Community Alliance For Public Education

Principiis obsta…Finem respice
Resist the beginning… Consider the end
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
-Paul Valery, French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)
Well – after five months the District Review team from the Ministry of Education arrived in Cowichan to deliver its findings. I suppose that [...]

Public education is a partnership between the community, parents, students, staff and the elected board. Election to office does not mean that decisions should be made without respect for this partnership. A decision making process that engages the community will strengthen public confidence in public education even if there is not complete agreement with the [...]

September 9th, 2007

Even the most dogmatic promoters of private education in this province are astute enough to comprehend the circumstances that prevail in our public schools – the clear connection between funding shortfalls and the degradation of our learning environments.
Unfortunately the solutions they tender direct us to continue down the road the provincial government has [...]

Principiis obsta…Finem respice
Resist the beginning… Consider the end

This is the next in a series of totally unauthorised reports from this trustee on board meetings. If this email has made its way into your computer and you are dismayed please accept my apologies and hit the delete key, which is of course what the delete [...]