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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
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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
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
Diary of a Mad Trustee November 18th 2009 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee September 2nd 2009 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End I guess it is a brilliant if well worn tactic – distract people from their misery by piling yet another misery on their shoulders they must address. This is the genius of … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee June 17th 2009
Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end This meeting was quite the eclectic mix of the good, the bad and the ugly so this is a bit of a long commentary. The feature presentation was the … Continue reading
Report from the May 25th 2009 CAPE meeting
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 … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee: Open Board Meeting of May 6th 2009
Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end This report is about the wonderful world of math. The comforting structured certainty of numbers and the capriciousness with which they are confounded and overturned. I … Continue reading
Report from CAPE Meeting January 19th 2009
Hi there – last evening CAPE held an informal meeting and I thought I would supply a short review of what was discussed and what emerged. There were nine people in attendance and the main topic on the agenda … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee: October 1st, 2008
Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end At the board meeting on September 17th a motion was dropped on the agenda under the additional item ‘Request of Superintendent’ – the motion simply asked the senior staff to … Continue reading