The removal of seven English speaking elected school boards was one of 11 recommendations adopted by the province from a report on education administration by expert Dr. Avis Glaze.
Zach Churchill says it’s a fractured system that needs to be unified, and is in no way a commentary on individuals involved with school boards.
Members of the Tri-County Regional School Board were upset at the report, and are wondering what lies next for children in rural areas.
Churchill says he doesn’t feel good about impacting people in a way that makes them feel negatively.
“That’s always been the hardest part of my job but we have some big goals that we’ve got to go after and if we’re hearing from experts that the system needs to be changed, I think we have to act on it.”
He says the voices of the board members will be needed in this new system as they move forward in the best interest of youth in Nova Scotia.
For now, it’s business as usual for school boards.
Churchill says he plans to introduce legislation during the spring sitting to adopt the changes.
The house will sit Feb. 27, the earliest spring sitting since 1995.
