My Boggled Mind

School Council.   MacGillivray School Council is like Hotel California.  “You can check in any time you like but you can never leave…”

I went to a meeting last night and what a shock.  It’s the same crock that it was last year and every other year.  You know that old adage about people who do the  same thing over and over and expect different results.  Ya, well if the shoe fits.

I was only awake through the first half of the meeting due to the challenge of trying to figure out the method to the madness of the order of the meeting.  Willy-Nilly is an understatement.

A meeting that’s open to everyone but doesn’t distribute so much as an agenda so people can follow along – how welcoming.  What I want to know is;

• How do you spend money before you know how much money you have? 
• Why do you make commitments to do things in a certain way without exploring other options?
• How is a smart board in a music room without a teacher that can use it better than a tuba in a music room without a music teacher?  Neither of which is the case by the way but apparently we’d rather spend a thousand dollars and have nothing at the end than even entertain another scenario.  (this is the rational for renting vs. buying instruments but buying and installing the smart board)
• Why are Grant applications are committed to without there being a committee formed to do the follow through?
• Why are Committees are formed without goals being set?
• What IS this council going to do this year – aside from review the rules again?

The “moment” in the meeting came finally as the time for adjournment was coming near.  The topic of students doing their own fund raising for grade 6 and grade 8 school trips made a giant thud as it hit the table and without even a second bounce,that whole concept was backhanded  into never never land with such finesse that the rest of the council (save one or two perhaps) seemed oblivious to the fact that what had just happened was that the principal of the school had relayed a message from parents of students at the school that they wanted to fund-raise for their expensive trips and the school council flatly refused to let them.

The problem is… the problem has always been…  there are just too many people there with ulterior motives. 

I could learn to live with that – if the result is the same regardless of the motivation, who cares? 

I have had it with the council. 

In the mean time I’m going to try and grow as a person and find something more worthwhile to occupy my time than………….

 There – I’ve already grown as a person.  I didn’t say what was on my mind.