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More on School Boards

by alec on August 28, 2002

And on the school boards:

Witmer orders school-board takeover. TORONTO — Education Minister Elizabeth Witmer sent supervisors to take over the Toronto and Hamilton school boards yesterday, as the latest Ipsos-Reid poll reported the Ontario government is winning early approval from voters for confronting trustees over spending.
4.7MM cut from Ottawa schools. The supervisor is going to work slashing special ed, forcing schools to share principals etc. The shared principal idea is whacky. If there isn’t enough work for one principal at one school, then amalgamate schools.
And Randall Denley on why Teacher raises won’t solve the problems.

Bureaucrats and Trustees Hurt Our Children

by alec on August 26, 2002

"First God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made school boards." Mark Twain

Great article in this mornings Globe and Mail (strangely no link, yet) by Martha Harron, pointing out that the struggle between the bureaucrats and the trustees is hurting our children the most.

School board chief rejects rebel trustees’ budget plan. — A group of rogue trustees faced off against a resolute Toronto District School Board chairwoman yesterday on the eve of a takeover by the provincial government for running a more than $90-million deficit.

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School Board Responds!

August 17, 2002

School Board Responds to Provincial Take-over.

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Supervisor to Balance School Board Budget

August 17, 2002

Witmer to appoint supervisor to balance Ottawa-Carleton school board budget. More reaction. The Ottawa Board is obviously decrying the whole situation. The various sides are polarizing. Rhetoric about democratic principles is flying back and forth, and the government is taking cover by pointing at the law. Opposition leader Dalton McGuinty (McGuinty urges government to put kids first) is [...]

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Witmer to Take Over Ottawa Board

August 17, 2002

Witmer to seize Ottawa board.

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Witmer Takes on Ottawa Schoolboard

August 9, 2002

Witmer tackles Ottawa board. It looks like Elizabeth Witmer might finally be taking some action. I have to say that I discount most of what Libby has to say. Ottawa, for those of you who don’t know this city, is surrounded by a greenbelt several kilometres wide. The idea, at the time, was to contain [...]

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Education in Decline in Ontario

August 6, 2002

The state of education in Ontario, right now, is tragic. School boards are being forced to balance budgets by the government, under the terms of the Ontario Education Act. As a result programs, like special education and bussing are on the block. Basics are going away as well — at my oldest son’s middle school this past [...]

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