Monthly Archives: April 2009

Welcome to The CAPE Web Pages

The Community Alliance For Public Education Web Site provides information on the state of Public Education in the Cowichan Valley, here on beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This site was reworked in 2005, when Eden Haythornthwaite became our CAPE school … Continue reading

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Report from CAPE meeting April 27th 2009

HI Friends – we had our CAPE meeting on Monday the 27th of April from 5 to 7 pm in my living room and though we only had four in attendance there was a range of discussion and strategising. As … Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Trustee: Open Board Meeting of April 15th 2009

Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end Let’s see – it was quite the eclectic buffet- this meeting. Just before the open regular meeting we had a presentation of the architect’s conclusions about the ABG site out at … Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Trustee: Open Board Meeting April 1st 2009

Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end   There is nothing quite like the sound of a fresh, new line of thinking being unveiled at a meeting – brave,principled,practical -unfortunately  the  shallow concept now being offered up before … Continue reading

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