Richardson details challenging first year as SD 57 Superintendent SHARE ON: What a year to become a superintendent of a school district in BC. Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, the education sector has dealt with the suspension of in-class instruction, budget shortfalls across the board, classes returning in the fall along with a number of exposure events, to say the least. All of the above was faced head-on by School District 57 head Anita Richardson as 2020 threw no shortage of curveballs. In a year-end interview with MyPGNow.com, Richardson stated no one from the local school was prepared for this or asked for it.