By Trina Hurdman

0:00 Welcome, O Canada 19:20 Chief Superintendent Johnson gives a brief response to the provincial budget 24:05 Stakeholder reports: Helen Mowat, (27:50) four parents speaking about the proposed Arabic bilingual program 46:20 Trustee Taylor's inquiry: "In the context of the legal review described in the Calgary Herald article of September 20, 2011, was a formal request for proposal (RFP) completed prior to retaining the ongoing legal services of Davis LLP or were the services of Davis LLP contracted via "single source" purchasing?" Answer: "The services of Davis LLP were engaged through a sole-source agreement Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

CBE Board Meeting February 7, 2012 from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome, O Canada West View school presentation Trustee Bazinet questions additional funding received based on increased enrolment

By Trina Hurdman

This is the board meeting where the trustees unanimously approve their new board procedures. CBE Board Meeting January 24, 2012 from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:36 Welcome & O Canada 3:10 Lord Beaverbrook school presentation 43:30 Public questions. Question from Jennifer Andrews: Can you please tell us what the cost of having the Aspen Group consult, as well as the cost of any other outside groups required, in formulating the plan to adopt the new governance policies planned to be passed in tonight's meeting Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

Untitled from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome, O Canada, trustee and chief superintendent reports 12:35 Start of the policy revision discussion 25:05 Board development session: Internal Assessment System 1:04:50 Questions from trustees on the board development session 1:29:34 Discussion as to whether or not trustees should debate 1st reading of the policies 1:33:30 Debate to adopt the Coherent Governance model Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

The maximum number of stakeholder reports allowed is five. We know of at least two people who wanted to speak, but were turned away when the maximum was reached. CBE Board Meeting December 20, 2011 from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome, Report from trustees, Report from Chief Superintendent 19:21 Public question from Trina Hurdman: "In the fall update to the 2011-2012 budget from the last board meeting, on page 9-26, it shows that the CBE received a little over $29 million more from the province than previously budgeted Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

This is a long meeting, containing a fall budget update, the presentation of audited financial statements, the annual education results report and the three year education plan. CBE Board Meeting December 6, 2011 from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome, O Canada, Emily Follensbee school presentation, trustee reports 35:05 Public question by Trina Hurdman: "As reported in several media stories, the CBE used the additional provincial funding to add 158 FTE teachers Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

At this evening's board meeting, Chair Cochrane read a letter to Carole Oliver and ARTICS, in response to Carole's letter to the Board of Trustees. CBE Board Meeting November 15, 2011 from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome, O Canada, trustee reports. 16:22 Pat Cochrane reads a letter to Carole Oliver Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

Oops, we forgot our tripod attachment. Please excuse the handheld video. 0:00 Welcome, singing of O Canada, approval of the agenda 3:00 School presentation by Dr. Gordon Higgins school - Ends 5 21:39 Report from the chair and from trustees 27:02 Report from the Chief Superintendent 32:10 A public question from Trina Hurdman: "Will you please provide the resource allocation method formula that was used for school budgets in elementary, junior high, senior high and unique settings schools for the 2011-2012 school year, with all categories and amounts?" 33:30 Stakeholder report by Marie Belanger (view clip) 42:46 Stakeholder report by Trina Hurdman, reading an open letter to the Board of Trustees written by Carole Oliver (view clip) 46:11 Trustee Taylor moves that ASBA to represent them in discussions with the Government of Alberta and the ATA, and the appointment of a trustee to serve on the ASBA bargaining advisory committee Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

After much confusion over who in the CBE had the authority to grant ARTICS permission to use the sound board to improve the audio quality of these recordings, it was finally determined that only the Chief Superintendent, Naomi Johnson, could grant this request. The request was denied with the reason given that she did not want to set a precedent of allowing public members access to the sound board Read More...