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The Huron Expositor • June 3, 2009 Page 7
Kaastra resigns from school board to help homeless teens
Susan Uundertptark
Because she's. wanting to spend
more time helping Huron County's
homeless youth through Friends of
the Community in Clinton, Shelley
Kaastra, Central East Huron trust-
ee on the Avon Maitland
District School Board, is
resigning from the school
board effective July 1.
"I just need to change my
focus to working with at -
risk kids. Somebody's got
to fight for them," she said
during a phone interview
last Friday. -
She works as a volun-
teer running a transitional
house and food bank for
homeless youth and she
says she wants to spend
the time she's now spend-
ing as a trustee on securing
funding for Friends of the
Community.
"We've seen 17 kids in
a little over a year. We
are basically a spot kids
can get their feet under them until
they get back in school, find jobs or
get counselling and guidance," says
Kaastra.
She says that while some have
moved on to get their own apart-
ments , others fall back into the sys-
tem and home-
lessness.
"But, we
still have con-
tact with a lot
of them. We're
being an adult
Shelley Kaastra
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friend for them to give them some
direction," she says.
During her "six years on the Avon
Maitland school board, Kaastra says
she's satisfied with her involvement
in the Key Contribution awards, a
committee she chaired, and the citi-
zenship initiative, which has promot-
ed character building in the schools
over the past three years.
Kaastra is resigning close to one
year before the next municipal elec-
tion in November, 2010.
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board, says no decision has been
made yet about how Kaastra will be
replaced.
He said the three options include
holding a byelection, making an ap-
pointment or requesting applications
and then making an appointment.
"It's hard to say at this point. We'll
know more after the next board
meeting. It will likely occur in the
fall," he said.
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