Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows #42 – Is gender self-identification good for my child?

School District #42 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows			Oct 20, 2018
School District #42 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows	Decision Makers	Implementation Motion*	Classroom Motion**
Area 1	Bailey, Mark		?
Area 1 Trustee and Vice-chair	Carr, Susan	No learning resource vote	Not running
Trustee	Clarkson, Ken	No learning resource vote	Not running
Area 1	Dumore, Kim		?
Area 1	Hornsey, Robert		?
Area 1	McCallum, Gord		?
Area 1 Trustee and Chair	Murray, Mike	No learning resource vote	?
for example	Candidate Name		Remove SOGI 123 from classrooms
Area 1 Trustee	Rempel, Dave	No learning resource vote	Not running
Area 1	Rubenuik, Brenda		?
Area 1	Shaw, Pascale		?
Area 1	Trudeau, Colette		?
Area 1	Yamamoto, Elaine		Keep teaching gender fluidity in Maple Ridge Endorsed by NWDLC and PSAC
Area 2 Trustee	Carreras, Korleen	No learning resource vote	Keep teaching gender fluidity in Pitt Meadows Endorsed by NWDLC and PSAC
Area 2 Trustee	Palis, Eleanor	No learning resource vote	?
Area 2	Sidhu, Jesse		?
Area 2	Sullivan, Katie		?
Superintendent	Sylvia Russell
MLA Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows	Lisa Beare	May 9, 2017 to October 16, 2021
Former Minister	Mike Bernier	July 30, 2015 to May 9, 2017
Minister of Education	Rob Fleming	July 18, 2017

Areas of School District #42 Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
Area	Reference	Area Served
1	Electoral Area 1	Maple Ridge
2	Electoral Area 2	Pitt Meadows

* Implementation Motion, from Board meeting minutes
2016 July 25 – THE BC Human Rights Code is modified with the addition of “gender identity or expression”. 2017 July 1 – Ministry of Education policy delegates approval of Learning Resources to local Boards of Education. Quoting from the Ministry’s policy on learning resources, “The Ministry of Education no longer conducts evaluation processes to recommend learning resources. This responsibility now rests with boards. Board policies and procedures should include a process for ensuring the list of recommended learning resources is up to date and aligned with changes in curriculum. This would include adding and removing resources from the list.” 2018 – Since there has been no formal vote taken at the Board level with regard to SOGI 123 as a Learning Resource, it appears the SOGI 123 Learning Resource has been neither approved nor disapproved for use in the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows school district.

* Implementation Motion, from Board meeting minutes

2016 July 25 – THE BC Human Rights Code is modified with the addition of “gender identity or expression”.

2017 July 1 – Ministry of Education policy delegates approval of Learning Resources to local Boards of Education.
Quoting from the Ministry’s policy on learning resources,
“The Ministry of Education no longer conducts evaluation processes to recommend learning resources. This responsibility now rests with boards. Board policies and procedures should include a process for ensuring the list of recommended learning resources is up to date and aligned with changes in curriculum. This would include adding and removing resources from the list.”

2018 – Since there has been no formal vote taken at the Board level with regard to SOGI 123 as a Learning Resource, it appears the SOGI 123 Learning Resource has been neither approved nor disapproved for use in the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows school district.

** Classroom Motion

THAT the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Board of Education directs the Superintendent to continue to promote a respectful educational environment for all students, by removing the SOGI 123 learning resource from classroom instructional time.