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Candidate
brochures to be mailed to board offices
early April
School
board election materials to be posted March 26
Before school board elections, the ASBA prepares materials to support
local board efforts to attract trustee candidates and to raise the profile
of
school board elections. The 2007 kit – which includes a brochure
titled
Become a School Trustee and a handbook outlining strategies for
promoting the 2007 election – will be mailed to school board offices
in early April. Some materials will be posted on the ASBA website on March
26 at www.asba.ab.ca
for those who want to get started earlier. The online materials will include
newsletter articles, speeches for service clubs and school councils and
a letter to the editor, which school boards can adapt for local use.
School boards are asked to create a link to the School Board Election Info site, where potential candidates can read about the role of the school trustee, the role of the school board, and the trustee code.
Candidate information sessions
Watch for details about the ASBA June candidate information sessions.
Lethbridge – June 6
Medicine Hat – June 7
Red Deer – June 12
Grande Prairie – June 13
Airdrie– June 21
Edmonton – June 20
All sessions begin at 7:00 p.m.
Board
of Directors proposes 2007- 08 budget
School boards will be asked to approve a 2007-2008 budget which
includes a one per cent increase in membership fees and an increase
in fee-for-service
rates. The budget proposed by the ASBA Board of Directors will see
the ASBA’s total annual budget increase by $286,193 (6.6 per
cent). School boards will consider and vote on the budget at the
June Spring General Meeting, June 4, 2007. The detailed budget proposal
will be available on the ASBA website on March 31, 2007.
Zone budget information sessions scheduled
Karen Holloway, Director Zone 4, will provide information about the
proposed 2007-2008 budget at the following Zone meetings:
Zone 1 – May 17
Zone 23 – April 27
Zone 4 – April 23
Zone 5 – May 18
Zone 6 – May 9
Board
of Directors finalizes 2007- 2010 strategic plan |
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• | ASBA members will accept the proposed governance model that emerges from the governance review. |
• | The ASBA will give school boards resources to help them raise public awareness of and support for the role of trustees and school boards. |
• | The ASBA will address three advocacy areas: high school completion, transportation and infrastructure. |
• | School boards will come to a shared understanding about how choice is and might be delivered in Alberta. |
• | School boards will understand their responsibilities
with regard to finances. |
Also on the strategic planning front, the second quarter report detailing progress on the 2006-2009 strategic plan is available here. | |
Dave
Johnson joins staff at Sturgeon School Division
Labour relations consultant Dave Johnson has accepted a position as Associate
Superintendent of Human Resources with Sturgeon School Division starting May
4. We will miss him and wish him all the best in this new endeavour.
Proposals
to change ASBA bylaws due March 26
The deadline to submit proposals to change the ASBA's bylaws
is March 26. Please e-mail
. The current bylaws are available
here.
What’s new @ www.asba.ab.ca? |
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Minutes from the February 8-9 Board of Directors meeting. |
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Minister's response to ASBA Directives for Action (FGM 2006). |
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