School trustees at centre of controversy re-elected in Greater Victoria district
A summary of school board election results
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A summary of school board election results
As the teachers’ union worries candidates linked to right-wing politics will get elected to school boards, there’s a bigger question: With so many of the big decisions in education handled by the province, what’s left for trustees to do?
In the Greater Victoria School District, the region’s largest with about 20,000 students, 30 candidates — up from 13 in the last election — are vying for nine seats on the board
VICTORIA — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the Greater Victoria School Board lacked the authority to censure and suspend two elected trustees over allegations of harassment and bullying.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the Greater Victoria School Board lacked the authority to censure and suspend two elected trustees over allegations of harassment and bullying. Justice Briana Hardwick says in a written decision that the trustees argued the board breached procedural fairness by relying on events other than the findings of investigative reports into the complaints.