February Highlights

February has bee a busy month already with meetings being hosted by the CBE and Minister of Education.

• CBE Trustees held an information session about their new Governance Model highlighting their Results statements for students,  http://www.cbe.ab.ca/policies/governance.asp

• The Minister of Education, Honourable Thomas Lukaszuk, held his 2nd teleconference with parents, the conference was recorded and can be accessed at: http://ideas.education.alberta.ca/engage/have-your-say/minister%27s-teleconference-with-parents  

• Three key messages from this session were:

1. We as parents need to communicate our priorities and concerns to the Ministers office
2. We need to give our opinion on the new Education Act that is being proposed
3. We need to continue to lobby for infrastructure for education