By Canadian Press

SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT

Calgary school board rife with ‘turmoil,’ short-term thinking: report

May 22, 2020 | 7:54 AM

CALGARY- An independent review has found the Calgary Board of Education focuses too much on protecting individual members and not enough on its long-term financial sustainability.

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange ordered a financial audit and governance review last fall of the province’s biggest public school board.

She said at the time that she was disappointed the board announced it would cut 300 temporary teaching jobs instead of working with her ministry to find other ways to cover a $32-million budget shortfall.

LaGrange has issued a ministerial order based on 19 recommendations made in the report by accounting firm Grant Thornton.

Those include hiring a minister-approved governance instructor and evaluating ways to reduce risks associated with the headquarters building it leases in downtown Calgary.

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LaGrange says the board has until November 30 to complete all recommendations, or trustees will be fired.

(The Canadian Press)