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Diary of a Mad Trustee November 2nd 2011 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End I know you know we are in the midst of an election campaign and though there is a sad deficit of interest in the school board I always tell people … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting February 16th 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY -T.H. White – The Once and Future King I love a good meeting theme – many future opportunities for musical theatre or a … Continue reading
Posted in Board Report, bussing, censorship, Environment, Funding, Provincial Government, SD #79 Administration
Tagged bussing, censorship, Cowichan High, democracy, environment, trustees
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School Bussing/ Environmental Impact Legal Memo
In the fall of 2010, the Community Alliance for Public Education applied to the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Victoria through their intern program for the services of a graduating lawyer to prepare a legal opinion on the … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting February 2nd 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” -Anne Frank Life at the board coal face is quite the scene, … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee January 19th 2011 Open Board Meeting
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End Sometimes I expect to see the camera crew from Punk’d as we wend our way through these meetings. This does not of course mean I spend any more time on … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting January 5th 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once … Continue reading
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
Diary of a Mad Trustee September 15th 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 … Continue reading
Posted in bussing, Funding, Operations/Maintenance, Provincial Government
Tagged BCeSIS, bussing
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Diary of a Mad Trustee: February 7th, 2007 Open Board Meeting
Principiis obsta… Finem respice / Resist the beginning… Consider the end If you are a stickler for law and procedure but get a little flutter when other people find creative ways to frustrate the course of justice then the meeting … Continue reading
Public Education Funding: Who is Responsible?
John Young, a lawyer and long time member of the Victoria school board was successful in his attempt to remove student fees from our public schools. Last September the Supreme Court of BC affirmed that the BC School Act, Section … Continue reading
Posted in Chairman's Page, School Fees
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