Chatham-Kent 6. Essence Boreal

Essence Boreal

On the occasion of artist Lisa Marshall’s exhibit, “Boreal” (October 29, 2015)

This North48° is rich and fuzzy,

like a slice of well-aged gorgonzola

viens of blue and

wedges of soft leek

running through the solid

green frames of forest.

Panagapka is no Erie

no dirty Thames river for

Pakeshkag.

No these small pockets

are holy wells,

deep mosses tucked

within the arms of

the Anishnaabe eternal.

Spiky green leaves atop

a soft artichoke

centre,

reaching

for you to grab hold,

aborbing you in.

Here, you were born.

Here, you are.

SOQP

1.

Je cherche

Access.

a hierarchal foundation of

laws

policies

procedure –

the latter spawn

out of the former.

Who’s your fire call?

…your speed dial?

Professionals’

Acts

weave a fabric of

safe, positive spaces of learning,

threading, sewing,

knitting 52:2 past to Human

future

practice.

2.

In this lunch box of foods

we take out:

counsel and counseling;

icy-cold compliance (only if people aren’t pliable);

control to

carve out ‘best practice’

from Canada’s curriculum.

Crates of consistent

conditions.

Jars of policy sealed

with air-tight procedures

protecting pedagogy 2020.

No expulsion or suspension

without precedence.

(This poses problems

for pupils on the

progressive punishment continuum.)

A fiduciary Spring picnic with

BestInterests Board and BestInterests Students.

3.

You are cordially invited to

celebrate

the marriage

of

Sustantive Duty

&

Procedural Duty

in

SystemConsistency, ON

A reception will be held at

Negotiation Hall at the last minute.

Please RRSP #MitigatingFactors