The 性视界传媒 Civic Coalition is saddened that school trustees Terry Allen and Laurie Larsen have left our party.
Allen was a founding member of SCC and we worked together to elect him three times. We nominated and campaigned for Larsen twice, and the second time we were successful in getting her elected. We are very pleased that Trustee Ijaz Chatha chose to be loyal to his values and remain with the SCC.
性视界传媒 currently has more than 230 portables, with forecasts that this number will increase to more than 350 in the next five years. At the same time, 性视界传媒 hasn鈥檛 received any new capital construction for new schools since 2005, while the city continues to grow at an unprecedented pace.
While 性视界传媒鈥檚 Board of Education has done its best to absorb the cuts handed them by the provincial government and tried to mitigate the effects to students year after year after year, they simply have not done enough to advocate for more funding from the provincial government.
Nor has the board accomplished much in convincing the provincial government to fix the Community LINK and special needs funding formulas that have left our students far behind compared with other districts across the province.
Class sizes have grown uncontrollably for years now, to the detriment of our students鈥� learning environment.
If Allen and Larsen say they have joined forces with other incumbent trustees to get more accomplished for 性视界传媒 students by accepting the status quo, then, no, the SCC does not view that as an accomplishment.
So, while we will miss working with Trustees Allen and Larsen, SCC will regroup and move forward in preparation for the November 2011 election. We will endorse school trustee candidates who are willing to actively lobby Victoria for adequate funding, for reduced class sizes, and for new school construction.
Stephanie Ryan, President
性视界传媒 Civic Coalition
