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Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting November 16th 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End This meeting was the last of the old board and as such was fairly tranquil – many of us were reflecting on those who were leaving for good after many years … Continue reading
Posted in Alternate Education, Bill 33, Classroom Conditions, Diary of a Mad Trustee
Tagged BCeSIS, Bill 33, budget, classroom conditions, teachers, trustees
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Diary of a Mad Trustee November 2nd 2011 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End I know you know we are in the midst of an election campaign and though there is a sad deficit of interest in the school board I always tell people … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting October 19th 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End Six years is a long time to spend in the board room but I have been a willing participant and I have no one to blame but myself. It has not always … Continue reading
Posted in Bill 33, Budget Campaign, Classroom Conditions, Collective Agreements, Democracy, Diary of a Mad Trustee, Environment, FSA Testing, Funding, Lake Cowichan, Native Community, Provincial Government, School Closure, small schools
Tagged 21st Century Learning, Bill 33, budget, bussing, classroom conditions, democracy, Lake Cowichan, privatisation
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Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting August 31st 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End God!! I do not want to engage in the usual patter about returning to the salt mines and how terrible it all is to be back in harness after a … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting June 15th 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End This was the last meeting of the school year and even trustees are getting time off for good (or bad) behaviour. No point in whinging now – but this … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, Classroom Conditions, Democracy, Diary of a Mad Trustee, Funding
Tagged budget, censorship, classroom conditions, democracy, Howard Zinn, trustees
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Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting May 18 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End Budget 2011/2012 is over and yet as most of you can testify, it is never over when the results are starkly in our faces. Of course, despite all the 4 alarm … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee/Open Board Meeting April 20th 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End A few things to ponder from this meeting – our much abused ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ policy #1010 which just doesn’t get any respect, the recommendation from one trustee we cancel our membership with … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting February 2nd 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” -Anne Frank Life at the board coal face is quite the scene, … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee January 19th 2011 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End Sometimes I expect to see the camera crew from Punk’d as we wend our way through these meetings. This does not of course mean I spend any more time on … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting December 1st 2010
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks he can do something better than reason. -Percy Bysshe Shelley The last meeting … Continue reading