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Diary of a Mad Trustee: January 25th, 2006 Open Board Meeting

In a barely audible meeting held in the regular boardroom, which featured little more than housekeeping, we made a modest contribution.
 
Previously in the December meeting we had moved to introduce a new feature to the agenda that had been missing – to allow trustees to make reports to the open board meetings on their [...]

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Here’s a thought for the coming time……

Working people standing up and demanding the constitutional enshrinement of full protection for all public services, including education, health and infrastructure, in a manner that cannot be disabled by any government.
This would be similar in form to our guarantees of civil rights in the Charter of Rights and placed in law in such a way [...]

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Diary of a Mad Trustee: January 11th, 2006 Open Board Meeting,

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Held In The Multipurpose Room In Quamichan School
This was the first of four ‘outside the board office’ community meetings and every element was handled about as badly as possible. Our proposal which I presented at the time I made the motion at the December 7th board meeting did not influence the planning of the meeting [...]

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Where Will We Go Then?

 We have a report from an eminent body like the Cowichan Valley Principals and Vice Principals Association that our small schools are responsible for the degeneration of services in our public education system. They urge closure in order to better provide for the rest of the district. The only elements that contradict this position are [...]

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“Facilities Are Just Places Where Education Happens”

This is a statement in the introduction of the Comprehensive Strategic Facilities Plan, which perhaps most chillingly epitomizes its approach.
( Click Here to Download Executive Summary of Comprehesive Facilities Study – large file – 6meg )
The process of examining the school and administration sites for district 79 started in September 2003 and was completed in [...]