SD73 Chair Harper on VSB firing: no room in public education for party politics
KAMLOOPS — The Board of Education chair for the Kamloops-Thompson School District says she takes no pleasure in hearing the democratically-elected Vancouver school board has been fired by Education Minister Mike Bernier.
But Denise Harper says it was clear party politics was preventing the board from functioning for the good of Vancouver students.
“There is absolutely no room in public education for party politics. We are elected for one job, and one job only – to govern the system, make good policy decisions, and make sure that all the decisions are child-focused,” Harper told CFJC Today.