@meaghanmcleod.bsky.social
Just a person and parent, trying to do what I can to better myself and the world. Paid work: helping kids communicate Volunteer work: making education more effectively inclusive for kids with disabilities Life’s work: seeking joy and awe in it all.
All of this. I’d love to get back the hours of my life I spent listening to this nonsense. I sent two emails to the producers (screenshot of the second email below). I was hoping the hype had died down but recently saw that Elizabeth Gilbert had Ky on her Substack…😑
Perhaps, but also I heard a message of wanting to link services to “where kids are” in the community, including schools, which could be an opportunity. For those that never had access to direct funding, and now will, it’s a dramatic departure from what was proposed in 2021. And I also get your take.
I’m seeing lots of valid big emotions about this announcement and am doing my best to understand all of them while also holding my own. Curious…what do you see the same about the hub model that was proposed in 2021?
How do we cultivate belonging for all students in an education system intent on sorting humans based on ability?
For more thoughts and questions that have plagued me as my developmentally disabled daughter has moved through her years of schooling, please read my latest essay:
justtyping.blog?p=431
Trustee Chien made a statement and amended his motion significantly so that DPAC wasn’t specifically mentioned and the issue of “respectful communication” was referred on to the Policy and Governance committee. The meeting was recorded and can be viewed at this link: www.youtube.com/live/1JCMPfb...
Unfortunately I can’t be there but I know folks who will attend and hopefully will find out the outcomes promptly!
VSB is opening up this meeting for the public to submit questions to the trustees. Link is now live but will close during the meeting. It's a great way to connect with trustees with any concerns you have. survey.vsb.bc.ca/TakeSurvey.a...
Thank you Marie!!
In April, hundreds of parents wrote to VSB trustees about the lack of funding for inclusive education, as part of a DPAC letter campaign. In response, ABC trustees are trying to shut down DPAC’s ability to communicate with them. No wonder parents in Vancouver are so disheartened. #vsb #bced
Making a thread here, too.
It's impt for VSB ABC Trustees and ALL residents of Vancouver - who helped to elect these people - to understand that behind the 270+ emails complained about in this week's mtg agenda, are at least 270 KIDS being failed by this district.
OG is here: x.com/jaclynmacrae...
The meeting is tomorrow evening at the VSB office 7-9pm www.vsb.bc.ca/page/5022/ca...
Trustee emails can be found here: www.vsb.bc.ca/page/26692/t...
In the interest of parents and caregivers having a strong voice in our kids’ education, please tell them to drop the motion or vote against it.
If you take issue with the way this trustee is conducting himself and are offended by the DPAC-limiting motion he has put forward that will be voted on at a board meeting tomorrow evening, please consider making your voice heard by emailing trustees, attending the meeting, and/or sharing this info.
No - his post showed the names in full. The blackouts are mine.
1. After decades of involvement with @VSB39, I’ve tried to tune out. It’s just too disheartening to watch the breakdown in relationships between the board, parents & staff — and the cost to students is enormous. #vanpoli #bced #bcpoli /2
And since this is Bluesky, where local issues get zero traction, let’s try tagging: @pattibacchus.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @richardsonyvr.bsky.social @bcsta.bsky.social @bceducationmatters.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social @vancouverdpac.bsky.social
#vanpoli #bced
I hope the people of Vancouver will take care when voting for trustees in the 2026 election. Start preparing now to get rid of the ABC figure heads that sit on the board (literally just sit), and let’s elect some change makers who actually want to do the job. vancouver.ca/guides/votin...
This letter campaign was supported by the Vancouver DPAC Inclusive Education Working Group, of which I am a member. Many of the parents and caregivers who used the accessible letter template added stories and statements of their own and every one of those deserved to be read. They were not “spam”.
He has since deleted the post, but not before revealing these names of advocates to 5000 or more people who viewed it. He has also put forward a motion that this kind of accessible advocacy (letter template campaigns facilitated by the district PAC) be discontinued.
What is the job of a school board trustee if not reading emails from interest holders and being responsive to them? One ABC trustee in @vsb39.bsky.social decided to treat advocacy emails from over 200 parents/caregivers as “spam”, and to post his grievance on X, compromising parent privacy.
@vanfirerescue.bsky.social I would love to see updates here like you do on X - it would be great to build up Bluesky’s capacity to be a go-to for local issues/news.
For anyone else who came to Bluesky hoping for news about the smoky skies in Vancouver this morning…it’s this fire a couple blocks away from me at Hastings and Nanaimo (between Templeton and Garden). vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/23/e...
Where does the isolation and loneliness of a developmentally disabled adult originate? Does it start with the growing exclusion of children from what their non-disabled peers partake in as they become pre-teens, teens, young adults? It’s a solid hypothesis.
open.substack.com/pub/katiejam...
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
As a parent in the district I would love to know more about the learning you facilitated!