Langley District Parent Advisory Council candidate survey
October 24th:
Master file containing candidate responses
by question

As a Langley City School Trustee I will:

• Put Students first;

Promote:

• Long-term planning;
• Financial Responsibility;
• Communication & Collaboration;
• No “rubber stamps”.

No “Rubber Stamps”
Where necessary and appropriate, a local Board must be willing to disagree with the Provincial Government.  This does not mean the Board of Education should be in “conflict” with the Province - but the School District must be willing to disagree, debate and lobby the Province for change.

Boards of Education are elected locally to ensure local decisions reflect local needs and local situations – they are not elected to simply mirror or enforce Provincial Government’s province-wide desires. 

One example of an area of difference is the long-term provincial trend of a reduced number of students:

• the province as a whole is forecast to  have a declining number of students;
• Langley is forecast (by BC Stats) to have a growing number of students for nearly all of the next 28 years;