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Subject: Methinks its comical that just before the circus is prorogued
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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others 
Methinks its comical that just before the circus is prorogued and rebooted that people would tease me about Higgy and Cardy and all their cohorts fondness of Butter Tarts N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/11/anglophone-south-passes-budget-chair.html
 

#cdnpoli#nbpoli 



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/district-education-council-inclusive-education-assistants-1.5358953



Go Figure


http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/01/mr-higgs-and-dominic-cardy-are-trying.html




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Although CBC appears to have made a lot of the comments on this topic go "Poof" as per their MO clearly I saved some I deemed important before the Crown Corp practiced its malice bigtime and wiped out most of the comments of mine that were published since 2016


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/andrea-anderson-mason-district-education-council-1.5335494

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/andrea-anderson-mason-attorney-general-political-interference-1.5340479


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/district-education-council-budget-1.5356710



https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/10/frustrated-justice-minister-talks-about.html






https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/district-education-council-inclusive-education-assistants-1.5358953

Anglophone South passes budget, chair vows to 'maintain the pressure'

Vote took place less than a week after Minister Dominic Cardy said he will bypass DEC and accept budget

Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News· Posted: Nov 14, 2019 6:30 AM AT




The Anglophone South District Education Council will attempt to meet with Minister of Education Dominic Cardy after passing its budget. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

The Anglophone South District Education Council has "begrudgingly" passed its budget after rejecting it twice in protest.

The vote came after Minister of Education Dominic Cardy sent a letter saying he will accept the proposed budget no matter what the DEC votes, and that he has the power to ask for the council to be dissolved if he believes members are failing to follow the Education Act.

The 5-4 vote came after members took 30 minutes to outline the reason for each of their votes. Some voiced concern over "systemic" underfunding of educational assistants, and what it will mean for inclusive education in their districts.

"There is no educational assistant in the district who is unneeded or under-utilized, and yet we continue to hear about children being underserved or families being forced to move elsewhere," said DEC member Justin Tinker.

A revised budget shows a $2.8-million shortfall in funding for educational assistants. Students in the district need 800 EAs but there's only enough funding for a little more than 600. Because the DEC is legally required to have a balanced budget, they've taken funding used for maintaining school infrastructure and paying for teacher sick days to cover the shortfall.


Rob Fowler, chair of the Anglophone East District Education Council, says Minister of Education Dominic Cardy's letter is 'disappointing.' (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

DEC member Kristen Murphy, also said she "begrudgingly" voted in this budget to end the stalemate.
"I don't see any good coming out a public battle between the minister and this council," she said.

DEC member Heather Gillis said she voted no because she's been with the DEC for three years and has seen the underfunding problem get worse.

"I have three years now of experience to see that nothing's changed. And I felt that this was a good way to say, hey, something's got to change," she said.
She said she was offended by the minister's "tone" in his letter to the DEC.

"We asked for meetings and he wasn't willing to give us one. And now we'll see if he will because it passed tonight," she said.

EAs and inclusive education

Tinker said EA funding is directly linked to making sure classrooms remain inclusive.

He said if Cardy doesn't increase EA funding, "you place our district and our superintendent in serious danger of operating in violation of Policy 322.

"At this point, we are uncomfortably close to being forced to choose between satisfying the mandate of inclusive education and providing the safe buildings and needed supports in which to share that inclusive education."

But he said he voted yes to hopefully begin repairing the relationship and doing something about the underfunding.
"We need to get to the heart of these systemic shortages and if the only way that the minister was willing to sit down with us was after being forced to pass a budget with a gun to our head, then that's our olive branch to the minister," he said.

DEC chair Rob Fowler said this is not the end of the matter, and the council will "maintain the pressure."

Anglophone East DEC has also twice rejected its budget, but finally passed it in October because chair Harry Doyle said members wanted to meet with Cardy. They have a meeting scheduled for late November.



 




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David Amos 
Surprise Surprise Surprise 













David Amos
Methinks if Higgy loses the confidence vote after the upcoming Speech From The Throne his buddy Cardy may have a hard time getting elected again N'esy Pas?



Terry Tibbs 
I would *guess* run the schools until the money runs out then lock the doors and declare that summer vacation came early this year?


David Amos  
















Brian Robertson
If Kristen Murphy, is that easily offended, she should retire from public life and pursue opportunities in a safer environment.


David Amos 














Jane Sherrard
The Francophone sector is entitled to greater funding from both the federal and provincial governments to service their one program. If the Anglophone sectors were equally funded, this budget would be a non issue. It would also help if English schools also had only one program to service, rather than the existing four mediocre second language programs they are trying to deliver.

















Tim Yates
Just a question - Do all school districts in the province get the same dollars per student formula for their budgets?

















Trevis L. Kingston
Many a General has lost a battle in the end... because he didn't listen to "the troops on the ground".
Perhaps Mr. Cardy wants to replace DEC with twice as many "yes" people… and pay them
to think his way.
(New NB license plate logo) "My way... or the Highway."

















Linda Christie Hazlett
 It is time NB grew up and accepted we are a bilingual province. Governments have been playing us off, one against the other for years. That keeps us busy while they tackle what they want. Like what to do with the crown lands etc. WE are not English and WE are not French. WE are bilingual . It's the law and the law is the same for EVERYONE.















Brent McMackin
It is no shock that this council and district are stating the shortfall in funding is for EA's yet it is this very council that decides where and how the budget is spent... they decide where the money goes. By stating it is a EA funding shortfall in funding is being dishonest. Looking at salary's based within Dept of Education for 195 days of work needs to be revisited, many salarys within schools run between $75,000.00 and $99,999.00.... not bad for 195 days work. Look for yourself...https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/tb-ct/pdf/OC/PA17Emp.pdf 


Terry Tibbs





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/district-education-council-budget-1.5356710

Cardy steps on Anglophone South budget protest, and 'bully' tactic dismays chair

Education minister imposes budget on district after council rejected it over educational assistants funding

Hadeel Ibrahim· CBC News· Posted: Nov 12, 2019 5:19 PM AT



Education Minister Dominic Cardy says the balanced budget the Anglophone South district education council rejected will be used for the remainder of the year. (Edwin Hunter/CBC)

Education Minister Dominic Cardy is bypassing the Anglophone South district education council, approving a budget the elected council has rejected twice.

The council voted down its balanced budget for the 2019-20 school year to protest against a $2 million shortfall in funding for educational assistants.

 Cardy said the Education Act gives him the power to impose a budget on a school district.

"I was disappointed that the DEC failed to comply with their legislative duty to submit a balanced expenditure plan," Cardy wrote in a letter Nov. 7 to Rob Fowler, the council chair.

The minister went on to say he has the power to ask a Court of Queen's Bench judge to "dissolve" a district education council if he believes the council has failed to comply with the Education Act "within a reasonable time period."

I think using threats and intimidation doesn't accomplish anything

- Rob Fowler, Anglophone South 

As a "corrective" measure, the school district will now be subject to monthly monitoring by the department, instead of regular quarterly reports.

"I trust that these actions will be received in the spirit of collaboration and open dialogue," Cardy wrote in the last paragraph.

In a response to a request for an interview, Cardy sent a written statement. In it, he said if the district education council approves the balanced budget, he's open to revisiting new monitoring schedules.

"If non-compliance continues, the DEC has been reminded of our administrative processes as per legislation," he said.

Fowler said he was disappointed with the minister's approach.

"I am frustrated by the tone of the letter," he said. "I think using threats and intimidation doesn't accomplish anything."

More pressure on staff

He said the monthly monitoring will increase staff workload, "which is a bit of a backdoor way of putting pressure on us."

He said the threat to dissolve the council "is a complete bully, intimidation tactic."

Fowler has previously said the council and Cardy were at "a stalemate," because the council didn't want to approve the budget until they met with the minister, but the minister wouldn't meet with them until they passed the budget.


Rob Fowler, chair of the Anglophone South district education council, called Cardy's letter disappointing and an intimidation tactic. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

Fowler said he hoped the stalemate would end with a meeting, not this letter.

"At the end of the day we took a stance to send a message about our budgetary pressures and the issues that all districts face in New Brunswick," he said.
 
"I think the message has been sent. I think that we get that point across. So let's move on and we'll see what happens."
The province provides education councils with a global budget, and it's up to the council to decide how to allocate the money. Councils are not allowed to operate without balanced budgets.

Fowler previously told CBC the board is required by law to have a balanced budget every year.

When there isn't enough money to hire the required number of educational assistants, the board takes money from other areas to fill the gap. That's why, he said, the budget the council voted on this year was balanced but still flawed.

Changes to the budget

Since the council last met, the province has added some funding because of increased enrolment. On Wednesday evening, the council will vote on the new budget.

The district education council for Anglophone East passed its budget in October after two months of rejecting it to protest against inadequate funding for educational assistants.
Chair Harry Doyle said Anglophone East didn't get the letter the minister wrote to Anglophone South. The council eventually approved the budget because members wanted to meet with Cardy, and he wouldn't meet with them until the budget was passed.

They also had increased enrolment so they weren't in that much trouble financially, Doyle said.



 





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Paul Bourgoin
Education Minister Dominic Cardy is in-charge, meaning he is the BOSS!! was elected by the People, selected by Premier HIGGS for this position, SO maybe there is a bucket of gold at the end of this RAINBOW!!














Maggie Leard
since the budget is based on number of students...perhaps anglephone south should try attracting more students with the NB historic excellence of k-12 education. if parents want a better level of education and more options then these parents should pay for these educations. does the fredericton government give anglophone south the same amount
of funding per student that students in the francophone (private schools only for french
kids of french parents) schools....(not bilingual, but francophone paid by trudeau)....


Linda Christie Hazlett