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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
Posted in Bill 33, Board Report, Budget Campaign, Classroom Conditions, Collective Agreements, Democracy, 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 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 6th 2010 Open Board Meeting
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 … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee December 2nd 2009 Open Board Meeting
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 … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting October 21st 2009
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 … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Meeting October 7th 2009
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 … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee-September 16th 2009 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End It comes in many forms – the tactics for ‘shock and awe’ used to convince us ‘drastic action’ and ‘major restructuring’ are in order. Sometimes it is bombastic … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee June 3rd 2009
Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end The June 3rd open board meeting was a mere side show to the real McCoy meeting that occurred in closed. I sometimes think though our citizens are seemingly … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee: Open Board Meeting – February 18th 2009
Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end The era has finally arrived – we are as a district -actually contemplating an equal partnership with the aboriginal community on what could be described as a ‘nation to … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee: Open Board Meeting – November 5th, 2008
Principiis obsta…Finem respice Resist the beginning… Consider the end This meeting got off to a sorry start when we were informed that though the PAC from Koksilah School had asked for delegation status in good time, the board chair( hand … Continue reading
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