This week will be a great week to get some vital input from parents in the area as to what they think are big issues in education and what they would like to see from the board level. Parents input will be the key, It gives me a great indication of the direction they want to see the board go. The next few years are going to be big for the Thames Valley board, there is still a glutton of ARC's on the horizon and with the province's money issues it'll make for alot of agonizing decisions on what to do with school closings and just what they do with getting the funding for building new facilities.
I am also interested to hear what parents think of the boards technology plan where they plan to make wireless schools a key goal. I think it is a great idea and opens up the idea of even greater technology in the classroom. Just think it's only been in the last few years that Smart boards came on the scene and it makes me think that the possibilities are endless. At the last board meeting outgoing trustee James Stewart brought up a question asking how far along was the possibilities of textbooks on computers, it would be a great idea, my only concern would be the cost of implementing the idea. Let's embrace the new technologies that are available to enhance the education of our students.
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