Social Education

PSA: Delta, INSE Intro

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in PSATagged delta collegiate, delta secondary, education, hamilton, hamont, inclusion, inse, ontario, public education, speced, special education2 Comments

Please click on the image below to open up the full PSA before reading the article that follows. This attached document also highlights the guidelines for sharing this article on social media, and within your paper or your online publication. Schools to Condos: Should Delta Secondary Be ‘Saved’? by Larry Pattison(Words 1,628)November 4, 2019 UPDATE: We […]

Public Meeting: Delta’s Future

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in UncategorizedTagged community hubs, crown point, delta collegiate, delta secondary, hamilton, hamont, hwdsbNo Comments

I was notified the other day that there will be a public meeting on the future of Delta Secondary School on Wednesday December 4th at 6:00pm (next week). It will take place at A.M Cunningham Elementary School which is a block south of Delta at 100 Wexford Ave S. Here is the flyer on the […]

Update: Status of Delta Sale

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in UncategorizedTagged delta collegiate, deltasecondary, hamilton, hamilton-wentworth district school board, hamont, heritage, hwdsb, OntEd, specedNo Comments

Delta Secondary School (Collegiate) Disposition of Sale Update1284 Main St E, Hamilton, ON Date of Update: December 5th 2019 Please see the below links for documents related to the public meeting I attended last evening regarding the process to sell Delta and status of it’s sale. PSA – www.socialeducation.ca/ PSA – Public meeting regarding sale […]

Politics vs. Unions

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in UncategorizedTagged cdnpoli, education minister, government of ontario, ministry of education, OntEd, ontpoli, osstf, politics, speced, unions2 Comments

OPINION: Politics vs. Unions (A pdf version of this opinion piece can also be found here) By Larry Pattison, former HWDSB Trustee and Protector at INSE RE: Recent Labour Negotiations Between the Province and OSSTF December 16, 2019 – Although I have never personally been represented by a union, I have seen more than a […]

Left vs Right, vs Right

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in UncategorizedTagged bill clinton, donald trump, house of representatives, impeachment, politics, President of the United States of America, president trump, religion, richard nixon, senate, united states, usa, washington, white house, wordpoliNo Comments

At some point, the articles of impeachment will face trial in the Senate. All indications with the way the Senate is represented, are that Trump will not be removed from office and impeachment will once again be nothing more than a couple of post-nominal letters next to his name like PhD, CCC, LLM, ImP.

While they fall in love, I’m falling out

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in UncategorizedTagged caroline mulroney, cdnpoli, doug ford, hamilton, hamont, light rail transit, lrt, OnPOLI, ontario, province of ontarioNo Comments

A dear friend whom we lost this year, was one who delegated at city hall, was a huge booster for the project in general, and he could be found commenting on almost every conversation on line discussing the pro’s, providing the real facts, in an effort to tirelessly do his part to help our city see this project through. If he wouldn’t have been taken from us so suddenly, he’d be back at it again this past week in fiery but professional rebuke of opposition. This is just one example of the time that cannot have been for not because this passion for our city I am quite sure was a factor in his early demise. He cared too much and could not rest until he knew the projects near and dear to him, were safely on their passage through the home stretch.

When the actions of conflicting adults affect our youth

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in Public EducationTagged conflict, education, extra-curricular activities, government, ministry of education, public education, school trips, trustees, unionsNo Comments

“School was soooooooo much better before anxiety, depression, and finding x squared by the power of 9. I wish we could go back to when we were learning ABC’s and making paper chains.”

Square Apple Institute – The Curriculum

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 23, 2023Posted in Square Apple InstituteTagged alternative education, cdned, cdnpoli, community hubs, delta, education, hamilton, hamont, hwdsb, OnPOLI, ontario, OntEd, schools as hubs, speced3 Comments

“I’ve chaired expulsion and SAL (Supervised Alternative Learning) hearings, and have seen long rap sheets of suspensions, expulsions, missed school days, and poor grades over a lengthy period of time before their case was brought before a Trustee. What if we had a system in place that focused more on physical and mental well-being, and less on grades or discipline or inclusion at all costs? Let’s keep kids in school at their best, AND during their hardest of struggles, and give them the tools to engage in alternatives on their own accord rather than waiting for the hierarchical processes of failed inclusion to throw them an olive branch. That’s when we show them that we truly care and that they matter so much more than rankings on some institutional list, or proving the success of our political ideologies. That’s when we say to them it isn’t about the delivery, but that they want to engage in learning.” Larry Pattison, former HWDSB Trustee and Protector at INSE.

Virtual Boarding Fun

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in UncategorizedNo Comments

When we were virtual boarding the school, it’s name, etc., we started having fun with the logo imagining clubs and such and their possible names and logos. Have an idea for a fruit-inspired club? Send them our way. Maybe the Coco Nuts comedy group. Band anas school band? Below are the imagined club logos and […]

SQI – Funding

By Larry PattisonPosted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Posted in Square Apple InstituteTagged cdned, charter schools, delta secondary, hamont, OntEd, private schools, public education, speced, special education, sqi, worlded2 Comments

Part 1 – Square Apple Institute IntroductionPart 2 – The CurriculumPart 3 – The Funding Model Listed below, are some possible funding sources to support INSE’s Square Apple Institute of Alternative Education Concept: 1. Government Per Pupil Funding Current per-pupil funding under Ford Government $12,246 Avg Kindergarten class sizes: 29 cap, avg 26 Primary […]