In September, the province gave the district a two-month deadline to draft the plan which it said was needed to tackle gang activity and improve relations with police.
The province is appointing special advisor and former Abbotsford school district superintendent Kevin Godden to assist the Greater Victoria School District in developing a safety plan after its current plan failed provincial requirements.minister has rejected a safety plan drafted by the Victoria School Board and appointed a special adviser to “revise and improve” the framework.
The district scrapped its school liaison officer program last year over concerns that police on school grounds were having an impact on Black and Indigenous students.Greater Victoria School Board ordered to develop safety plan On Friday, Education Minister Lisa Beare tapped former Abbotsford School District superintendent Kevin Godden to serve as the special advisor.“It is a top priority of our government that schools must be welcoming places where all students and staff can come to learn and grow safely,” Beare said.“I believe the best approach to safety is a collaborative one.
Beare said the school board’s original safety plan was rejected after being reviewed by Safer Schools Together, the ministry’s team of school safety experts and talks with the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, local police chiefs and parents’ representatives.
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