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New Cornell legal research engine The Friday Fillip Munro Munro by Mark Lewis February 2, 2007 Happy Munro Day everybody! I’m home today owing to the pre-cursor to Harlequin novels. And speaking of stories with painful plots, I thought it would be appropriate to share the story of the Halifax Regional School Board, which is currently a board of one. For many months, back in the fall, it seemed that the HRM school board could barely agree on a seating arrangement for their meetings, forget about substantial business. So after some time the NS Minister of Education dissolved the school board in December, citing the powers granted the minister in section 68 of the NS Education Act. Now it seems that the ousted members are considering launching a lawsuit against the province in order to have their positions restored. …like sand through the hour glass… this is how our stomach turns. by Mark LewisMark Lewis is the Reference/IT Librarian at the Sir James Dunn Law Library at Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Mark became a Slaw core contributor in 2005 and has a healthy appreciation for the legally absurd. [click on the author's name to go to email and web page links] on February 2nd, 2007 Happy Munro Day everybody! I’m home today owing to the pre-cursor to Harlequin novels. And speaking of stories with painful plots, I thought it would be appropriate to share the story of the Halifax Regional School Board, which is currently a board of one. For many months, back in the fall, it seemed that the HRM school board could barely agree on a seating arrangement for their meetings, forget about substantial business. So after some time the NS Minister of Education dissolved the school board in December, citing the powers granted the minister in section 68 of the NS Education Act. Now it seems that the ousted members are considering launching a lawsuit against the province in order to have their positions restored. …like sand through the hour glass… this is how our stomach turns. Respond: Make a comment Share: Email \| Save as PDF \| Print \| Linkedin, Facebook, Delicious, other More: on Miscellaneous \| by Mark Lewis You can use this link to go immediately to leave a comment, ortrackback from your own site. SOME COMMENTS MODERATED If you have not had an approved comment here before, your comment will be held for approval. We are glad to publish comments that address issues raised in the post or other comments on it and contribute to a fruitful discussion. We do not publish comments that seek to promote commercial products. 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by Mark Lewis February 2, 2007