以下信函于2020年2月5日由董事会发送给教育部长Adriana LaGrange。

尊敬的Adriana LaGrange部长：

关于近期《卡尔加里先驱报》的文章

卡尔加里教育局董事会对昨天《卡尔加里先驱报》中的评论感到不安。具体来说，CBE在省级调查中对不允许前董事戴维斯接受采访的指责。

上周，CBE与独立主导调查的Grant Thornton LLP合作，允许对前董事进行采访。我们了解到贵部已于1月31日星期五得知此事。

董事会主席Marilyn Dennis还在昨天我们的公开董事会议开幕式上宣读了一份声明，其中涉及了以下内容：

“在整个过程中，我们的行动一直是合理的，与任何处于调查中的组织的行为是一致的。在开始的时候，CBE已经确认与主导调查的人员一起，CBE的法律顾问可以参与。法律顾问的存在在已经完成的16次采访中的15次没有引起任何担忧或挑战。我们了解到第16次采访将在本周完成。”

我们也对读到的调查因CBE的行动而被延迟感到惊讶。

2020年1月3日我们收到了Grant Thornton的函件，他们要求延长原定时间表。1月9日确认了截止日期将被延长。据我们了解，这一请求和随后的延期批准与CBE无关的任何问题。

CBE在整个调查过程中积极配合并诚意合作。感谢您今天安排您的工作人员与CBE董事会和行政人员进行一次电话讨论。我们相信，所有涉及方都希望能够顺利进行一项公正和准确的调查，避免延误。

谨此致以敬意，

点击此处阅读信件的副本。

The following letter was sent by the Board of Trustees to the Minister of Education on February 5, 2020.

Dear Minister Adriana LaGrange:

Re: Recent Calgary Herald Article

The Board of Trustees of the Calgary Board of Education is disturbed by comments in the Calgary Herald yesterday. Specifically, that the CBE is being less tha​n cooperative with the provincial investigation by not allowing former Trustee Davis to be interviewed.

Last week, the CBE cooperated with Grant Thornton LLP, the independent lead investigator, to allow for the former trustee to be interviewed. It is our understanding that your office was made aware of this on Friday, January 31.

Chair Marilyn Dennis also read a statement that addressed this issue at the commencement of our public board meeting yesterday. Part of this statement included the following:

“Throughout this process, our actions have been reasonable and consistent with how any organization under investigation would act. It is common for legal counsel to support organizations during investigations. At the start of the process, CBE confirmed with the lead investigator that CBE legal counsel could participate. The presence of legal counsel has not presented any concerns or challenges in 15 of 16 interviews completed to date. We understand that the sixteenth interview will be completed this week.”

We were also surprised to read that the investigation has been delayed due to the actions of the CBE.

On January 3, 2020 we received correspondence from Grant Thornton that they were requesting an extension to the original timeline. On January 9, it was confirmed that the deadline would be extended. It is our understanding that this request and subsequent approval for an extension was in no way related to any issues with the CBE.

The CBE has cooperated fully and acted in good faith throughout this investigation. Thank you for making your staff available for a call today with the CBE trustees and administration to discuss this matter. We believe that all parties involved have a shared interest in allowing a fair and accurate investigation to be completed without delay.

Respectfully,

A copy of the letter can be read here.