Community Alliance For Public Education

                                                          Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice    
                                                   Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
                                          
 I don’t usually make the classic error of speaking to the unmovable people at the top of the heap. I have found it is a waste of time, vigour and thought. However, as the Minister of Education has chosen to interpret the posting of compliance [...]

 
                                                           Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice
  Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
                                                                                    - Henry David Thoreau 
In the last two weeks on three separate evenings, we have had 1st reading of the cutback budget [...]

                                                                                  Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice  
                                                                         Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
Not for nothing do I harbour unrestricted self doubt so this lapse comes as no real surprise. I never cease to be amazed by the insights I can glean from the teachers, support workers and parents when I visit schools and this is as good a reason as [...]

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 usual we always try to do two things – one is to have those at the table [...]

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

 
Alternate Education sites in our district are my favourite places to be. Maybe the diverse and highly humane atmosphere ,the ‘ lets keep everything in perspective’ resolve, the deep well of familial feeling with the kids plays a welcoming role –especially if you have thought these locations represent [...]