Former trustees Trent Derrick and Shuirose Valimohamed singled out in notice of claim brought by Anita Richardson
In a notice of claim filed July 8 on behalf of Anita Richardson, trustees are alleged to have created a toxic workplace while she held the post and violated an obligation to act in good faith when they rebuffed her efforts to return to the position after taking a leave of absence.
In answer, Richardson said trustees were aware her relationship with the First Nations was good and that it was the trustees' conduct that undermined it. Moreover, she said difficult relations with the First Nations existed before she had been hired and that trustees failed to seek Richardson's advice or implement specific strategies she had developed to improve the situation.
Richardson also variously accuses the two of breaching the district's respectful workplace policy by, in the case of Derrick, sending an email to Richardson, and in the case of Valimohamed, by virtue of her conduct on five occasions. Richardson said she was flown in from Alberta and was offered the position the same day and that both the acting superintendent and board chair "wished to change behaviour within the School District, including difficult relations with First Nations, and fully supported the Plaintiff as Superintendent."
Richardson goes on to claim Derrick and Valimohamed retaliated by falsely accusing her of bringing the complaint for the "improper purpose of using it as a threat or a tool against them."
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