SD46 All Candidates School Trustee Meeting
One more week until the official municipal election day on November 19th. Because there are 4 mayoral candidates and 14 councilor candidates (for 6 positions) in the District of Sechelt area, the 5 school trustee candidates (for 2 positions) were often not involved actively in the All-Candidate Meetings held locally in the past five weeks, except for attending the events with hopes of connecting with constituents of the Sechelt community in an informal way. The school trustee candidates in the Sechelt area created their own campaign opportunities to spread the word that they are running for School Board with signage, flyers, newspaper ads, public appearances, meeting people in the community, or door-to-door interactions.
On Monday, November 14th, the Coast Reporter (the local newspaper) is sponsoring an All-Candidates Meeting for all SD46 School Trustee Candidates. That is 15 candidates. In Area 1, the school trustee was acclaimed to the Board. As mentioned earlier, Sechelt has 5 candidates. In Gibsons, there are 2 candidates (for 1 position) and in Area 2 there are 7 candidates (for 3 positions). Area 2 trustee Candidates have participated in several All-Candidates Meetings hosted by various interest groups in their catchment area. I am not sure what the Gibsons Candidates have participated in, but this All-Candidates meeting happening on the 14th will be my first and last All-Candidates Meeting I will attend officially. I am looking forward to this event. This is when all the cards will be played and I am curious of what each candidate will have to say and offer.
The SD46 School Board is composed of 7 trustees who will work collectively to work collaboratively with the superintendent to govern (not manage) the School District. If you are interested in the school trustee candidates running for school board on the Sunshine Coast, come to the All-Candidates Meeting on November 14th @7pm at the Seaside Centre. If you can’t come, the event is televised on Coast Cable TV11. I look forward to seeing you or you seeing me on TV11.
ELECT Christine Younghusband FOR School Trustee (Sechelt)