Retired TVDSB director of eduation returns while Mark Fisher on leave
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Trustees with the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) have tapped a former director of education to take the reins during the leave of absence of its current director of education.
The move will see Bill Tucker return to the position he retired from more than 10 years ago. Tucker was head of London's largest school board from 2008 to 2013.
TVDSB trustees appointed Tucker as interim director of education during a special board meeting on Monday night. The meeting was spent largely in camera, with trustees emerging for a brief public session after more than an hour behind closed doors.
In a statement, Board Chair Beth Mai said Tucker was a "respected, knowledgeable and experienced leader in public education.
"His deep understanding of the TVDSB community will provide stability for the system and ensure that student achievement and well-being continue to be a key focus. We are thankful that he has agreed to lend his support and leadership to the TVDSB."
The school board announced that Mark Fisher would take a leave of absence for an unspecified period of time on Monday. CBC News has learned that trustees accepted his leave during an emergency meeting on Friday night, which was not announced to the media.
Sources at the meeting say Fisher's leave is the result of fallout after roughly 18 senior staffers took a multi-day retreat to Toronto, staying in a hotel at Rogers Centre with rooms overlooking the baseball field.
The trip, which was first reported by the London Free Press, comes as the board faces a $7.6 million deficit.
Speaking with CBC News earlier this month, Tucker said annual retreats were common in the weeks before Labour Day, and that they often happened out of town.
"It is not inconsistent with what happens across school boards around the province and across the country," he said.
"It does give the senior team an opportunity to concentrate on the issues that we'll be facing in the coming year."
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