Pamela Kolochuk - Louis Riel School Division trustee
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Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022
As I come to the end of my first term as a school trustee in the Louis Riel School Division, I reflect on the last three and half years.When I decided to run in 2018, I did so based on wanting to be more involved in education at the divisional level and to ensure that the voice of Ward 4 was represented in the conversations and decisions being made. I had spent most of my children’s lives (they are nine and 12) participating in parent councils and preschool boards and felt that the next best place to support students and education was at the board table. Little did I know that the 2018 election would lead to the most remarkable school trustee term in history! Not only did education reform lead the priority list, a global pandemic emerged. As we look to the next election, the LRSD board and secretary-treasurer have spent many hours looking at options to realign the ward boundaries to make it equitable for the 2022 school board election. Ward 4, which currently encompasses Royalwood, Island Lakes, Bona Vista, Sage Creek, Southland Park, Southdale, Niakwa Park, and south Windsor Park has continued to grow in population. New housing and new apartment buildings all bring more voters and more students. Ward 4 has struggled with the population growth for many years, and we continue to advocate for a new school in Sage Creek. We have moved students, reconfigured grade structures and changed school catchments many times in the last three years to accommodate growing enrolment numbers in southeast Winnipeg. While space was tight before, it’s even tighter in the age of physical distancing. At the Jan. 25 special board meeting, the LRSD board of trustees approved a change in ward boundaries. Ward 4 will no longer include Windsor Park or Niakwa Park. These areas will now be included in Ward 1. If you are interested in learning more about the role of trustee or wanting to run in the next school board election in the fall of 2022, I encourage you to attend a school board meeting or reach out to a trustee. More details can be found at www.LRSD.netPamela Kolochuk is a Ward 4 trustee for the Louis Riel School Division.
As I come to the end of my first term as a school trustee in the Louis Riel School Division, I reflect on the last three and half years.
When I decided to run in 2018, I did so based on wanting to be more involved in education at the divisional level and to ensure that the voice of Ward 4 was represented in the conversations and decisions being made. I had spent most of my children’s lives (they are nine and 12) participating in parent councils and preschool boards and felt that the next best place to support students and education was at the board table.
Little did I know that the 2018 election would lead to the most remarkable school trustee term in history! Not only did education reform lead the priority list, a global pandemic emerged.
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