All Nine Trustees of the Vancouver School Board Fired - Polidicks

[img]http://i.cbc.ca/1.3808736.1476728937!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mike-bernier.JPG[/img] [quote]It's a rare move, but one trustees knew could be coming since they rejected a proposal from the B.C. government to balance their budget last June, which was required by law. Bernier said the board was dismissed for missing that deadline, and other issues including bullying accusations. "What we have witnessed from the Vancouver School Board is a misplaced focus on political tactics rather than responsible stewardship," said Bernier.[/quote] [quote]The board legally could have been fired more than three months ago, but Bernier said he didn't want to make any "knee-jerk reactions." Allegations this month of a toxic work environment — currently the subject of a WorkSafeBC investigation — were taken into consideration, said Bernier. He said the results of an audit — which he ordered after the school board missed the deadline — raised additional concerns about the Vancouver School Board. The province cannot release the results of the audit until a privacy commissioner investigation is done, Bernier said.[/quote] [quote]The B.C. education ministry has appointed one of its own employees, Dianne Turner, as the official trustee to replace the board for one year. Turner is a former superintendent of Delta School District who now holds the position of chief educator with the ministry, reporting to the deputy minister of education.[/quote] [url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-school-board-fired-1.3808674]**SOURCE**[/url] [quote="Mike Lombardi"]"It's outrageous that the democratically-elected Vancouver School Board was fired by the provincial government,"[/quote] [quote="Vancouver mayor, Gregor Robertson"]"It makes no sense when they were about to pass the budget," he said. "I believe [the elected trustees] can do the best job for our kids, and were fighting to keep our schools open."[/quote] Lombardi, Robertson and the other shits that were connecting the school board to Vision Vancouver can suck Bernier's ass. We already hate you for doubling the homelessness rate to 8% and other self-destructing redevelopment projects on the West End. You have no business having your fingers in the school board as well when all you want to do is sabotage the ability for it to even function.

I like that a balanced budget is required by law.

[QUOTE=Ridge;51219964]I like that a balanced budget is required by law.[/QUOTE] The problem is that's not always a practical or sensible solution. Running at a deficit can work when trying to accomplish long term goals, or retaining 'financially insensible' programs can be rewarding and ethically sound (for instance, the arts) rather than scrapping them just to arbitrarily make the books balance themselves. Particularly if you have no, or a limited role, in deciding your own budget, or for some reason, your budget and/or expenses are subject to relatively unforeseeable change, like an economic recession.

Fired? Oh no! But how will I thank them for the 200 now useless macbook pros my school got? Or for all the wonderful concrete plazas? Seriously though, I feel part of the problem is that education isn't funded enough.

[QUOTE=Crazy Ivan;51219992]The problem is that's not always a practical or sensible solution. Running at a deficit can work when trying to accomplish long term goals, or retaining 'financially insensible' programs can be rewarding and ethically sound (for instance, the arts) rather than scrapping them just to arbitrarily make the books balance themselves. Particularly if you have no, or a limited role, in deciding your own budget, or for some reason, your budget and/or expenses are subject to relatively unforeseeable change, like an economic recession.[/QUOTE] As i understand the law, exceptions can be made if they are planned beforehand or argumented enough by the trustee board. They were not.