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Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting October 20th 2010
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End This is the next in a series of entirely unauthorised reports from this trustee on board meetings. If this email has made its way into your computer and you are … Continue reading
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Diary of a Mad Trustee October 6th 2010 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End This is the next in a series of entirely unauthorised reports from this trustee on board meetings. If this email has made its way into your computer and you are dismayed please … Continue reading
Response to the letters posted by John Brackenbury and Morag M. Gilchrist in the Cowichan Newsleader, August 11 2010
In their comments both letter writers argue our public schools are generously funded by the provincial government and the shortfalls our boards are experiencing have a host of other origins which are not being generated by the Ministry. Yes, … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee June 16th 2010 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. – Jonathan Swift In a report or two ago I … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting June 2nd 2010
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning… Consider the End Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. -Paul Valery, French critic & poet (1871 – 1945) Now the board has … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee May 19th Open Board Meeting/3rd Reading of the Budget
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 … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee May 5th and May 12th 2010 Open Board Meetings/1st and 2nd Reading of the Budget
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. - … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee April 7th 2010 Open Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End Once upon a time there was a middle school with almost 6oo kids within its walls. As you might expect there were many heartening events there but despite the best … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee January 27th 2010 Open Board Meeting
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 … Continue reading
Fewer Trustees- Just Another Cut? December 20 2009
Recently and not for the first time, a proposal has been raised at the school board table to reduce the number of trustees to seven from the current nine. The stated intention is to lead by example and show a … Continue reading