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Thursday, January 26, 2017 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • 11 A Guide for Education Opportunities and Private Learning School, Education and Instruction Guide A Guide for Education Opportunities and Private Learning School, Education and Instruction Guide Find WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY FinFind WITHINWITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY Local Events www.waterloochronicle.ca Continued from page 1 Councillors also had ques- tions for staff about how enforcement is delegated between cities, townships and the region. Jon Arsenault, director of waste management, said residents are encouraged to call the region with com- plaints, but if they call a lower- tier municipality, the informa- tion will be forwarded to the region if necessary. "When we get a complaint through a municipality, we (the region) try to resolve it our- selves," he said. "The barrier is whether the garbage is on the curb on or private property, if it falls under (regional) garbage collection or municipal prop- erty standards." Coun. Berry Vrbanovic questioned if each munici- pality should have its own bylaw enforcement. "I do think this is leading to a broader conversation around bylaw enforcement and if it should be a shared service," Vrbanovic said. "Should we parenter on this as we partner on a number of issues in this community?" Committee chair Tom Gal- loway said it's something that can be discussed in the future. Collect garbage bi-weekly As of March 6, for all cities and townships the region will: • Pick up four garbage bags/ containers per residence or 10 bags per three to six unit build- ings every other week • Provide unlimited weekly blue box and green bin collec- tion • Collect yard waste bi- weekly between April to November • Pick up three appliances/ bulky items per residence or 10 items per three to six unit buildings every other week • sell garbage tags for bags/ cans above the limit at librar- ies, waste sites, bus terminals and community and recreation centres. Large blue boxes and green bins are also available at waste Cambridge and Waterloo man- agement sites as supplies last. Kitchener, North Dumfries, Wellesley and Wilmot start the new garbage collection sched- ule the week of March 6. Cam- bridge and Waterloo start the week of March 13. Majority of residents in cities will have the same collection day, but there are some changes for those in the townships. For more infor- mation, visit www.regionofwa- terloo.ca/waste. Garbage changes coming in March By Lisa Rutledge For the Chronicle Th e r e g i o n ' s p u b l i c school board found itself embroiled in a kit- tengate of sorts Jan. 16 after posting a tweet depicting an animated image of a kitten fir- ing a rifle. The tweet, posted at the tail end of the board's first effort to live tweet a trustees' board meeting, was posted in a play- ful response to those tweeting to ask whether schools and buses would be cancelled the next morning due to freezing rain. Posted by Waterloo region District School Board chief communications officer Nick Manning, the tweet drew angry responses from follow- ers who suggested the board broke its own social media etiquette which discourages "mean tweets," bullying and references to violence. Manning quickly deleted the tweet and offered genuine apologies. "A momentary lapse in judgment on Monday night resulted in one tweet that crossed the bounds of what is acceptable," he told the Times. "With feedback from our com- munity, we deleted the tweet and apologized immediately." Criticism of the post was fast and furious. Ryan Broll, whose Twitter account profile lists him as an assistant professor at the Uni- versity of Guelph who is study- ing bullying and cyberbully- ing, offered advice in his own tweet to the board. "Rule #1 for school boards on Twitter: don't tweet jokes about gun violence #NotFun- ny." He then asked how the board would have reacted if a student posted a similar image directed at the board. An employee of the school district also messaged to say that when clicking the link to the image, generated by a meme app, she found links to pornographic memes. "Check what you're post- ing," she wrote. "Good grief." A meme is an Internet term for a satirical image, video or text posted on social media. Not everyone was offend- ed, though. One follower took the kitten tweet with a dash of humour. "I liked your meme, <3 keep it up!" The board is however, tak- ing the inappropriate post seriously. "This is a serious mat- ter of deep regret and we will work to ensure we maintain WRDSB's values in all of our communications in the future," said Manning. Gun-toting kitten gaffe aside, the board is develop- ing plans to expand the use of social media to improve com- munication with its school community. "Social media is a way for us to engage in a dialogue with our community using a unique voice aimed at engag- ing our student population," said Manning. Live tweeting from the boardroom is among those efforts to keep students, par- ents and the community informed, he explained. "By live tweeting, we're aiming to bring greater trans- parency and accountability to the work of our entire school district," he said. "It's part of our attempts to give our families and care- givers confidence in the qual- ity of education their children receive and bring the way we share information about our board meetings up-to-date with how people consume information today." Public board apologizes for gun-toting kitten Twitter post This animated image of a cat firing a machine gun was posted by the public school board twitter account.