Nova Scotia hires consultant to examine governance of school system
HALIFAX — A consultant is promising to examine all options in a review of how Nova Scotia’s school system is run.
Avis Glaze, who served as Ontario’s education commissioner and as senior adviser to that province’s education minister, said Wednesday that she comes to her new job with no pre-conceived notions or government directions on such things as the possible elimination or amalgamation of the province’s eight school boards.
“I think all the options are on the table and I have not at all pre-judged the situation. I want to listen first, think, reflect, look at the research and what works, and then write recommendations,” said Glaze, who now lives in British Columbia.
Education Minister Zach Churchill confirmed the $75,000 review would have a broad mandate, including looking at the structure of the Education Department and the province’s eight school boards.