Trina Cassidy (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

By James Peters

Kamloops-Thompson School District

SD73 dismisses secretary-treasurer Cassidy, others after accounting error leads to budget shortfall

Oct 10, 2024 | 10:06 AM

KAMLOOPS — In the wake of an accounting mistake that led to a $2.2-million shortfall in the Kamloops-Thompson School District budget, the district’s secretary-treasurer has been fired.

Sources tell CFJC Today Trina Cassidy has been dismissed as secretary-treasurer for the district. An organizational chart posted to the school district’s website shows the position as vacant.

Also removed from the organizational chart are Cassidy’s executive assistant, Dawn Forsey, and the executive assistant and secretary to the board, Chelsey Boissonneault.

In a statement to CFJC Today, Superintendent Rhonda Nixon said “I cannot offer comment on specific individuals’ employment status with the school district.”

Board of Education Chair Heather Grieve confirmed via text message the board is undertaking a search for a new secretary-treasurer.

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However, Grieve responded to a request for comment on Cassidy’s dismissal, saying, “I am required to adhere to privacy legislation and not to comment on individuals’ employment information or changes in their employment in our district.”