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
 
I sometimes imagine the dossier all the countless letters from trustees around the province are dispatched to at the Ministry of Education and what sort of company they must be keeping.
 I assume our entire correspondence are in the same file as the eight million emails from [...]

 
                                                                                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 [...]

Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice

 
Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
Tonight’s report is odd …more odd than usual. It is about what did not happen at our regular board meeting. We were expecting a draft of a rather rudimentary strategic plan which we have been tangling over for months. I should tell you this has been a most unconstructive [...]

Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice
 

 
Resist the Beginning…Consider the End
 
When I wanted to add an item for discussion to the board agenda I realised for trustees there is no place to go. We must wander aimlessly through the agenda looking for refuge and find there none.
If you are the secretary treasurer or the superintendent you have your name [...]