{"id":39828,"date":"2022-04-11T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T01:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/?p=39828"},"modified":"2022-04-11T18:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T01:32:56","slug":"2022-23-budget-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/2022-23-budget-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"2022-23 Budget Consultation Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Dear parents, caregivers, staff and students,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">As a District<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">, the New Westminster Schools team is working on building our 2022-23 budget recommendation for the Board of Education to consider, and we want to hear from you on whether you think we\u2019re on the right track.<\/span><a style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-39762 size-medium\" style=\"border-color: #bbbbbb; background: #eeeeee;\" src=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-1610x2048.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Budget_Infographic-2022_FINALbleed-scaled.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The recommendations will be informed by the significant amount of consultation already done, with community and stakeholder groups, when we created our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/UNgWTmuBIiSjCrmpbI4mlQ~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRiV1RWP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXd3ZXN0c2Nob29scy5jYS9hYm91dC11cy9zdHJhdGVnaWMtcGxhbm5pbmcvVwdzY2hvb2xtQgpgddYgdmDiiKM7Uhlra2VpZ2hsZXl3aWdodEBzZDQwLmJjLmNhWAQAAAAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">5 year strategic plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">. Now that we have both set priorities and roadmaps in place, we are shifting our focus to executing on them, and ensuring the initiatives undertaken are appropriately resourced \u2026 which will enable our teams to carry out the work needed to\u00a0better support students, staff and our broader community<span style=\"color: red;\">. <\/span>This year\u2019s recommendations will also reflect and consider the needs that have surfaced as a result of the pandemic: in the survey you will see proposals that include asking the Board to consider targeted investments in staff recruitment that will help us better support schools, staff and students in important and sustainable ways. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">We invite you to take a few minutes to <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/EiPEeVptpT\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">complete this survey<\/span><\/b><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> and share your thoughts on some proposed ideas and investments for next year.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">*This survey will close on April 23rd at 5pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">What happens next? In addition to the survey, the Board of Education will also be engaging in one-on-one meetings with stakeholder groups,<span style=\"color: black;\"> to further collect input<\/span> \u2013 as represented by the New Westminster Teachers\u2019 Union and CUPE, the Principals and Vice-Principals Association, the Indigenous Advisory Committee, our District Parent Advisory Council and the Student Voice group at NWSS (who are hosting a Student Symposium in advance to help collect additional thoughts and feedback from students at other schools).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">That information, in addition to the months of preparation\u00a0done by School Board and District staff, will inform the Superintendent\u2019s recommendations to the Board of Education \u2026 for discussion, debate and later approval of the proposed 2022-23 school year budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Please join us Tuesday, May 10th, at 6:30 pm at the Operations, Policy &amp; Planning meeting to see how the Superintendent\u2019s recommendations have taken shape, based in part on your feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">For more information on the budget process, you can also visit our budget page on our District website: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/track.spe.schoolmessenger.com\/f\/a\/IvodU5yE4oR1uj-XiLZglA~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRiV1RWP0QraHR0cHM6Ly9uZXd3ZXN0c2Nob29scy5jYS9vdXItYm9hcmQvYnVkZ2V0L1cHc2Nob29sbUIKYHXWIHZg4oijO1IZa2tlaWdobGV5d2lnaHRAc2Q0MC5iYy5jYVgEAAAAAg~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/our-board\/budget\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Thanks in advance for your time, thoughts and participation. It all makes a difference in shaping the future of our students, staff and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Sincerely,<br \/>\nBettina Ketcham<br \/>\nSecretary-Treasurer \/ CFO<br \/>\nNew Westminster Schools<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear parents, caregivers, staff and students, As a District, the New Westminster Schools team is working on building our 2022-23 budget recommendation for the Board of Education to consider, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-events","category-events-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39837,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39828\/revisions\/39837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}