As parent members of Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) Parent Involvement Council (PIC), we discuss the November 25 PIC meeting. Specifically, we (i) adopted a new code of conduct that self-imposes even more restrictions than the Board already places on parent volunteers, and (ii) modified by-laws that further restrict access of PIC members to Board staff and establish the PIC Chair as gatekeeper for such interactions.

2:05 Code of conduct expansion

9:09 Background to by-law revisions

15:00 Geoff asked Board to disclose secret limitations on PIC; asking tough questions not appreciated.

17:15 Director of Education made new rule to avoid direct questions from PIC members; PIC Chair changed bylaws to retroactively legalize rule.

25:38 Shadowy maneuverings to stealthily revise bylaws; opaque agenda setting.

27:35 PIC’s authoritarian shift away from accountability and towards ‘collaboration’.

34:45 The Board is not concerned about Antifa infiltration of PIC

35:55 Do the work.

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