Hi and welcome to my blog for the Edmonton Public School Board election!
Since education is so critically important to our future, I have created this forum for a discussion of many of the issues and challenges that will face our new Board of Trustees as they guide our school district over the next 3 years.
By 9:00am for each day of the election, I will be posting a "secret", that is, one of my perspectives on a particular aspect of school board governance as I experienced it and I invite you to add your thoughts to the discussion.
There are a bunch of issues in the pot right now and I intend to touch on many of them during the coming month: education funding, school consolidations and closures, provincial initiatives to "transform" education, transportation, technology, relationships with stakeholders, and the list goes on.
The new trustees will have a steep learning curve and it is my hope that this blog will be a useful place for candidates and community members to share their views about how we might make a good school district even better.
Thank you Mr. Gibeault, for providing the school board candidates with this valuable forum. I look forward to interesting debate on the issues facing public schools today. Sincerely, Joanna Rozmus, Candidate, Ward F.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you blogging Mr. Gibeault!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a researcher for the Public School Boards Association of Alberta we were constantly encouraging trustees to be more interactive with their communities, especially with the free social media tools available. I wish every trustee kept a public blog so kudos! -- better late than never!
Michael Janz, Candidate Ward F Edmonton Public School Board