Re-Elect Chris Gorman to the Central Okanagan Board of Education
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COTA Questionnaire

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The Central Okanagan Teachers' Association (COTA) asked all candidates for School Trustee to provide answers to the following questions:

  1. What do you believe are the critical issues facing our school district today, and how would you address them?
  2. What processes could trustees put in place to ensure that money is kept as close to classrooms and children as possible?
  3. Historically, trustees have written letters to the Ministry of Education to request additional funding for our district with little success. What are some other ways to advocate for more funding that would be more effective?
  4. How would you establish meaningful communication systems and relationships with all partner groups?  There already exists multiple meaningful communication systems and relationships with partner groups.
  5. At one of the school board meetings during the recent job action, a couple of trustees made the following comments: “trustees do not have influence on what’s happening”, “what difference would we make”, as well as claiming that it was not the role of elected trustees “to tell the government they’re doing something wrong”.  Do you agree with these statements? Please explain why or why not.

 
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