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Vision of the BCCPAC Advocacy Project

BCCPAC's vision of advocacy is threefold:

• to have all parents and students in public education respected, with parent and student needs and opinions reflected in school district and provincial decision-making

• to have parent advisory councils, district parent advisory councils, and BCCPAC working together effectively, in the best interests of BC’s students and parents, with recognition and support from the Ministry of Education and school districts

• to have school districts provide the information and support parents and students need to resolve their issues effectively within school district processes.

As local DPACs work towards this vision, parent leaders are hoping to hear more parents and students telling them that

• they are coming into the schools to talk about their issues with school staff

• they feel welcomed by the PAC, and would consider the PAC a natural place to go to discuss issues or seek help

• they are receiving the information and support they need to work their issues through to resolution.

The BCCPAC Advocacy Project helps DPACs work toward this vision. DPACs are shown how to provide information and support to parents, and to promote fair, impartial, and consistent resolution of issues.