The following are candidates' responses to the following questions: Incumbents only: With School District 43's recent difficulties, which resulted in $13.4 million in cost cutting, and a forensic audit noting lack of control and monitoring resulted in a deficit in 2012/'13, why should anyone vote for you, an incumbent who was on the board when it happened? To non-incumbents only: If you are elected, what issue would you bring to the board's attention? To all: What is your reason for running for school trustee? Also: Do you think there is enough transparency about what goes on in the school district? If not, how would you change it?
Retired administrator, lives in Coquitlam
Expertise to offer board: financial
Endorsement: none
Why run: "We need to get the finances under control, we need to make sure our process and procedures are properly adhered to and we need to get the teachers and the school support staff back in schools - the ones that have been displaced because of the deficit."
What issue: "I would like to have a whistleblower policy in the district. I think staff should benefit to be able to let someone know if there was a wrong-doing, if they were concerned about telling someone for fear of retribution. I see them in large organizations worldwide."
School District 43: - trustee: "I would have the finance committee report out at board meetings. That doesn't appear to happen at all. If there's a human resources committee, that should report out as well. All of that information should be made public."
