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...

By Trina Hurdman

The sound at the beginning is barely audible, but gets better after a few minutes. Unfortunately, the CBE refused to allow us to plug into their audio soundboard despite having six empty slots. We formally sent a request in to the CBE to allow us this privilege before the meeting, but we have not yet heard back from them Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

This was the first public board meeting in the new education centre. Untitled from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 00:00 Welcome, singing of O Canada, introductions, approval of the agenda, report from trustees and the Chief Superintendent 06:50 Stakeholder report regarding public vs Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

This board meeting included the approval of the operating budget for 2011-2012, as well as the defeat of two proposed amendments. CBE Board Meeting June 28, 2011 from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome and approval of agenda 2:15 Presentation of Lighthouse Award to Metis Calgary Family Services Society 11:46 Thank you to board page, trustee reports and report from the Chief Superintendent 24:32 Answers to outstanding public questions Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

This board meeting included the presentation of the proposed operating budget for 2011-2012. The subject of each trustee's questions are provided below.   0:00:00 Welcome, singing of O Canada, introductions, and approval of the agenda 0:03:55 Global learning strategies presentation. 28 students attended a global summit in Macau and China Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

If you experience any difficulties viewing the video, please refresh the page and try again where you left off. Sorry for the crooked shot :) June 7, 2011 CBE Board Meeting from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo. 0:00 Welcome, singing of O Canada, introductions, and approval of the agenda 3:05 Report from trustees about events they've attended 6:05 Report from the Chief Superintendent 11:50 Public question period Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

Below is the video of the May 17 board meeting. The meeting was called to order outside the boardroom as the singing of "O Canada" was done to the accompaniment of a handbell choir. I'm sorry that I do not remember the name of the performing school, because it was wonderful. This video begins afterwards when the meeting resumed in the boardroom Read More...

By Trina Hurdman

The first 20 minutes is recorded in the overflow amphitheatre due to the seats in the board room being reserved for award recipients and their guests. If the video stops working, try refreshing and continuing where you left off. May 3, 2011 CBE Board Meeting from ARTICS AssocResponsiveTrusteeCgy on Vimeo Read More...