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Policy #15: Community Engagement

The Board of Trustees (the Board) will develop and implement strategies to enhance communication and engagement with communities, ratepayers and the citizens of Sunrise School Division. These strategies will include:  

 

15.1  Connecting with the community, with government, and with other relevant agencies

         and organizations in order to support the achievement of Board goals for the division.

         The Board will share information, proactively identify issues of importance, work

         collaboratively and build relationships. 

 

15.2   Making reasonable efforts to identify the desires of the community and to be responsive,

          through its actions, to those desires. There are two major ways in which the will of the

          community shall influence the development of the Board policies. 

 
          a. The people of the Division are responsible for electing trustees to represent their ward. 
          b.  All citizens of the Division will be encouraged to express ideas, concerns, and opinions
              about the schools through such means as: 
                  i.  written suggestions or proposals;
                 ii.  presentations at hearings or at Board meetings; 
                iii.  responses to surveys made regarding education;  
                iv.  attendance at regular Board meetings; and  
                v.   active involvement with the school's Parent Council 
 

15.3    Keeping the public informed of the Board's and the Division's challenges,  deliberations, policies, and actions by encouraging the public and media to attend regular meetings either in person or through electronic means. All supporting documentation of regular board meetings will be provided to the public no later than the start time of each regular board meeting. 

 

15.4    The Board Chair or their designate will be the spokesperson who will endeavour to be current on all matters of Board governance and policy.

 

 15.5   The Superintendent or their designate will act as the primary spokesperson for operational or administrative matters.  

  

References: 

Policy 1 – Vision, Values and Mission 

Policy 3 – Role of the Board 

Policy 5 – Board Operations 

 

Date Adopted: February 2017 

Date Amended: January 2019; October 2019; February 2025; February 2026

Date Reviewed: January 2025; January 2026