Governance

When looking at the levels of governance throughout the education system I cannot help but feel a little overwhelmed! It is simple when broken down, but at first glance it appears daunting.

I think the most important thing to mention is school boards. In my view it is a good thing that in Manitoba school boards are elected into office. This allows the public to have some input on how they feel things are being done.

I think at the community and school level it is good to have parent councils, but I think these can sometimes become a select group and so I think it is important to note that they should be open for all. I think schools having community partners I a fantastic thing. Getting kids involved is the best thing we can do for them.

I found it very interesting how you mentioned in class that you, yourself found it interesting how certain staff at different schools have different levels of power among each other and principals have varying levels of authority and say within the division. I just had this moment where I realized it is like this anywhere. Politics are everywhere. No matter where you work or what you do they are everywhere! I guess I knew this on some level, but when I began to think about it some more I just became more and more, shocked? I guess would be the word. So, thank-you for the enlightening class today, Jackie!