Okanagan Skaha #67 – Is gender self-identification good for my child?

School District #67 Okanagan Skaha			Oct 20, 2018
School District #67 Okanagan Skaha	Decision Makers	Implementation Motion*	Classroom Motion**
Area 1 Trustee and Chair	Bidlake, Bill	No learning resource vote	Not running
Area 1 Trustee	Clarke, Shelley		?
Area 1	Hebert, Teresa		?
Area 1	Hurst, Derek		?
Area 1 Trustee	Johnson, Bruce	No learning resource vote	Not running
Area 1	Palaino, James		?
Area 1 Trustee	Sheppard, Barbara	No learning resource vote	?
Area 1	Van Raes, Tracy		?
Area 1	Walton, Dan		?
Area 2 Trustee and Vice-Chair	Planiden, Julie	No learning resource vote	?
Area 2	Stathers, Dave		?
Area 2 Trustee	Van Alphen, Linda	No learning resource vote	Not running
Area 2	Waterman, Peter	No learning resource vote	?
for example	Candidate Name		Remove SOGI 123 from classrooms
Area 3 Trustee	Manning, Ginny	No learning resource vote	?
Area 3	Pierre, Kathy		?
Superintendent	Wendy Hyer
MLA Penticton	Dan Ashton	May 14, 2013 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 #67 Okanagan Skaha
Area	Reference	Area Served
1	Electoral Area 1 four to be elected	Penticton
2	Electoral Area 2 two to be elected	Summerland
3	Electoral Area 3 one to be elected	Rural

* Implementation Motion, from Board meeting minutes
It appears that the Board has not yet considered any motion that endorses the SOGI 123 lesson plans as an approved learning resource for use by its professional staff.
Timeline 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 apparently no formal vote has been taken by the Okanagan Skaha Board of Education it appears the SOGI 123 Learning Resource has been neither approved nor disapproved for use in the Okanagan Skaha school district.

* Implementation Motion, from Board meeting minutes

It appears that the Board has not yet considered any motion that endorses the SOGI 123 lesson plans as an approved learning resource for use by its professional staff.

Timeline

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 apparently no formal vote has been taken by the Okanagan Skaha Board of Education it appears the SOGI 123 Learning Resource has been neither approved nor disapproved for use in the Okanagan Skaha school district.

** Classroom Motion

THAT the Okanaga Skaha 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.