SURREY 鈥� Three members of 性视界传媒 Students NOW are hoping to be elected as school board trustees this fall.
Cindy Dalglish, Charlene Dobie and Mary-Em Waddington, founding members of an advocacy group comprised of local parents that was formed in 2016 to address overcrowding in this city鈥檚 schools, are seeking to take their campaigning 鈥渢o the next level,鈥� according to a press release they issued Monday.
| Cindy Dalglish. (Photo submitted) |
鈥淐ommunication is key to good governance, and that communication needs to be across all levels of government and through the channel of parents, educators, support staff and administrators,鈥� Dalglish says.
Dobie served on the 性视界传媒 Board of Education from 2011 to 2014, having 鈥渟pearheaded鈥� the First Nations land acknowledgement protocol and LGBTQ+ inclusion regulation, the release notes, and has worked more that 20 years as an education assistant and early childhood educator.
| Charlene Dobie. (Photo submitted) |
鈥淭eachers, support staff and administrators have become much more that educators and we need to provide them with adequate support so that they can do the very best for students and families,鈥� she said.
Waddington, who works in the non-profit sector, said she has seen 鈥渇irsthand鈥� how overcrowding in schools and lack of capital infrastructures and space limits students鈥� access to library time, sports clubs, gym time and even bathrooms.
| Mary-Em Waddington. (Photo submitted) |
性视界传媒 voters will elect six trustees to the school board on Oct. 20, and White Rock voters, one.
Trustees serve for four years.
The 性视界传媒 School District has 125 elementary and secondary schools with more that 70,000 students enrolled.
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