At the August 30th board meeting, Assistant Superintendent of Education Services Mark Thiesen provided an update on international travel conditions. The report comes as a result of an October 2016 motion, suspending authorization of international field trips to all of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia for two full school years, until August 2018.
Following his report, the board voted to extend the travel ban until August 2020, with some changes. While Africa, the Middle East and Asia remain off limits, the board will now consider approving trips to Europe. They also added the Indian subcontinent to the travel ban list. Although a specific country may not be included in the travel ban list, approval is still subject to the guidelines in AP 60-03 Field Trips, Excursions, National and International Tours.
Other items from the board meeting include:
- School board will wait to make decision on honorariums
- Division begins work on Indigenous Elder Protocol
- Internal Audit and Commodity Purchasing Reports
- Guiding, clarifying and refining through Administrative Procedures