Community Alliance For Public Education

CAPE Responds
To The Minister of Education’s Special Advisor To Cowichan School Board’s
Public Denoucement of
The Cowichan Valley’s Opposition To The Ministry Agenda
June 1st, 2008
 
Dr Southern has performed a great service to the ministry and supplied a document that places the blame for the current distress in Cowichan on the shoulders of our communities. When I say [...]

(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 [...]

JH Boyd is in the news as it has been from time to time for a couple of years .It is gratifying to observe that despite busy lives many members of our community are taking a direct role in the destiny of this piece of public land and the future of our town.

In spring 2003 the community of Lake Cowichan was invited to participate in a meeting that was billed as a consultation with school district #79. At that gathering we were asked to consider 5 options at little tables and report out on the outcomes of our discussions. It never occurred to the board at that [...]