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Kevin Larson, Bluewater School Board Trustee for Saugeen Shores and
area, recently gave an update on the Board.
"In one of my first actions as trustee, I presented a motion to identify
important values for the new board of trustees," said Larson. "My
motion, as amended, was: 'Looking to the future, yet learning from the past, we –
the recently constituted board of trustees for the Bluewater District
School Board – commit ourselves to adhering to the principles of
openness and transparency, to engaging in full disclosure whenever
possible, to being ever willing to listen to the public, staff and
fellow trustees, and to remaining always accountable to the people we
represent and serve'. The motion passed unanimously. Those are our marching
orders." Larson added that, by following this motion, the Board is building
both public and employee confidence. He went to explain that the Board, with a budget of
about $200 million per year, made cuts of approximately $4 million. "The cuts were deep ... and they trouble me. But we had
little choice, said Larson. "The cuts impact us and our reputation with
the public and they challenge our reputation with our employees but, not
passing a balanced budget would also negatively affect our reputation." The Bluewater Board has established a financial advisory
committee to begin working on the 2012-2013 budget, beginning in the
fall. According to Larson, the move may avoid the last minute rush
that happened this year. "There was a time when municipal politicians worked with
trustees – to establish tax rates to pay for the education programs
provided by your school board," Larson pointed out, "but how we pay for
education has changed – which is a good thing. It has however,
eliminated the good dialogue between the school board and municipal
politicians."
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