October Board Meeting - Sparwood

Tonight's board meeting was again ignored by the Valley. Once more more people from Cranbrook (ok, we had 3 principals give 'required' presentations to the board, then they left, and we had some parents there while children were introduced, but no one stayed. 3 people from Cranbrook, the Fernie radio station guy, and I..... that was the public gallery.... 3 from Cranbrook, and 2 people from the valley, both of whom were there because it was their job to be there...) showed up to see the board announce how well it is meeting the Bill 33 guidelines.

The senior management team of SD5 do seem to put more money into Special Needs support than they have too, BUT WITH A 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR UNRESTRICTED SURPLUS, they can afford too!!!!!

The board voted to sell Max Turyk Elementary School to the City of Fernie. I wonder if the response they got from the MLA, or the comments from the Mayor of Fernie had any impact? I asked if they considered how the Independent School might benefit from their new (likely) access to the school building, and was told that it was considered, and that the Independent School could have purchased the building anyway.

At least then they would have had to pay for the building!!!!!

Gee, and with no elections for trustees in the valley, maybe it should come as no surprise how little the public seems to be interested in the state of public education in the valley.