Community Alliance For Public Education

                                                                                              
                                                                                     
                                                                                            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 efforts of the teachers, parents and support workers they did not have nearly enough teaching and education assistant [...]

                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                      Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice 
                                                                                Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
 
“More than at any other time in history, humanity faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose wisely.”
This has always been one of my favourite Woody Allen quotes. It sums [...]

                                                                   
       Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice 
       Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
“Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so [...]

 
                                                                                Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice
                                                                             Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
We have a new chair and vice chair as planned and of course there has been a bit of shuffling around to relocate the changed personnel. As usual there is much hope for improvements in the running of meetings and the dominion of the elected over the [...]

We had our monthly CAPE meeting at my place last night(May 25 2009) starting at 5 pm -well a few minutes after- we had to chat and fuss over the cats. We had 7 people there and those present gave new meaning to the term ‘quality over quantity’.
We acknowledged that the pressures this year that [...]