Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1996-12-24
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note: :.-fx-J.>U;-ltl.l-r.- .-'■. .awu.^^w^--- 3089 - 272nd Street ft Ph: (604) 856-8303 ft Fax:856-5212 Illegitimus non carborundum Vol. 38 No. 52 Established 1957 School audit to avoid 'repeat' By MONIQUE GALAZKA LANGLEY - The chair of Langley's new school board, Cos Van Wermeskerken, would like to clear up any misconceptions that might have arisen from last Monday's first public meeting. There was confusion about the audit committee, and the motion to have 'the Superintendent and Secretary Treasurer advertise immediately for independent professional management consultants to draft the terms of reference for an independent inquiry into these issues:' The circumstances surrounding the hiring and firing of the former Superintendent, Susan Everett; The erroneous financial information reported to the previous board and included in official financial statements and; The organizational structure and system of governance that enabled the irregularities to go unreported for an extended period of time. Van Wermeskerken said the emphasis is on organizational structure, systems of governance, and the creation of a system that will not allow fvfcnts such as these to happen again. "Without written procedures, things very often get left in the air," he said. "We have to set exact parameters, and make sure the processes in place work." He also said that the results- of the investigations will be used to find information that may be missing, therefore the need for an outside investigator. 'We have a package of material regarding the incidents, but there may be some information that is missing. That is what we are trying to find out, we are not trying to repeat what was done by the previous board. "We (Langley Leadership Team school board candidates) made a promise to voters to look into these issues, and we're not going back our promises." Van Wermeskerken said that everything that happened at Mon- Please see page 2... TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1996 40 CENTS "PERFECT! Y NORMAL HUMAN" Polit…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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