You can't say that the board of trustees in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division doesn't have their lighter moments along with their usual sober first, second and third thoughts and considerations.
One example of a little brevity levity came to light on Dec. 13 while April Bent, manager of communications for the division, was updating the trustees on a project to provide more visible signage in each school to increase awareness.
The board members were also being asked to consider the addition of highway-styled billboards at major points of entry to assist the division with their brand.
Last academic year the Cornerstone board approved a motion to add the word Public to their moniker to clarify their role in the regional educational circuit.
On Thursday, in compliance with a request or suggestion from the media, Weyburn trustee Len Williams said it might be a wise move to also provide the correct spelling of the word Southeast, before moving on with any signage project. It had been pointed out that the brand name South East was, in effect, not considered to be a correct version and that Southeast, was the accepted spelling standard.
The plaintiff righteous cry for correctness from the media, however, appeared to have fallen on deaf ears. Only one trustee ventured a defence of the misspelled name, noting that they preferred the two-word approach since they could then legitimately refer to the division as the S.E. public school division.
Having heard that, Williams countered that then perhaps the name Cornerstone was unnecessary and it could be eliminated.
The fact that Southeast is correctly identified as S.E. in abbreviated form and is used by other agencies, such as the regional college, apparently held no weight with the South East trustees.
After the brief verbal dust had settled, the trustees continued their discussion using the arguably mis-spelled version as their preferred model.
In other board business, Williams was again appointed as the Cornerstone representative to the Saskatchewan High Schools' Athletic Association annual general meeting coming up in 2013.
The trustees also stated that should a bargaining team be required for the local implementation and negotiation committee (LINC), the division will establish one to represent the interests of the board of education.
The trustees also accepted and approved a request from the Weyburn Comprehensive School to reserve the naming rights of the new commercial cooking service at the performing arts centre, as well as the score clock and two large screens in the new facility. The names of the major donors will adorn these areas in the school once the announcements are made.
The board will hold their next monthly public session on Jan. 16.
