By Cheryl Jahn

Code of Conduct coming for Trustees

Feb 20, 2020 | 3:55 PM

NORTHERN BC – There are 60 school districts in BC and they all have one thing in common. They are not beholden to a provincial code of conduct.

But the BC School Trustees Association plans to bring that omission to an end. It has struck an ad hoc committee to draft such a code.

One of the committee members, and the only one from the North, is the Chair of the Board for School District 91, Nadine Frenkel.

“It’s the roles and responsibilities of trustees. What are our roles, what are the responsibilities and what are the expectations of being a trustee? And also being able to understand that you do have a voice and that you are able to speak out if you need to, but also to understand that if a Board makes a decision, it’s a corporate decision.”

She says the committee is looking to other organizations, such as the Union of BC Municipalities, as well as other districts to create the best possible document.

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The draft must be submitted to the BCSTA Executive by March 1st. It will then be presented and discussed at the Annual General Meeting in April.