CANDIDATE PROFILE: Aaron Krausert

We need to push forward on many items not currently at the board table, and execute with more urgency on the challenges in front of us.

What do you think is the biggest issue facing the SD73 and how would you use your elected position to address it?

The biggest issue is supporting teachers and creating a classroom environment where learning can actually happen. I’ve been speaking with teachers, certified education assistance, learning and resource teachers, mental health workers, and indigenous support workers who are desperately trying to provide the environment which will allow our kids to thrive. It’s not happening right now and it can.

We need consultation with those in classrooms, business-like execution of a new strategic plan, and new energy to drive the education system forward.

What do you think is the biggest issue facing students and how would you address it?

The biggest issue is that teachers aren’t heard. If those who are directly influencing the ability of our children to become resilient members of society aren’t the voices which help guide what change is needed, then the board isn’t doing the students justice, the teachers justice, or every taxpayer justice. That’s the start. Then, creating the new 2027 strategic plan to achieve lasting results in a way that we can measure!

What are your thoughts on communication between SD73, its schools and the region’s residents? As a trustee, would you speak to your votes and decisions on the record?

How much information a board member can share is governed by it’s policies. I would share as much information as I would be legally allowed to.

Every single taxpayer, whether they support me or not, should be given the answer to why a decision is made in a clear, concise, and easy to understand way. That’s simply part of good governance.

Following a term highlighted by allegations of bullying and harassment by its former superintendent and a $2.2 million budget shortfall, how would you use your position to bring stability to the school district?

Everybody knows the mistakes of the past term. Many board members are well recognized names, career politicians, and need to be replaced with new energy.

This work matters to me and I am coming to the board table with 100 per cent of my energy, background, and am ready to work collaboratively and aggressively toward goals that set us all up for success. Consultation, planning, execution. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Why should residents give you their vote?

People should vote for me because I understand the direct correlation between the people on our sidewalks whom we drive past every day, and the system that failed many of them leading them away from school, various supports, and a healthy life.

We live in Canada and our education system, and our society should be revered. It is not. I’m bringing a business mindset, and a father‘s heart.

by CFJC Today

CANDIDATE PROFILE: Aaron Krausert

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