Back on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 -- School District/SD #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) Board Chair (who also serves as SD27 Zone 5 Trustee) Angie Delainey wrote to Parents, Partner Groups, Public and School District Staff about Effective Board Governance and advised that the SD27 Board would consider changes to its' Procedure Bylaw as per Section 67 of BC's School Act - view Chair Delainey's memorandum here
At tonight's (Monday, December 15, 2025) Board of Education for School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) meeting which starts at 6:30pm in the SD27 Administration Office (350 2nd Avenue, Williams Lake) -- the SD27 Board will receive a presentation from its' Acting Secretary-Treasurer regarding proposed changes to the SD27 Procedure Bylaw which includes:
* Restriction on in-person attendance at Open SD27 Board of Education meetings
* Restrictions on in-person delegations at Open SD27 Board of Education meetings
* Deadline to submit questions for items on an Open SD27 Board of Education Meeting Agenda
View the proposed changes here
School District #27 is currently receiving comments via email on the proposed changes at info@sd27.bc.ca
If the Board of Education for School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) elects to proceed this evening, the proposed changes would be formally considered for approval at the January 26th, 2026 Open Meeting of the Board of Education for School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
In my nearly 2 decades of either covering Cariboo-Chilcotin Local Governments or Boards of Education as well as almost 13 years as an elected official (or appointed official) -- these are some of the most draconian procedural rules involving the public I have ever seen - either at Regional District Board, Municipal Council or Board of Education.
The public response, to date, has been swift and predictable -- outright condemnation of the proposed changes. I will be in attendance at tonight's meeting of the Board of Education for School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) and I am expecting a full crowd in the public gallery
The principle of voters being able to seek redress with their elected officials - either in an in-person format or virtual is fundamental to our local democratic system, whether at Regional District Board or Committee, Municipal Councils or its' Committees as well as Boards of Education and its' Committees and thus, these proposals, when they may be well intended to keep SD27 Elected Officials/Staff safe will have the opposite impact and should be rejected immediately and SD27 Elected Officials should re-commit to working with parents, public, etc. to "build bridges" to work collaboratively towards an effective, fair and inclusive public education system that considers and respects all viewpoints ...
~SF
Editor's Note: this is my personal opinion and not that of the full Cariboo Regional District Board of Directors'
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