Referendum Results (2002-06-26):

On the vote of confidence in the current Governing Board and its policies:

In Favour: 580 (30%)    Opposed: 1,354 (70%)

 
Index:

Brief Introduction

Brief Chronology

Background Information

Survey of Alumni

Join the email discussion group

 
Archives:

Press Coverage   (Updated: 2003-01-25)

Governing Board Communiques   

Director General's Newsletters  

Extraordinary Consultative General Assembly - November 2000

Extraordinary Consultative General Assembly - February 2002

Partial Minutes of the February ECGA

Opening Address to the November 2002 Assembly   

Brief Introduction

The following articles and notes have been compiled from many sources. Additional facts and background information that serve to clarify the issues surrounding the June, 2002 school community referendum are welcomed and will be presented in full in their original language.

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Brief Chronology

September, 1999	The International School of Geneva celebrates its 75th anniversary.
September, 1999	Jean-Jacques Streuli assumes post of interim Director General.
September, 2000	Donald Billingsley joins the school administration.
October, 2000	Governing Board decides to move all secondary-school programmes to a new campus.
November, 2000	Extraordinary Consultative General Assembly called by the Parent-Teachers Association to voice its disapproval and to address the lack of consultation by the Board in making this decision.
December, 2000	John Boggs assumes the post of Governing Board Chairman after the resignation of a number of Board members including the Chairman. Board reaffirms its plans to construct a new campus by publicly announcing an architectural competition. Board vacancies are filled by appointments.
January, 2001	Donald Billingsley assumes the post of Director General.
May, 2001	Annual Consultative General Assembly. Appointed members confirmed to the Governing Board.
February, 2002	New contract signed with the teachers association.
February, 2002	Extraordinary Consultative General Assembly called to address the censure of a teacher by the Director General based on fabricated documents. Other management issues are raised in a sometimes heated discussion. Board fails a vote of confidence by a margin of 80% (opposed) to 10% (in favour). John Boggs declares the vote invalid.
May 28, 2002	Annual Consultative General Assembly. Governing Board announces a school-wide referendum to be held in June, 2002 to certify the current Board composition.

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Background Information

This section includes information compiled by the Committee of Concerned Community Members of the International School of Geneva and other community organizations.

Personal impressions from the meetings on Monday, 10 June 2002-06-12

Letter from a group of La Châtaigneraie Parents 2002-06-11

Results of the Staff Association Survey 2002-06-11

Referendum Irregularities Updated: 2002-06-11

Announcements and Position Papers 2002-06-09

Staff Association Letter - June 5th, 2002 (English)

Lettre des Représentants du Personnel - 5 juin 2002 (French)

Presentation to the Consultative General Assembly on May 28th, 2002

Ecole et croissance économique: une relation ambiguë
      from the Federation des Syndicats Patronaux

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Survey of Alumni

The wide geographic distribution of International School alumni throughout the world is being supported by a web-based survey, created to give all alumni a voice in the June, 2002 referendum. This survey is open to all members of the school community, including parents, students, and staff as well as the alumni membership.

This survey is on the record, with each participant identified by name, location, and their relationship with our school. Upon completion of the survey, all participants had the opportunity to modify their comments up until the referendum closing date.

The survey was completed on Monday, 24 June at 18:00 GMT.

• View Survey Results

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Join the email discussion group

An email discussion group has been created to foster communication and dialog among all members of the International School community during the period leading up to the June, 2002 referendum. This discussion group is an unmoderated format with messages sent to all of the group's participants using a single email address.

To subscribe to this discussion group, send an email message introducing yourself and stating your relationship with the International School (parent, student, alumnus, staff) to:

 
Your email address will then be subscribed to the distribution list. While the format of this list is unmoderated, please observe the following guidelines:

Respect the rights of others to ask questions and to express their opinions. Persons sending flame messages will be excluded from the discussion.

Refrain from "spam" strategies. Spam in this context is defined as the excessive posting of messages intended to promote one idea or one group's interests over another.

Please keep with the topic under discussion until the close of balloting.

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