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Mark Wasyliw

Candidate in the 2014 Winnipeg - 3 School Ward race.

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Questionnaire Response

Why did you decide to run in the 2014 School Board Election?

After 3 years on the Board I have gotten a good picture of what needs to be changed in the Winnipeg School Division (WSD). The Division has an achievement gap between students from wealthy households and those struggling with poverty. I believe the School Board can do more to close this gap and ensure all students can be successful in our education system. To that end, in my first term I was able to start a full-day nursery/full-day kindergarten pilot program. We placed this program into four of our lowest socio-economic schools. Often in these school, students fall behind and never catch up with other students in the division. The added time with trained teachers in the nursery and kindergarten program has dramatic results in helping these students catch up to other students in the WSD. We are monitoring this program closely and if successful, my priority is to expand the program to other schools in the division on a "need" basis.

What experience will you bring to compliment your role as School Trustee?

I have been on the Board of Trustees since my by-election win in 2011. I have been elected vice-chair of the Winnipeg School Division for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 School years. I have been a member of the Finance Committee, French Language Advisory Committee, South End Advisory Committee, Must Fund Committee of MSBA, Winnipeg Teacher's Association Committee, and the Ward Boundaries Review Committee.

I am a lawyer by career and own and operate a 10 lawyer law firm where I am the managing partner. I have handled million dollar budgets in the private sector as well as managing 15 employees. At the WSD I help administer a 374 million dollar budget.

What are some issues that you would like to stand for in your role as School Trustee, and why are these issues important to you?

I am committed to closing the achievement gap between students of differing socio-economic backgrounds. I am committed to the expansion of Full Day Nursery/ Full Day Kindergarten programs.

I am committed to prioritizing funding for the arts, science and math education. I want to continue to reform how the Division conducts math instruction in the early years and see that the WSD becomes a leader in this area. I am interested in expanding enrichment programs in the WSD including creating an IB program for the middle years. I would also like to see the WSD develop a junior and senior high Arts Academy where students can receive special training in theatre, music, film, graphic and classical arts.

I am committed to making the WSD more environmentally sustainable. I would like to develop an active transportation policy and create a division wide "walking school bus" program. I want to continue with our energy retrofits of our aging buildings and the continual upgrading of our water lines to allow more water bottle refilling stations in our schools.

I am committed to lobbying the government to increase funding to schools to ease the burden on property taxpayers.

What is one thing in particular that you appreciate about the school ward or school division you wish to represent?

My ward is diverse. With the neighbourhoods of Earl Grey, Fort Rouge, Crescentwood and North River Heights the needs and expectations of the citizens are varied. Each neighbourhood has its own concerns and challenges and special care needs to be given to address each communities priorities.

Do you have any other comments regarding your candidacy?

I believe in an education system that enhances democracy, builds citizenship and develops community in our youth. I value diversity, inclusion, creativity, and rigorous academic standards. All my decisions will have those values and goals in mind.

I want to see students who are creative, who are engaged in critical thinking and who are socially responsible. The policies that I will support and the initiatives I will create will have that as there focus.


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News that Mentions Mark Wasyliw

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Babinsky's outbursts earn fourth censure

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

"Trustee Babinsky had a major outburst and left the meeting. After the conclusion of that meeting, and in public session, trustee Freedman made a motion for censure of trustee Babinsky, which passed," board chairman Mark Wasyliw said in an email Tuesday.

Babinsky in trouble again

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Board chair Mark Wasyliw previously said if Babinsky continued with his disrespectful behaviour, the next step would be to suspend him from the board for a spell, with the ultimate sanction — removing him from the board altogether — not out of the ...

Winnipeg School Division trustee Mike Babinsky censured again

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

The Winnipeg School Division has censured Mike Babinsky, one of its longtime trustees, for the second time in less than six months. The board of trustees passed a motion on Monday evening to censure the Ward 8 trustee for "making disparaging remarks ...

Mike Babinsky censured by fellow WSD trustees for an outburst during Monday's ...

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Winnipeg School Division trustees imposed censure on trustee Mike Babinsky after an outburst during Monday night's closed-door session. "Trustee Babinsky had a major outburst and left the meeting. After the conclusion of that meeting and in public ...

Remarkable women still defined as 'wife of'

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

I was working on the story yesterday of Janice Filmon's appointment as lieutenant governor, and was quite dismayed to see on Twitter how many commenters, including some mainstream media, were leading their stories by defining Filmon's most important ...

Swim club dives into city's pool cut controversy

Saturday, 21 March 2015

It will ease the enrolment pressure on École LaVérendrye School and essentially be a second site for LaVérendrye, board chair Mark Wasyliw said. The decision means nothing will happen to Earl Grey School and Ecole Robert H. Smith School in September, ...

Gophers capture AAAA banner

Thursday, 19 March 2015

... throughout the division their best opportunity to learn, starting in the early years where, studies have shown, students might otherwise fall behind and never catch up with students in other jurisdictions,” said WSD board chair Mark Wasyliw in a ...

Gospel lessons in secular schools fought

Thursday, 19 March 2015

She said under board chairman Mark Wasyliw's signature, the division is making demands that go far beyond what's required of any other outside groups going into schools -- particularly the WSD's requirement that both parents must sign and both must ...

Religion divides Winnipeg school board

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Board chairman Mark Wasyliw said the petitions go to staff, who check the signatures and then prepare a bylaw for first reading at each school annually. But, said Wasyliw, trustee Dean Koshelanyk took the time to inspect the petition and didn't like ...

Religion divides Winnipeg school board

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Board chairman Mark Wasyliw said the petitions go to staff, who check the signatures and then prepare a bylaw for first reading at each school annually. But, said Wasyliw, trustee Dean Koshelanyk took the time to inspect the petition and didn't like ...

WSD approves $387.5million budget

Thursday, 12 March 2015

"Our communities spoke out in favour of expanding education through the services and programs currently being offered by Winnipeg School Division — many of which aren't available anywhere else in Manitoba," said WSD board chair Mark Wasyliw in the ...

City's largest school division approves 3.2% tax increase

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

"Our communities spoke out in favour of expanding education through the services and programs currently being offered by Winnipeg School Division — many of which aren't available anywhere else in Manitoba," said board chair Mark Wasyliw. "We've ...

Not a hidden tax hike: mayor

Wednesday, 04 March 2015

It will ease the enrolment pressure on École LaVérendrye School and essentially be a second site for LaVérendrye, board chair Mark Wasyliw said. The decision means nothing will happen to Earl Grey School and Ecole Robert H. Smith School in September, ...

Donations pouring in for family stricken by tragedy

Saturday, 28 February 2015

It will ease the enrolment pressure on École La Verendrye School and essentially be a second site for LaVérendrye, board chair Mark Wasyliw said. The decision means nothing will happen to Earl Grey School and École Robert H. Smith School in September, ...

Idea's out there, but key players still on sidelines

Thursday, 26 February 2015

Proponents of an indigenous public school division in Winnipeg have gone public, but they've yet to talk to two major players that have key roles in their vision. "We have not been contacted, (nor) have we seen a proposal," an aide to Education ...

Kelvin kicks campaign into gear

Friday, 13 February 2015

School board chairman and nearby resident Mark Wasyliw said the Winnipeg School Division wants to create a new public definition of what schools are, by transforming them into community hubs. Mike Babinsky, trustee for Ward 8 in the central-north part ...

Winnipeg School Division eyes tax increase

Wednesday, 04 February 2015

Board chairman Mark Wasyliw said WSD has taken a big hit on special-needs education -- the province's support for Level 2 students who require a classroom aide is down 8.2 per cent. "How many actual lives are being affected?" Wasyliw asked.

Suspended teacher now on unpaid leave

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Mark Wasyliw, Chair of the Winnipeg School Division's board of trustees, confirms a teacher is now on unpaid leave. The division will not release the name of the school or individual involved and cannot confirm it has anything to do with a Facebook post.

Division will reveal details of fundraising, fees

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Parents in Winnipeg School Division will finally get to know how much money every school fundraises and how much money each school charges its students in fees. "People need to know what's out there," board chairman Mark Wasyliw said Monday night.

WSD to publish report detailing fundraising amounts, fees at each school

Monday, 15 December 2014

Parents in Winnipeg School Division will finally get to know how much money every school fundraises and how much money each school charges its students in fees. "People need to know what's out there," board chairman Mark Wasyliw said Monday night.

Brad Badiuk, Winnipeg teacher, on leave after controversial Facebook posts on ...

Thursday, 11 December 2014

"It's obviously really disheartening," said Mark Wasyliw, chair of the board of the Winnipeg School Division. "We are a very diverse school division. We have a huge population of aboriginal students and these types of allegations are always concerning ...

Today's news from the Babinsky bureau

Friday, 05 December 2014

Board chair Mark Wasyliw — along with Cathy Collins and Babinsky, one of three veterans on the board now — says that Babinsky's notice of motion got 'generalized,' not altered and hidden and concealed as Babinsky alleges, because it identified an ...

Justice minister refuses probe into trustee's allegations

Wednesday, 03 December 2014

WSD board chairman Mark Wasyliw furiously told trustees Monday night Babinsky has accused unnamed persons within the WSD of criminal malfeasance -- without offering any evidence or substantiation. "As a criminal lawyer, I can't think of anything more ...

Winnipeg School Division could hire policy analyst

Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Board chairman Mark Wasyliw told trustees at a meeting of the finance committee Monday night there is no one person on staff responsible for a detailed review of what's working, what isn't and what could be done better. "We don't have a dedicated ...

'Criminal malfeasance' allegations stir controversy at school board meeting

Monday, 01 December 2014

​Winnipeg School Division board chair Mark Wasyliw furiously told trustees Monday night that trustee Mike Babinsky has accused unnamed persons within WSD of criminal malfeasance — without Babinsky offering any evidence or substantiation.


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