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ELECTION: School trustee Township candidate Rod Ross

A Voter’s Guide to key election questions.
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Rod Ross

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Running for school trustee in the Township of Langley

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Educator, 61

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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: rodross.ca

Phone: 604-866-6895

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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 Langley School Board. The following are questions asked of each trustee hopeful. They were directed to provide a minimum of a Yes, No, or Don’t 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 Langley do you live in?

Answer: Walnut Grove

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2. How many years have you lived in Langley?

Answer: 30 years

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3. How many Langley 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 Langley 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 Langley 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 – 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 – such as ESL or those with behavioural or learning disabilities –betaught 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.