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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Aug 5

FASD caregivers in BC!!

Connect with your community at this FREE conference in #Kamloops this September!

Learn, share, grow, and connect with the FASD community!

Register today!

Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you MLA Valeriote of the BC Green Party for taking time to meet with us about BCEd issues!

It was an hour well spent to share the needs of kids in BC.

Strong partners, strong convictions, strong will.

We will do better for our children if we work together.

#bcpoli

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 30

A huge thank you to the TNRD Board for adding their voice to our call for adequate school district funding for #Kamloops SD73.

The province can't continue to ask school boards to operate on 2008 cost models. We are failing kids.

More to come! #bcpoli

@lisabeare.bsky.social @eby-david.bsky.social

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 18

Every successful music artist was once a music student!

BC has many amazing musicians & artists. We need music and band in our public schools but it's being cut across BC.

Help us save school funding for arts by signing & sharing! #bcpoli

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Premier Eby - Invest in BC's Public Schools Now

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 18

Premier Eby - Invest in BC's Public Schools Now - Sign the Petition!

Parents, students, & partners are headed to Victoria to demand a better school system for our kids.

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#bcpoli #bced #FundBCSchools

@eby-david.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social @bcsta.bsky.social

Sign the Petition

Premier Eby - Invest in BC's Public Schools Now

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 3

#Kamloops! Come show your support for our schools!

Save the date and come add your name to our growing list of people that think our vibrant community deserves a vibrant and inclusive public school program!

#bcpoli #bced

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 2

Hey #Kamloops! Join us to rally for BC school supports on May 10th! Our kids are an investment.

@eby-david.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social

#bcpoli #bced #inclusion

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 2

It's ok! Wear a novelty tie. No one will notice your hobbies haven't changed!

Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · May 2

#Kamloops SAVE THE DATE!!!

Rally for #SchoolFunding and #Education takes place on May 10th!!

Watch for details and how you can support a vibrant community through strong schools!

Students need us! Please step up. Petition, support letters, art and music demos.. #bcpoli #sd73

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Apr 28

Vote your values, Canada!

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Apr 28

However you vote, make sure you can explain to your daughter why you did....

Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Apr 22

Parents of students in #kamloops and surrounding communities call on Province to increase education investments.

#bcpoli #bced

CFJC Today Kamloops @cfjctoday.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Kamloops

DPAC demands boost in provincial funding amid potential SD73 staffing cuts

KAMLOOPS - The District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) in the Kamloops Thompson School District (SD73) is calling on the B.C. government to address an...

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Apr 17

Parents in Kamloops-Thompson SD are preparing a response to the proposed budget for the 25/26 school year.

A $5.7m shortfall will put students at risk & will effect their classrooms, programs, learning.

@bcndpcaucus.bsky.social must step in to support School Boards to fund #BCED

#bcpoli #kamloops

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Apr 7

Headed to Newfoundland for amazing learning on moving advocacy to action for FASD!

Youth w/ disabilities were left out of the BC budget in a big way. We need to switch from asking to expecting & there's lots to learn from those ahead of us in the fight.

#fasd #inclusion #bcpoli

Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Apr 2

FAFO.

Castanet.net @castanet.net · Apr 1

Alberta Health Services halts plan to reduce patient food, drinks after pushback #Alberta

Alberta Health Services halts plan to reduce patient food, drinks after pushback - Canada News

The head of Alberta Health Services says the agency is halting a proposed food-reduction policy after public outcry over patients potentially being cut off from snacks and drinks.

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Mar 20

Good morning from not-so-sunny Seattle, where the world is coming together to collaborate on moving what we know about #FASD into action!

#inclusion

Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Mar 18

Please reach out to your MLA and the Province during this budget process. Consultations are happening in every school district right now. The #BCBudget left families behind. We can't run schools on starvation budgets.

Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Mar 18

Schools have been asked to provide mental health support, food security programs, childcare, assessments and therapies, and more without support from the Ministries tasked with those obligations.

It's time to push back and support School Boards in BC.

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Mar 18

adequate funding, a stable funding model, support for rapidly growing cities, and, above all, a place for every child in BC to go to school.

Too many vulnerable kids are left out when we don't fund teachers, support workers, and programs. 2/

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Mar 18

School Boards across BC are facing difficult choices about how to meet the needs of students with inadequate $$, schools, and resources.

BC has left School Trustees to choose which kids will be left behind.

Parents are calling for 1/

#bcpoli #bced @eby-david.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Mar 8

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Feb 12

The RCMP shot a child dead near my home. I didn't think I lived in a place where children weren't safe from the police.

#bcpoli #autism

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Jan 31

Our family is one of the families that feels the inequities of BC's supports for kids very deeply.

It's time for the Province to step up and make real change for us and all the others like us.

CFJC Today Kamloops @cfjctoday.bsky.social · Jan 31

B.C. families feeling forced to surrender children to access disability services, report finds

KAMLOOPS - A new report from British Columbia's Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) reveals a disturbing reality - some families in the provin...

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Bonnie McBride @mcbride5.bsky.social · Jan 21

Should you share your school exclusion experience with the BC Ombudsperson?

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#BCEd #Exclusion #BCPoli

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Families should think twice before sharing their school exclusion stories with the Ombudsperson in BC. There has been much buzz and excitement among caregivers about the Office of the Ombudsperson...

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