In my view, public-private partnerships on capital projects are an accounting trick for governments to take on more debt without it showing up that way in the financial records. I expect that this ends up costing more than traditional financing in most instances and I would rather open and transparent bookkeeping processes be employed. If,…

Capital projects must be informed by current and anticipated growth. One of the reasons we are having so much difficulty with the busing in the school division right now is that the location of our schools is not well matched with the high growth residential areas.  Some of our schools filled at or very near…

The Lethbridge area does not include any charter schools. I would prefer to see funding allowing more diverse programming within the main public system than have charter schools diverting resources away from the nominal public system. I would have to evaluate any proposed charter school in Lethbridge very carefully based on the specific purpose it…

I do not support the new curriculum. I am all about open and transparent processes and the new curriculum did not do nearly enough consultation with the public, or schools and teachers.  As soon as the curriculum draft was released, there were a lot of problems pointed out by members of the public, as well…

My priorities for education fall into two categories, depth and breadth. Breadth is needed to ensure that every student has sufficient skills, knowledge, and tools to function as an independent adult contributing to society. For this to happen I support an inclusive environment in and out of the classroom where every student feels safe, welcomed,…

The current education funding program in Alberta, first implemented in Fall 2020, prioritizes predictable funding over sufficient funding with a 3-year rolling weighted enrollment average used to establish funding levels. As Lethbridge is seeing high growth, the funding model actually lags our enrollment growth. While such a system can be fine tuned with census and…