@Carolannbagan @Carolannbagan, duzhe dyakuyu for the welcome!
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Susan Vukadinovic
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Susan Vukadinovic
@SusanVuka
Is caught between the decline of print and the rise of digital.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada เข้าร่วม Ağustos 2020
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@SusanVuka laskavo prosimo do bunker loony ( welcome to the loony bin). thanks for the follow. always nice to have a fellow Albertan follow me.
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Susan Vukadinovic รีทวีตแล้ว
Opinion: Alberta undermining public education — and democracy
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We need to slow down. We need to value our attention for its power to heal, to relate, to satisfy, to enliven, to imagine, and to discover so much more. @SusanVuka @shoffmanAB theguardian.com/technology/202…
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@PaulaRe48195653 @MsLutzmann @PaulaRe48195653 , it's not the ATA that would have to figure out where to find space for more classes if public education gets proper funding to hire additional teachers. It's the school boards that would have to figure it out. Trust me, the boards would figure it out!
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@MsLutzmann I don’t disagree but unless the ATA has a place to temporarily teach the kids until more schools are built the kids will suffer and we should all remember how the kids were affected by the Covid lockdowns .
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman I encourage you to email me at susanvukadinovic@gmail.com or at suvukadinovic@cbe.ab.ca because then I can properly share this store with you, more than 200 characters at a time.
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@SusanVuka @AmandaChapman Using the 2025-26 numbers, even if you subtract $4M from O&M, CBE still gets more than $860/ student from the School Space Allocation, which is more than charter schools get just from the Student Allocation Rate alone. So while the calculation is different, it still favours CBE.
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman And the number one issue is that this this opaque and flawed calculation leads to larger class sizes at public schools only. I do not understand why chartered and private schools can cap their class sizes at any size they want with no financial penalty. Let's level the rules.
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman The calculation is so complex that it's obfuscating. Taxpayers deserve transparency. And a major issue is that the Province has used this tool to reject requests for new schools in new communities, and to force public school boards to close schools in established communities.
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman This is so complex that it's obfuscating. Bottom line: public school boards and charter boards are being treated differently. The GoA clawed back $4 million from the CBE last year for "half empty" schools that were actually full. P69 of funding manual explicitly exempts charters.
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@SusanVuka @AmandaChapman While Applicable Rate is higher for the Student Allocation component for charter schools, charter schools are not eligible for the School Space Allocation which is multiplied by square meters of utilized or underutilized space. Overall O&M Grant does not indicate clear advantage.
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman @_Andrew_Chu_ and @AmandaChapman, The 85% rule is laid out in a different document from the school utilization calculation. You’ll find the 85% rule in Section C3.1 of the provincial government’s Funding Manual for School Authorities, which starts on p 68.
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman @_Andrew_Chu_ and @AmandaChapman, And, sure, not EVERY school in Alberta needs 40 kids per class to achieve 100% utilization, but the fact that we have ANY public school in Alberta expected to have 40 kids per class in KINDERGARTEN is wrong.
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@_Andrew_Chu_ @AmandaChapman @_Andrew_Chu_ and @AmandaChapman, ONLY public schools in Alberta have operational funding clawed back by provincial government when class sizes fall below a threshold set by the provincial government, which varies from school to school. Chartered and private schools do not.
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@AmandaChapman Then why did CBE ask for ZERO new schools in Year 1 of the 2023-2024 Capital Plan, which could have been in the pipeline today? Also, all divisional public schools can control class sizes under s.10 of the Education Act. x.com/_Andrew_Chu_/s…
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@KathleenGanley It's actually the job of the divisional school boards in cooperation with municipalities to plan for the necessary infrastructure. CBE asked for ZERO new schools last year #ABLeg:
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My new lawn signs are here! If you live in Calgary's Ward 8 or Ward 9, DM if you're willing to display one on your lawn.
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Thank you @ABDanielleSmith and @DemetriosnAB for your funding announcement yesterday. This is good news for Calgary's kids and good news for Alberta's future prosperity!
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It was an honour to present CBE school trustee @SusanVuka with a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal on behalf of @shoffmanAB for Susan's outstanding commitment to public education and volunteerism. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. #yyccbe #yycedu #ableg
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A safe space for children fleeing the war in Ukraine youtu.be/Ow8pqF235y8 via @YouTube The situation continues to deteriorate. More than 4.2 M people—half of them children—have already fled the country, with thousands more leaving every day. I'm a proud monthly donor to UNICEF
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@TinyBeaches @youthenroute @patriciajbolger @yyCBEdu @CalgaryPolice @TinyBeaches, Tim Schaefer, can you email me about the bike rack issue at Riverside School? I'd love to help you, but I can't resolve something like this over Twitter. My email address is suvukadinovic@cbe.ab.ca.
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@SusanVuka @youthenroute @patriciajbolger @yyCBEdu @CalgaryPolice The kids at Riverside need your help Susan. They need safe and secure bike storage that allows them to choose active options when commuting to school.
What policy and funding will you commit to make this happen?
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Bike theft impacts our kids ability to be active and independent when commuting to school. We need to be better! #YYCBike @youthenroute @patriciajbolger @SusanVuka @yyCBEdu @CalgaryPolice
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Bike theft in #Calgary is not just an annoying crime that results in the loss of property; it impacts the choices we make about personal mobility. Read about it on page 6 of the @HillhurstSunny Oct Voice. #yycbike 1/6 static1.squarespace.com/static/588e65d…
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@jarvisschmid @elledotelliott @yycbe @yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher Yes, @jarvisschmid, let's have a telephone conversation about this. Please send me an email at suvukadinovic@cbe.ab.ca and we can figure out a time in January to have this convo. I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
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@SusanVuka @elledotelliott @yycbe @yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher Ms. Vukadinovic, thank you for the attention. I have read that infopage before. The section listing the reasons not to install HEPA filters is wrong. If you are willing, I’d love to have a phone call to give you my P. Eng. (mechanical) opinion on it.
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@elledotelliott @kprather88 @schill_dawg @jvipondmd @SOSAlberta @CleanAirCrewOrg @JimRosenthal4 @GosiaGasperoPhD @APEGA_AB Yes, I am for sure not good at social media. I'm working on it. Would you like to set up an online meeting so we can chat? Send me an email at suvukadinovic@cbe.ab.ca and we can figure out a time. I'm good at email, phone, in person meetings, online meetings - just new to Twit.
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@SusanVuka @kprather88 @schill_dawg @jvipondmd @SOSAlberta @CleanAirCrewOrg @JimRosenthal4 @GosiaGasperoPhD @APEGA_AB consequences. You still have not answered any of the inquiries from Oct. 21, nor November 12. You are to be the voice of the community, and the community wants to be able to provide safe classrooms with proper airborne mitigation measures, not just droplet theatre. Keep up...
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So you have checked every school in your ward to confirm their HVAC meet/exceed APEGA recommendations? Please provide material evidence.
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@elledotelliott @yycbe @yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher We do have ventilation and filtration in CBE schools. I am so proud of our CBE Facilities team and proud that CBE and the provincial government invested in this critical infrastructure. It looks like other schools boards and other provincial governments didn't. They should have.
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@apmalong @elledotelliott @yycbe @yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher @schill_dawg @CBCCalgary @CTVCalgary @AdrianaLaGrange Yes, I am for sure not good at social media. I'm working on it. Would you like to set up an online meeting so we can chat? Send me an email at suvukadinovic@cbe.ab.ca and we can figure out a time. I'm good at email, phone, in person meetings, online meetings - just new to Twit.
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@yycbe @yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher @SusanVuka @schill_dawg @CBCCalgary @CTVCalgary @AdrianaLaGrange
#UnvaxxedKids
#WinterIsComing
#ClassActionOrClassAction
#HEPAsInClassrooms
#N95sIndoorsAtAllTimes
#CovidIsAGovernmentProblem
#UnvaxxedKidsHaveParentsWithWaningImmunity
#Airborne 🦠
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Wow! “Most importantly, we have learned how the virus can linger in fine aerosols and remain suspended in the air we breathe, much as expelled smoke lingers in poorly ventilated spaces.” newswire.ca/news-releases/…
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