SD68 superintendent announces retirement after 2 1/2 years in role
NANAIMO — The head of Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools has announced this will be his last year as superintendent of District 68.
John Blain announced Monday he would retire on Aug. 1, 2018, which will mark three-and-a-half years in the role.
Blain, 62, said one of the biggest changes he saw in his time as the district’s top employee was a shift in attitudes among the school district board.
“That we can agree to disagree and that it doesn’t affect our relationship was something that was really important to me,” he told NanaimoNewsNOW. “In the past, there was a lot of disagreement on trust and concern, so developing a common language we could all live by, which was simple and easily remembered, was important to us as a community as we grew.”