No change in school board elections
Annual elections were held for School District 47 board of education on Tuesday, December 13. The elections are mandated each year throughout the board’s four-year term.
Returning as board chair is Doug Skinner, who will also act as the district’s BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) representative. BCPSEA negotiates with teachers in the province on behalf of school boards.
This is Skinner’s second term as a trustee. He has also held the chair position since the current board was elected.
Trustee Aaron Reid returns as vice-chair and as a member of the South Coast branch of the BC School Trustees Association. Ashley Hull will serve as the school district’s representative with BC School Trustees Association.
The two remaining members of the board of trustees are Jeanette Scott and Mary James.
Salish Orca reaches Pacific
BC Ferries’ new vessel for the Comox-Powell River run, Salish Orca, sailed through the Panama Canal on Sunday, December 18, on its way to BC from Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdansk, Poland.
The ship spent five days waiting in line before making its way through the 77-kilometre canal.
The new ferry crossed the Atlantic Ocean via Santa Cruz, Canary Islands, where it stopped for fuel and supplies.
Salish Orca is expected to arrive in Victoria next month and enter service in the spring. The ship is the first of three BC Ferries’ vessels being built in Europe.
