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One of the suggestions that came out of the PIC meeting here was that parents wanted a chance to train the principals on the issues parents have and around dealing with community and school councils.
With the revolving door of principals these days…
Sheila - you can quote and bring out any number of policy documents you like, it really doesn't matter because either a board or school principal is open to and has allowed parents to evolved their school councils or they haven't.
Have you ever tri…
My first reaction after reading this Tony is that it needs to be cut in half. It's must too long and there's way to many hoops that your school community has to jump through. Not a very parent friendly document. I can see why you might have trouble…
I don't think any schools should close until this economic slow down turns around. That no one is calling for a moratorium is just wrong in my opinion.
No schools should have to close until the economic slowdown starts to turn around. It's nuts when a community loses a major employer and a school closes at the same time - talk about kicking a community when it's down.
Really disappointed in the De…
I'm just being realistic. There are school councils...dare I say many....which are just not run properly and still struggling after 10 years. That shouldn't be. Archana - your experience with a trustee that doesn't respond to you shouldn't be accept…
One factor that is crucial to an effective school council is the principal and his/her willingness to firstly comply with the school council regulations.
A principal told me once that you can't buy a good relationship between a parent community and…
"shopping for schools is just wrong" - it's being done now by those who can shop for schools, including those within boards who choose alternatives to their own schools. The myth you're spinning about parents choosing a school based on race is unfou…
I don't think that the MOE should form the directives that guide PICs. That should come from the community of elected school councils.
The way I see it is that elected trustees and elected school council reps. are on the same level playing field an…
what's wrong with shopping for schools? They're not all created equal and given that every student learns differently and that expectations by parents to meet those learning needs are different doesn't it make sense to have different schools unbound…
We love School Finder!! It helps parents and gives them information that says that this government trusts parents to understand and make decisions for their kids. I'm glad they have enough confidence in the system they created to compete. Make no mi…
I think we seriously need to rethink school boards. They're becoming way too much extensions of the government and not unique or representative of any sort of local control. Our board meetings average one and a half hours and its' usually a presenta…
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- At 2:20pm on April 21, 2009,
Jacqui Strachan said…
- Hi Nicci, and welcome to our online community. It is great to see that you have already been an active contributor to so many conversations. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the community or the work of People for Education, and thanks for joining us.
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Presentations and notes from all sessions are being posted to our main website, as we receive them.
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Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
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172 schools are slated or recommended to close in Ontario between 2009 and 2012, and a further 163 reviews are in progress.
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Hi Briony,
It is always hard to know how to start from zero when it comes to parent involvement. When I went to my first high school council meeting, the staff outnumbered the parents! There were only two of us, and the other mum showed up because h…
Thank you for sharing these photos and this project with us. It is wonderful to see those beautiful children learning together in a community school. Congratulations to the organizers of this initiative. To be able to offer this opportunity to 300 s…
I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB.
PIAC is trying to offer more concentrated and targeted School council and parent engagement support this year and to that end we sent out a questionnaire asking schools what the state of things are at prese…
Beth: About the article in the Globe... unfortunately links to that newspaper only work for about 7 days, and then you must pay for the articles :( It's different from the Star which allows you to view them for free as long as you have the link addr…
Great article, Deborah (Playing the Game). I skimmed through and will read it again. Thanks! Looks like some good insight and food for thought from down under......!
Your link worked - yay Deb! It looks really good - I will read it this weekend :)
The next newsletter writing deadline is March 1st, which seems to work well with your research deadlines. All the best with your next steps in January!
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This time the book is a podcast. When you’re tired or busy with another task, well the podcast can be just the thing. Recently I heard Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education. If you were intrigued by Alanna Mitchell’s r…
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