Cassy Dick and her business partner, Louis talk about their community-building journey
Cassy and her business partner, Louis We are sitting in the Santam auditorium in Tygervalley. Cassy invited a few of her peers, colleagues and her son, Lee, to her presentation. Cassy and her business partner, Louis, an actuary were going to share how their partnership benefitted themselves and especially the school community. They identified four issues to focus on: discipline, staff development, finance management support, actioning the vision and mission of the school and parent involvement at the school. Louis was the first speaker. He explained how he and Cassy had to developed their relationship and the amazing shifts that the two of them experienced. "As we worked together over a period of one year, the communication became more focused on the human being behind the generic labels of principal, actuary, learner and parent. " I gained far more than I expected," said Louis. "We have travelled together as a partnership. During this year, I met so many people w...