Invitation to the COPE :Schools We Need" Campaign

COPE (Coalition for Progressive Electors) has launched “The Schools We Need” Campaign and we want to work with parents, students, union groups, and the public to create actions that will achieve:

• Adequate staffing in our classrooms for Special Education Assistants, as well as classroom teachers, resource teachers, TTOCs on call and On Call Special Education Assistants as well as support staff.
• More provincial funding,
• Better use of current funding,
• Improvements to education programs for students,
• Schools that are safe, inclusive, so all students thrive and feel supported,
• More childcare spaces,
• Schools that are seismically safe,
• Retention of our neighborhood schools open for growing student population,
• Better accountability and transparency by current and future elected officials,

The Schools We Need Campaign begins with two components.

We invite all interested parents and school community members to attend:

“The Schools We Need” Town Hall Meeting
Date: May 28th
Time: 4 to 7 pm
Place: Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Avenue, Vancouver

Attendees will participate in several small table discussions highlighting current key issues facing our schools and collaborating to come up with future actions and solutions.

COPE School Board Trustee, Suzie Mah will be highlighting the challenges the school district continues to face and there will be other guest speakers. Also, there will be a visual and performing arts opportunity for those who want to participate!

We invite you and your members to complete our “The Schools We Need Survey”. The survey has ten questions highlighting ten key issues. Results and ideas for actions from the survey will be summarized and released to the public. The survey will close on June 30th, 2024. You can complete the survey by going to:

www.copevancouver.ca/survey

On behalf of COPE, we hope that you will participate and publicize these two activities to your members.

Let’s work together and build the schools that our students need.

Tanya Webking, COPE Co-Chair                      Shawn Vulliez, COPE Co-Chair