Rod Ross
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Running for school trustee in the Township of 91原创
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Educator, 61
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鈥� Have you held office in past? If so, please specify: Served the school district for 25 years.
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Candidate provided bio:
Served the school district for 25 years. Why am I running for another term? I am concerned about our future. I can see a future need for facilities in particular in the Willoughby area where growth is constant..
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Twitter: @rodross
Website:
Phone: 604-866-6895
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鈥� Who is your favourite superhero, and why? Winston Churchill. He inspired a nation.
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There are 12 candidates running for seven positions on 91原创 School Board. The following are questions asked of each trustee hopeful. They were directed to provide a minimum of a Yes, No, or Don鈥檛 Know answer, and given an option to expand on one answer in print (to a maximum of 100 words per question). They could expand on all questions online, if they wished to do so. The following are their replies.
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Questions and Answers:
1. What neighbourhood of 91原创 do you live in?
Answer: Walnut Grove
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2. How many years have you lived in 91原创?
Answer: 30 years
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3. How many 91原创 School Board meetings have you attended in the past year?
Answer: All.
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4: Do you support the use of the SOGI resources in 91原创 schools?
Answer: Yes.
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5. Should school districts once again have authority over municipal school taxation?
Answer: No.
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6. Are school administrators overpaid?
Answer: No.
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7. Should the province have the power to dismiss school boards?
Answer: Yes.
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8. Should 91原创 offer incentives to attract more teachers?
Answer: Yes.
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9. Do schools rely too much of parent fundraising efforts?
Answer: No.
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10. Should the district do more to lobby for new schools in the faster growing areas?
Answer: Yes.
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11. Do you think the province is underfunding public education?
Answer: No.
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12. Should the school district solicit corporate money by way of sponsorship to fund education?
Answer: Yes.
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13. Should the school district cut down on using technology, like iPads and computers 鈥� to save money?
Answer: No.
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14. Should the district have a strategy to reduce portables?
Answer: Yes.
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15. Should we re-instate the previous busing boundaries for students?
Answer: No.
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16. Should students requiring extra attention 鈥� such as ESL or those with behavioural or learning disabilities 鈥揵etaught separately from other students?
Answer: No.
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17. Do you support increasing the amount of international students to help fund education?
Answer: No.
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18. Should a trustee live in the community they want to serve in?
Answer: Yes.
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19. Should there be a limit to the number of consecutive terms a trustee can serve?
Answer: No.
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20. Should the district redevelop vacant school sites to bring in revenue?
Answer: No.
