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By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative reporter The final board meeting of the school year saw a continuation of the chaos and dysfunction that has embroiled one rural Manitoba school division since a trustee presentation earlier this year set off alarm bells, and prompted the province to step in with a full governance review. During the Dauphin-based Mountain View School Division (MVSD) board meeting last Monday, a resolution was brought forward by trustee John Taylor, and seconded by trustee Paul Coffey to make changes to the agenda that would allow deputy education minister Brian O\u2019Leary to address the board at the meeting and take questions from trustees, regarding an ongoing provincial review of the board. But it took almost 15 minutes to get the four votes needed from the division\u2019s… <\/p>\n

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By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative reporter The final board meeting of the school year saw a continuation of the chaos and dysfunction that has embroiled one rural Manitoba school division since a trustee presentation earlier this year set off alarm bells, and prompted the province to step in with a full governance review. During the Dauphin-based Mountain View School Division (MVSD) board meeting last Monday, a resolution was brought forward by trustee John Taylor, and seconded by trustee Paul Coffey to make changes to the agenda that would allow deputy education minister Brian O\u2019Leary to address the board at the meeting and take questions from trustees, regarding an ongoing provincial review of the board. But it took almost 15 minutes to get the four votes needed from the division\u2019s... <\/p>\n

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