Huron Expositor, 2006-09-27, Page 30Page 30 September 27, 2006 • The Huron Expositor
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Limited interest shown so far in positions with school boards
Stew Slater
With changes in provincial
legislation governing both
municipal elections and the
remuneration of school
board trustees, the job
description for those
trustees will be decidedly
different after Nov 13.
But in Huron and .Perth
Counties, it's quite possible
the people filling those posi-
tions won't change at all.
With the Sept. 29 deadline
for municipal and school
board nominations
approaching, interest from
outside the existing trustees
has been extremely limited
for both the Avon Maitland
District School Board and
the Huron -Perth Catholic
District School Board.
Current members of the
boards, meanwhile, have
almost all filed their nomi-
nation papers, signifying
their desires to retain their
positions.
Polled following their first
regular meeting of 2006-07
on Sept12, all but two
members of the Avon
Maitland board confirmed
they had either already filed
or intended to file nomina-
tion papers.
Now seeking her fifth
term -- this time a four-year
term as opposed to the pre-
vious three-year term,
thanks to changes to the
Municipal. Act -- North
Huron representative
Colleen Schenk is the
longest -serving of the
board's nine trustees.
Only Emily Milley of
Goderich/Northwest Huron
and Shelley Kaastra of
Huron East/Central
declined to declare their
intentions.
Other current Avon
Maitland trustees are Carol
Bennewies of Perth
South/West, Meg Westley of
Stratford (the 2006 board
chair)., Jenny Versteeg of
North Perth, Tina Traschel
of Perth East, and Randy
Wagler of South Huron. All
will seek re-election.
The Catholic board, mean-
while, could see all five of its
current trustees returned to
office.
"It gets in your blood,"
said Goderich/North
Huron/Central Huron repre-
sentative Mary -Catherine
McKeon, when asked why
the board's trustees have
traditionally continued
through several terms.
Joining McKeon in declar-
ing their intentions to seek
re-election are 2006 chair
Vincent McInnes of Huron
East/North Perth/Perth
East, Bernard Murray of
Perth South/West, Mike
Miller of South
Huron/Bluewater, and Ron
Marcy of Stratford.
But outside those people
already serving in the posi-
tion, interest in becoming a
school board trustee is defi-
nitely low this time around.
"I think that may have
something to do with the
fact it has been fairly quiet,"
suggested Westley, referring
to the near absence over the
past three years of such
issues as potential school
closures and drastic pro-
gram cuts.
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