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Everything you always wanted to know,

but were afraid to ask

Workshop for school parents
The purpose of fhe workshop, Every-
thing you always wanted to know, but
were afraid to ask, was to give parents’
association representatives direct access fo
relevant experts and information. On hand
to answer questions were:
B Mario Cyr, Interim Director General,
Conseil scolaire francophone de
C.-B (CSF);
@ Guy Bonnefoy, Secretary-treasurer,
Conseil scolaire francophone
de C.-B;
@ Judith Charest, Director, CSF
Culture and Community Division;
Nicole Chagnon, Director, Ecole Au
coeur de I'lle and RDF (Regroupe-
ment des directions d’écoles franco-
phones) representative; and
@ FPFCB staff and Board members.

Some twenty questions were asked,
and answered, during the two-hour work-

shop. The informal discussion format greatly
facilitated the sharing of information, and
a wide variety of topics were covered. To
whit: language used in PAC meetings, cur-
ricula, language of home-school communi-
cations, transportation, keeping culture
up-to-date in the schools, the participation
of non-francophone parents in the various
school activities, decentralization, school

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planning committees, etc.

This workshop format was greatly
appreciated by the parents as well as by
the CSF and RDF representatives, who also
indicated that they were prepared to re-
turn next year to repeat the experience.

Note that all of the questions and
answers will be available on the FPFCB
website after the holidays.

Chez nous, ¢a se passe aussi en francais!

Le programme de Baccalauréat en administration
publique et services communautaires* est un
programme pluridisciplinaire de type cohorte.

Ce programme est offert majoritairement en
langue francaise et permet de faire des études

en science politique et en francais.

*Qu’on appelle aussi le French Cohort Program

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