Rob Pingle Salt Spring Island School Trustee

Hello, Please read the following information and feel free to contact me, other trustees, school principals or other district staff if you have any questions. https://sd64.bc.ca/district-reconfiguration-implementation/

Just by following this page you are taking an interest in the decisions being made in the school district. Currently we are investigating district configuration and working to address a $1.1million structural deficit. A Committee of the Whole meeting on Thursday Sept 17 brought us a step closer to making a decision. I hope you were able to watch the meeting on Thursday evening. If not a transcript will be available on the following website within two weeks. https://sd64.bc.ca/configuration-review-phase-ii/ Of note on that website is the Report 3 Feasibility Study and Report 3 Date Booklet. If you have any questions or ideas arising from those please make them know through the feedback form on the same page.

I'm always looking for new places to source information that I feel is trustworthy. Someone just told me that the Lancet articles on COVID are available for all. Here is one to consider as we start the school year. https://www.thelancet.com//PIIS2468-2667(20)30084/fulltext

The Province and all the education partners are working hard to provide a framework for students across BC to return to schools safely in September https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020EDUC0040-001415 Please visit our district website to stay up to date https://sd64.bc.ca

The work is so important! https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020TAC0038-001369