New appointees to Waterloo Region public school board should 'try and stay above the drama,' former trustee says
Laurie Tremble says circumstances were different when she was appointed in 2020
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Laurie Tremble says circumstances were different when she was appointed in 2020
Two seats are vacant on the 11-member board after Fred Meissner died and Marie Snyder resigned for health reasons
Trustees with the Waterloo Region District School Board voted to fill two vacant seats by asking the community to apply for the positions. Those applications will then be reviewed and trustees will vote on who should fill the vacancies.
Trustees’ decision to appoint their choice of people to fill two vacancies, instead of giving the job to the runners-up in the election, is breathtakingly arrogant, Luisa D’Amato writes
Decision comes after the death of Fred Meissner and resignation of Marie Snyder