SCHOOL BOARD GONE UNDERGROUND?

AVON MAITLAND DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD SEEMS TO BE IN HIDING

If the Board is cowering in shame over the damage they have committed over the past few months, no one should be much surprised. They may have locked the door of their communications department to prevent further embarrassment of issuing misleading information to the public.

Normally, you would think that during a time when they are in the process of building a monster school in Wingham, they would be proudly announcing every construction milestone as it is reached. But these are not
normal times. The Maitland River Elementary School provides no noble purpose about which to toot the horn. More of a monument to current board members than a needed educational resource, it stand out as a physical reminder of government waste. In its wake lie several communities stripped of their educational heart and soul. AMDSB is no doubt thinking it wiser to lay low and hope that the injured parties get used to being whipped by the people they once thought were their representatives on the school board.

Whatever is behind the lengthy hiatus, we can only worry that they are using this time to dream up further ways to attack small communities throughout their two county domain. When we consider all the adverse decisions that have emerged from this administration, it seems obvious that they much have spent a great deal of time in closed meetings plotting each of these moves. It is to be hoped that the Ontario Ombudsman will continue to investigate such activities in public bodies to ensure that the public have access to the information about the conduct of public business.

Brock Vodden