{"id":89378,"date":"2025-02-11T08:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=89378"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:08:31","slug":"bc-school-district-27-announces-staffing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/bc-school-district-27-announces-staffing-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"BC School District 27 announces staffing changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Andie Mollins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Williams Lake Tribune School District 27 (SD 27) staff member Grant Gustafson is expanding his role to help the district transition with the parting of former director of instruction Anita Richardson. \u201cWe\u2019re being thoughtful about decisions to minimize disruption to reorganize our staffing for the long-term,\u201d said Cheryl Lenardon, superintendent of SD 27 at the Jan. 27 board of education meeting in Williams Lake. Citing his exceptional leadership in his time as district principal leading Indigenous education, Lenardon said the decision to expand Gustafson\u2019s role to director of instruction made \u201cinstance sense.\u201d \u201cHe will also have some additional responsibilities and we\u2019re working through that as a team how we\u2019re going to share the roles out between us,\u201d Lenardon said. 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Citing his exceptional leadership in his time as district principal leading Indigenous education, Lenardon said the decision to expand Gustafson\u2019s role to director of instruction made \u201cinstance sense.\u201d \u201cHe will also have some additional responsibilities and we\u2019re working through that as a team how we\u2019re going to share the roles out between us,\u201d Lenardon said. 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