Bryce Asks:
School District 73 has an over-management issue and is "out of touch" with the actual users (teachers, students, and parent). As School Trustee how would you address this?
You are correct, SD 73 is getting very "top heavy", the same trend we are seeing at Interior Health.
This is not a good way to spend our recourse, since a Manager at the Board of Education level is worth 3 - 4 employees (teachers/support staff etc) at the ground level, and these are the people that work in the actual schools and make it all happen.
The Board of education seems to me more and more removed from what is happening in the schools. There is a great disconnect.
Any potential for another proposed management position needs to be questioned. Is it money well spent? Is that position really necessary? What would be the benefit to the schools (if any) compare to hiring 4 more support staff?
If elected I will make efforts to bridge the gap between SD73 and the actual schools. I want to meet on a regular bases with students, teachers, support staff and parents, so as to be well aware what the issues are every day at the ground level.
I believe that what is happening in the schools should guide what is happening at the Board level, not the other way around.