Our Policies
Strengthened classroom supports and diverse program options
強化課室支援，提供多元化課程選擇Strengthening educational programs and classroom supports that foster engagement, resilience, and success for every student.
- Perform a necessary inclusion review to identify current barriers and possible improvements.
- Investigate the possibility of establishing child care hubs to foster early childhood education (for example: preschool and parent-child programs such as StrongStart).
- Advocate for the restoration of provincial funding for child care programs.
Educational Assistants (EA)
- Strengthen EA recruitment and retention through strategies such as the Richmond Educational Assistant Program.
- Advocate for the establishment of provincial professional standardization.
- Invest in EA mentorship, incentives, and training.
Mentorship and apprenticeship programs
- Advocate to remove the 5-year cap on ELL student funding.
- Provide increased opportunities for post-secondary dual credit programs, mentorship, and apprenticeship programs to foster better skills development in trades, nursing, culinary arts, automotive mechanics, and other fields.
- Advocate for more school food program initiatives.
- Maintain quality music and fine arts programming.