UPDATE: Palliser Board Requests Province Oversee Review of Operations Following Allegations
LETHBRIDGE: The Board of Trustees of Palliser Regional Schools is requesting the Minister of Education oversee an independent review of operations of the school system in light of allegations online of a culture of fear.
Superintendent Kevin Gietz requested an independent review because the allegations are distracting staff from daily operations and a focus on students and student learning.
Gietz has been accused of bullying, unwelcomed physical contact toward female employees and creating an intolerable working environment by former board Treasurer Michelle Gibb.
A lawsuit is pending but nothing has been proven in court.