Superintendent Chris Kennedy’s Blog

• Looking North: A uniquely Canadian path for education in an AI-rich world April 7, 2025
  There’s a moment right now—an opening that Canada, and more specifically Canadian education, has an opportunity to seize. As we watch political discourse in the United States grow increasingly polarized, with education often pulled backwards into culture wars and ideology-driven mandates, it’s hard not to reflect on the different tone we can set here in […]
• Breaking News: Track and Field Without Running? A New Era Begins! April 1, 2025
  Regular readings here know my love for high school sports and innovation.  This is why today is such a particularly exciting day for me. Following rigorous analysis of 427 track meets, 217 scraped knees, and 2,341 cases of “excessive athletic enthusiasm,” schools across our district are implementing a groundbreaking “No Running Rule” in track and […]
• All Means All: A Commitment, Not a Checkbox March 4, 2025
  The phrase “all means all” sounds like common sense—after all, who would argue against it? But for it to be more than just a slogan, we must ask: What does it truly mean? And how do we ensure it becomes a guiding principle rather than an empty phrase? In West Vancouver Schools, we are guided […]