List of BCSTA Board Candidates announced
The names of candidates standing for BCSTA President, Vice-President and four directors have been announced. They are…
For President (one to be elected)
- Connie Denesiuk, SD67 (Okanagan Skaha)
For Vice-President (one to be elected)*
- Michael McEvoy, SD61 (Greater Victoria)
- Teresa Rezansoff, SD51 ( Boundary)
* Any candidates not elected for Vice-President will have the option of being added to the list of candidates for Director.
For Director (4 to be elected)*
- Melissa Hyndes, SD42 (Coquitlam)
- George Maclagan, SD72 (Campbell River)
- Diana Mumford, SD41 (Burnaby)
- Raymond Raj, SD82 (Coast Mountains)
- Roxanne Ricard, SD57 (Prince George)
- Linda Sewell, SD60 (Peace River North)
- Gordon Swan, SD58 (Nicola-Similkameen)
*Current President Penny Tees has not put her name forward for election and will therefore take the position of Past President for a one-year term, leaving four positions available for Director.
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Amendments to Local Election Processes Introduced
 Amendments to local election processes were introduced into the BC Legislature on Tuesday March 4th as part of Bill 7, the Local Government Statute Amendments Act. These changes will apply to the November elections for boards of education.
Amendments include changes to nominations, campaign financing disclosure and voting opportunities. More information will be provided soon in a forthcoming BCSTA From the Legislature.
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2008 AGM Motions now available online
 The motions that will be brought forward on Friday, April 4 at the 2008 Annual General Meeting are now available online. These include both Extraordinary and Substantive motions. Late motions that deal with issues of an emerging nature can be brought forward for consideration to the Legislative Committee at the AGM.
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Supreme Court rules on Special Education Case
 Last Friday, the BC Supreme Court gave judgment in the case BC (Ministry of Education) v. Moore, dealing with the education of a North Vancouver student with dyslexia in the early 1990s. The Supreme Court decision overturned the decision of the Human Rights Tribunal that held that the Ministry of Education and the North Vancouver Board of Education had discriminated against the student by not providing appropriate services. The Tribunal had ordered the Ministry of Education to change funding and accountability structures for special education and had awarded damages including private school tuition. Further analysis will be forthcoming from BCSTA Legal Services.
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