B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools [Video]

British Columbia’s education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies.

Minister Lisa Beare says student safety is at risk in the district and she has appointed a lone trustee to oversee the district. 

“Students are at the centre of every decision I make, and ultimately their safety in this school district is at risk. Our government has given this board multiple opportunities to act, and they have not delivered,” Beare said in a release.

“The decision to remove an elected board is a difficult one, but it is necessary to bring our collective focus in School District 61 back to where it belongs — supporting students.”

Former district superintendent and Camosun College president Sherri Bell has been appointed as the trustee to replace the board, effective immediately.

The province says she will …