Byelections are an opportunity
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The first month of the school year is now behind us, having flown by in the all-too-familiar blink of an eye. Students and staff in our province’s public schools along with families and communities who revolve around those schools are starting to get into welcome routines.
In five communities in Manitoba, there is an added twinge of anticipation that comes with the start of a new school year. For Brandon, Louis Riel and Pembina Trails school divisions, there are crucial trustee byelections scheduled for later this month; each promising to be an important electoral race offering plenty of choice for the local constituency.
In Prairie Spirit and Mountain View school divisions, nominations are still being collected and considered, and we anticipate strong slates in those communities as well.
The Brandon School Division is just one of the jurisdictions in the province holding school board byelections this fall. (Kyle Darbyson/The Brandon Sun files)
As a Manitoba trustee myself, I have a clear bias about the excitement that comes with a school board byelection. But as a parent and a Canadian who has the state of our world weighing on my mind these days, I am encouraged and bolstered by the capacity and promise of our public education system and the incredible youth who are at its core.
These byelections offer a fresh opportunity to better understand our public education system and those who make the local governing decisions that determine its path forward. For the rest of Manitoba, they will serve as a valuable preview for provincewide municipal and school board elections in a year’s time.
ALAN CAMPBELL, president
Manitoba School Boards Association