MONTE MATTERS
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PARENTS’ & FRIENDS’ REPORT<br />
Dates for your Diary<br />
Andrew Rutherford<br />
P&F President<br />
DATE<br />
EVENT<br />
Hi everyone,<br />
For some reason, politics has become almost a taboo subject,<br />
at least socially. Maybe because it engenders such strong<br />
emotional and often polarising responses. And so it is with just<br />
a little trepidation that I approach the topic – but here goes!<br />
With the Federal election only a few weeks away, there are<br />
many issues for us to consider as we vote – many of which are<br />
complex and multi-dimensional that do not easily fit into the<br />
60 second sound bites that make up much of the news cycle.<br />
Education is one of those issues – and one that all of us have<br />
a pretty significant interest in. Funding, assessing educational<br />
outcomes, teacher and principal accreditation, performance<br />
criteria, teaching of languages other than English, support<br />
for disadvantaged students and parent engagement are just<br />
some of the dimensions that are in the mix.<br />
Tue 14 June<br />
Sat 18 June<br />
Sat 30 July<br />
P&F General Meeting<br />
Venue: OR301<br />
Time: 7.00pm for a 7.15pm start<br />
Year 10 Parent Function<br />
When: Sat 18 June<br />
Where: Drink Better Wine, 189 Miller St<br />
Cost: $30 per person (includes substantial<br />
finger food and complimentary drink on<br />
arrival)<br />
Time: 7.00pm<br />
RSVP: 11 June - www.trybooking.com/IECT<br />
Year 11 Parent Function<br />
There is rarely one ‘right’ answer to any complex issue and so<br />
it is with education. Trying to optimise the competing goals of<br />
‘lifting the average’ through focusing funding on a needs basis<br />
(equity) verses equality (ie. giving everyone funding) is just<br />
one of the questions both major parties are trying to grapple<br />
with. Inevitably, each of us will be drawn more strongly to<br />
one party’s ‘mix’ of answers than the other. Both of the major<br />
parties have published their education policies at http://www.<br />
laborsplanforeducation.com.au/ and https://www.education.<br />
gov.au/quality-schools-quality-outcomes. I’d encourage you<br />
to spend a moment having a look at both parties platforms<br />
if you can.<br />
With one daughter approaching voting age, it is a topic<br />
generating a worthwhile conversation around our kitchen<br />
table!<br />
Phew. I’m glad that’s over with!<br />
Have a great week.<br />
Andrew Rutherford<br />
P&F President<br />
<strong>MONTE</strong> <strong>MATTERS</strong> 3 JUNE 2016 / TERM 2, WEEK 6<br />
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