Guidelines for
Each year your PAC appoints a parent from each of your children's classes to be that class' parent Division Representative. Sign up here to join the parent chat group for your children’s classes, receive PAC emails and let the PAC know if you’d like to volunteer to be a Division Representative (class parent). Your child's teacher or the PAC will also be able to give you contact details for the Division Rep for your children's classes so you can ask them to join you to the parent Division Chat Group.
All our parent Division Chat Groups use the Signal app.
A parent Division chat group can be a great way of exchanging information about class events, homework requirements, school events, deadlines, and other important issues.
It is important that the parent Division chat groups be a friendly, helpful forum to interact with other class parents and guardians. Here are some general guidelines for posting messages in your Division chat group:
All our parent Division Chat Groups use the Signal app.
A parent Division chat group can be a great way of exchanging information about class events, homework requirements, school events, deadlines, and other important issues.
It is important that the parent Division chat groups be a friendly, helpful forum to interact with other class parents and guardians. Here are some general guidelines for posting messages in your Division chat group:
- If you are not sure whether to post a message, ask yourself whether it is relevant, necessary, kind, and constructive.
- Keep messages brief and avoid posting unnecessary messages or messages about topics that aren’t relevant to the purpose of the group.
- Post your message in one single chunk of text. Avoid posting every sentence in a new message, to minimize notification sounds for recipients.
- Avoid long one-on-one conversations in the group, especially if the discussion isn’t relevant to the other families. Consider messaging each other privately.
- Do not post in any group late at night or early in the morning unless it is an emergency.
- A Division chat group is not the appropriate forum for raising grievances against students, fellow parents, or school staff. Contact your child’s teacher directly and, if necessary, you can also email the Principal or Vice Principal of the school to seek assistance. Any problems involving school staff should follow the VSB Conflict Resolution Process.
- You may wish to mute your Division chat group. You will still receive all the messages, but you won’t receive sound notifications for every message.
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