On February 27, 2012, voters in two northeast Toronto communities will go to the polls to choose new public school board trustees. Toronto District School Board seats in Ward 17 (Don Valley East) and Ward 20 (Scarborough-Agincourt) were declared vacant after former Trustees Michael Coteau and Soo Wong were elected to Queen’s Park in October.
A resolution passed by the Board at its last meeting recognized that voting is a fundamental right of our democracy, and asked the City to hold by-elections in the two Wards. Under Ontario’s Education Act, if the Board does not direct the City to hold elections, trustee vacancies must be filled by Board appointees. With fully three-quarters left in a four-year term of office, the upcoming by-elections will safeguard the right of local Toronto parents and communities to determine who represents them on the TDSB.
Until the two vacancies are filled in February, the office of the Chair of the Board will be available to address any constituent concerns in Wards 17 and 20. For more information about the upcoming by-elections, including candidate nomination forms, please visit www.toronto.ca/elections.
Ian Turner
Principal
Shaughnessy PS K-8
30 Shaughnessy Blvd
Toronto, ON M2J 1H5
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