The Delta School District is administered by the Board of Education, which is elected by the voters of Delta. Seven Trustees govern the District by establishing educational and administrative policies and regulations. The Trustees guide the work of the Superintendent of Schools and the members of the administrative staff who provide the day-to-day leadership and management of the District.
The duties and responsibilities of the Board of Education are determined by the School Act.
The Board's responsibility consists of several basic functions:
In my opinion, to achieve the above, plus other duties that may fall upon a trustee in Delta, I do not look upon the position of School Trustee as a "part-time job". The education of our children should not be governed by people looking for a "part-time job". It should be a full-time committment.
I am retired. I am fortunate to be able to devote "full-time" hours to being a School Trustee. I would ask that you think about that when you go to the polls. Do you want your child's education in the hands of someone who will be there some of the time, or someone who will be there, for them, ALL of the time?
The duties and responsibilities of the Board of Education are determined by the School Act.
The Board's responsibility consists of several basic functions:
- Policy, planning, and evaluation: Setting the Board policies and plans for the District, and evaluating their attainment are considered to be the primary functions of the Board.
- Action on legal requirements: Carrying our required formal Board actions, within the guidelines of Board policy.
- Senior personnel selection: Conducting or ensuring that proper procedures are used, for selection of the superintendent and other senior administrative personnel.
- Climate-setting: Assisting in the setting of a favourable climate for productive activity in the District.
- Public relations: Ensuring that appropriate channels of communication exist with internal and external publics.
- Final appeal: Acting as a body of final appeal, where other means of dispute resolution in the district are unsuccessful.
In my opinion, to achieve the above, plus other duties that may fall upon a trustee in Delta, I do not look upon the position of School Trustee as a "part-time job". The education of our children should not be governed by people looking for a "part-time job". It should be a full-time committment.
I am retired. I am fortunate to be able to devote "full-time" hours to being a School Trustee. I would ask that you think about that when you go to the polls. Do you want your child's education in the hands of someone who will be there some of the time, or someone who will be there, for them, ALL of the time?
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