectively

Better understanding student learning to provide support

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Counselors for all age groups

Excellent Indigenous support workers

SOGI education / LGBTQ support

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1. Mental Health and Social Emotional support - ie. (SLP, OT, PT, etc.) see placemat
2. Support for the whole child so they can focus or continue in their learning
3. Student success advisor for literacy and numeracy - elementary

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1 technology component working well. Student able to access the technology
2 projector equipement and placement improved. effective use of COWS.
3 Good access chromebooks and ipads
4 District one to one tech ratio working and needs to continue.
5 Help desk support is working well.

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1. Food Programs
2. Variety of programming we have and the staff who run them
3. Indigenous Education - Student Success Advisor 10 -12

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1 Greater student population, more students needing support. Funding not keeping up.
2 Staff assisting students who arent funded and running out time. Nonfunded stuednts falling through the cracks.
3 Greater mental health needs and not enough time/staff to address this need.
4 Students in need of support, not attending programs even when available.

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1 EA and collaborative support teams work well & well trained and help students with a variety of needs.
2 SED Teachers additional time allotment. Better specialization, individual student support. More one on one collaborative support - social/emotional development support

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Shared jobs to address issues with hiring and retention

Buildings capacity issues

Better system to pick up and drop off

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Working with communities in remote areas

Bus pass system - implementation to complete

Well and timely communicated bus disruptions

Day time custodians - subject to funding

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1 Crowded schools and lack of storage space.
2 District communcation on how PAC funded/supported projects are maintained after completed.
3 hiring and retention of bus drivers increased spare pool.
4 Too much traffic congestion at schools

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Seismic upgrades highly disruptive to student learning (construction happened during the day)

Cant run half empty busses

Reactive maintenance for older buildings

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Initiatives working well

Snow removal is good

Understanding of staff shortage

Bus drivers are awesome

Seismic upgrades great from a safety perspective

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1. Bussing challenges - see placemat for specifics
2. Snow Removal - general management of weather events
3. More repairs in schools.

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1. Increased Custodial Services
2. Facilities in general and maintenance staff kudos
3. Reacting well to transportation challenges and continuing to be creative

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1 Busing doing well. Collaboration between transportation dept and schools appreciated.
2 Bus pass system huge step in right direction.
3 Accessibility, support of outdoor learning space/classrooms.
4 well maintained facilities.

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1 - Weather protection for outdoor times.
2-  Additional disinfecting

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1 - Additional Custodial time - a big benefit (Shiny Schools)
2 - Students getting to school

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1.) Increase Counseling/Psychologist support - 1.0 per school
2.)Having a hub for supports  (inter-agencies)- having a Foundry model/Communities that Care in Whistler
3.)Structure for Partnerships, Community with parents - Better transitions/supports as students move through the system

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1.) Mental Health and Wellness
2.) Trust level- staff competent and capable
3.) Collab support= change in student behaviour

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1.) Podcast parents - lack of diversity within stakeholder groups - small minority making decisions on behalf of a large group
2.)Structures in Squamish for community partners - need connection pieces
3.)Covid - lack of connectivity - finding ways to build connections
4.)Fundraising discrepancies between PACs and amounts offered to teachers to use in the classrooms

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1.) PAC is very supportive of teachers - a lot of support
2.) Work to tie in community partners