{"id":125869,"date":"2022-11-08T17:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T22:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=125869"},"modified":"2022-11-08T17:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T22:31:02","slug":"terrace-school-district-discusses-500000-affordability-fund-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/terrace-school-district-discusses-500000-affordability-fund-use\/","title":{"rendered":"School District 82 discusses $500,000 affordability fund use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cmsd.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CMSD82-Superintendents-Report-to-the-Board-October-26-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the October Superintendent's Report<\/a>, an update on School District 82\u2019s use of funding from the Ministry of Education and Child Care was provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was announced in September that the ministry would provide a one time payment to school districts in B.C. through the Student and Family Affordability Fund.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School District 82 received $500,000 to expand food programs and assist families with other school related costs.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Superintendent Aaron Callaghan states that throughout the month, they had consulted with parents through an online forum where participants could provide ideas and opinions on the allocation of the funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Callaghan, the feedback demonstrated a need for healthy food programs and more support for students outside of school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe want to have this money in the pockets of families that are in need, that\u2019s the what the fund is intended for,\u201d Callaghan says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From either the districts website or a school directly, parents can fill out a form to cover costs for other school related needs. Callaghan explains that this form could be used for field trip fees, extracurricular activities, or even winter clothes to get to and from school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The school district hopes to work with other community organizations that provide assistance for students or families, like the Starfish Pack program which provides breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for children to take home on the weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While they have already started to roll out these funding allocations, Callaghan says that administration and the district will continue to listen to feedback concerning what still needs to be addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the CFNR story featuring Aaron Callaghan below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the October Superintendent&#8217;s Report, an update on School District 82\u2019s use of funding from the Ministry of Education and Child Care was provided.\u00a0 It was announced in September that the ministry would provide a one time payment to school districts in B.C. through the Student and Family Affordability Fund.\u00a0 School District 82 received $500,000&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":125908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,221],"tags":[20505,20503,20506,20504],"radio":[13054],"origine":[280,13049,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125869"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125910,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125869\/revisions\/125910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125869"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=125869"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=125869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}