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School trustees put up barriers to information

February 6, 2010 – 10:24 am

Trustees shouldn’t put up barriers to information
School Watch by Katherine Wagner
The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times, February 05, 2010
Pitt Meadows parent Karen Georgi is puzzled: “Didn’t all the new trustees run on an open and transparent platform, with the promise that they would be open to public questions?”
Georgi, who is also PAC chair at Davie Jones Elementary, regularly attends Board of Education meetings and began asking questions about the local Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) report soon after it was released in December.
“I basically asked what happened and how they could have spent so much in six months? I got [...]

By Katherine Wagner | Posted in SD42 Board of Education | Also tagged accountability, BCSTA, expenses, FOIPP, SD42 Board of Education, SOFI report, transparency | Comments (0)

Public school trustees and private choices

December 19, 2009 – 2:31 pm

Last week on her blog Report Card, Janet Steffenhagen revealed that 1st term (elected November 2008) Maple Ridge School Trustee Mike Huber’s eldest child is attending kindergarten at a private school.
Responsible parents make choices for their children that are in the best interest of their children. When one parent is a politician the public may have a legitimate interest in certain family decisions but that interest should stop at the point that it becomes a judgment of the choice itself.
Trustee Huber has publicly explained the reasons for the decision and they include access to all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and [...]

By Katherine Wagner | Posted in School trustee role | Also tagged Add new tag, ideology, independent school, private school, public education, school choice | Comments (1)