About DPAC

DPAC stands for District Parent Advisory Council. We are the official parent voice for School District 73 (Kamloops/Thompson).

Each PAC is encouraged to elect 2 DPAC reps to attend our monthly meetings.

We elect an executive to conduct business between meetings, but our direction is determined by our members, just like at PACs.

Our mandate, according to the School Act, is to advise the Board of Education on any matter relating to education in the school district. We funnel parent input to decision-makers in our district.

• We facilitate communication. We send a lot of information out to the PACs on upcoming events and programs that might interest them.
• We provide training and education for parents, as well as opportunities for exchanging ideas. We host speakers and put on workshops and networking events.
• We function as a resource for individual parents and PACs as they do their work at the school level.

What can we do for you? Start here:

• E-mail the DPAC executive with your question: Email Us
• Check out our website: dpac.sd73.bc.ca
• Attend our meetings, usually held at 6:30 PM on the third Tuesday of the month at the Henry Grube Education Centre.
• Borrow the DPAC Zoom account for your own PAC meetings: Email the Zoom Coordinator.

Decades of research point the same way: when parents are involved, students do better. Attendance, achievement and wellbeing all improve, and schools make better decisions when the people raising the students are part of the conversation.

DPAC exists so that involvement does not stop at the door of a single school. Your PAC’s experience becomes district-level advice, and district-level information comes back to your PAC.