COPAC Questionnaire

The Central Okanagan Parent Advisory Council (COPAC) asked all candidates for School Trustee to provide answers to the following questions:

  1. What skills would you bring to your role as a trustee?
  2. How do you think we can improve literacy support in our school district?
  3. What innovative solutions do you see for the present and future fiscal challenges we face in this school district?
  4. What do you see as the future of public education and what steps do we need to take to get there?
  5. What do you think about the government beginning career planning with kids as young as grade 6?
  6. What emphasis do you put on identification of Mental Health issues of our students and what kind of policies would you work toward to see that the earliest intervention would occur including use of all other applicable Ministries in a timely and efficient manner?
  7. How can we improve enrichment opportunities for gifted students?

You can read Chris' in depth answers below: