The departure of former Superintendent Eric Mercer and the events that followed his leave taking are still proving to be of popular interest both locally and further afield.
Spurred on by a recent George T. Baker article in the Daily News (sorry they have no archive from which to deliver it) which was based on a Freedom of Information request by the Prince Rupert District Teachers Association, the costs associated with the hiring of a consultant (Gary Doi) and the continued use of the interim replacement for Mr. Mercer (Dave Stigant) until November of 2009, are once again being questioned…
(from the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … ue-to.html )