Community Alliance For Public Education

Principiis obsta…Finem respice
Resist the beginning… Consider the end
These days just reporting on the events of one board meeting misses the point though missing the point is almost a national pastime when it comes to managing our valued public services.
In the last few weeks we have had a grand stall on the closure process as [...]

(Subsequently this meeting was cancelled due to the appointment of a Ministry advisor. May 26th is new date for this D Day)
As we approach the day of decision on four of our district schools, this is a good time to contemplate whether closure of these schools would be a reasonable response to the fiscal crisis [...]

Speech Given On April 7th, 2008 By Duncan Brown
At The Provincial Legislature

Hello to you all and thank you for being here. I would like to tell you about my community’s experience in defending the public nature of a closed school site in Lake Cowichan – closed long ago but over time used for alternate/adult ed and [...]

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

This meeting got off to the best of all possible starts – a somewhat impromptu delegation from Tansor (one of the schools slated for closure) there to make a statement and proudly present a petition with 801 names .The PAC chair proceeded to place the situation in context and [...]

April 2008 
This weekend, the Fraser Institute will publish its league tables for BC schools in the Vancouver Sun…again. These results stem from the Foundations Skills Assessment (FSA) tests that grades 4 students throughout this province are virtually forced to write. No doubt this will be followed by coverage throughout the province that points to [...]