School District Review, School of Arts Secondary School Meeting
The difficult of reconfiguring Kamloops Thompson Schools continues. The Board of Education has been hearing from North Shore parents about reconfiguring elementary schools. Unfortunately, this has caused some sniping between parents of students at Arthur Hatton Elementary and parents of students at John Tod school. Although school trustees probably deserve a raise at this point, they wisely decided to hold off until a more complete comparison with other schools district can be conducted. In the larger Sahali neighbourhood, the District is hosting a public meeting at the Beattie Secondary School of the Arts on Feb 11th, at 7pm. For more info, call the Superintendent's office at 250 374 0679.
City Hall Development Services and Engineering Update 1
David Trawin, City Hall's director of development services and engineering, recently presented his department's 2009 report. The department had reduced staffing levels (mostly through attrition) as they anticipated much reduced workload, but the development activity in the city did not decrease as much as expected. This resulted in some unanticipated delays in processing applications. The department managed to save taxpayer's money (approx $70 000) by not contracting out some planning and design work and, instead, doing this work inhouse. Transit service in Kamloops, another departmental responsibility, ranks second best among similar size Canadian communities when measured in terms of ridership, cost recovery, and productivity.
Community Distinguished Service Awards
From City Hall's web site:
The Distinguished Service Award was initiated by Mayor and Council to acknowledge those, who, over a period of time, have dedicated their time and service to the well-being of our community and it's citizens...Nomination forms and copies of the selection criteria are available from City Hall Reception (or can be downloaded from www.kamloops.ca)...present members of council, city staff and groups do not qualify for nomination...other criteria available on the nomination form.
The difficult of reconfiguring Kamloops Thompson Schools continues. The Board of Education has been hearing from North Shore parents about reconfiguring elementary schools. Unfortunately, this has caused some sniping between parents of students at Arthur Hatton Elementary and parents of students at John Tod school. Although school trustees probably deserve a raise at this point, they wisely decided to hold off until a more complete comparison with other schools district can be conducted. In the larger Sahali neighbourhood, the District is hosting a public meeting at the Beattie Secondary School of the Arts on Feb 11th, at 7pm. For more info, call the Superintendent's office at 250 374 0679.
City Hall Development Services and Engineering Update 1
David Trawin, City Hall's director of development services and engineering, recently presented his department's 2009 report. The department had reduced staffing levels (mostly through attrition) as they anticipated much reduced workload, but the development activity in the city did not decrease as much as expected. This resulted in some unanticipated delays in processing applications. The department managed to save taxpayer's money (approx $70 000) by not contracting out some planning and design work and, instead, doing this work inhouse. Transit service in Kamloops, another departmental responsibility, ranks second best among similar size Canadian communities when measured in terms of ridership, cost recovery, and productivity.
Community Distinguished Service Awards
From City Hall's web site:
The Distinguished Service Award was initiated by Mayor and Council to acknowledge those, who, over a period of time, have dedicated their time and service to the well-being of our community and it's citizens...Nomination forms and copies of the selection criteria are available from City Hall Reception (or can be downloaded from www.kamloops.ca)...present members of council, city staff and groups do not qualify for nomination...other criteria available on the nomination form.
