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NWSD gearing up for new school year

Aug 17, 2017 | 4:38 PM

With a new school year right around the corner, the board and staff of the Northwest School Division (NWSD) are getting back to business as usual.

At the last meeting, there were a few notable changes, namely when board chair and longtime school trustee Brian Gaboury announced his retirement. This meant two new board members were elected into different positions at today’s board meeting. Former vice chair Faith Graham took over the head spot, and Meadow Lake board member Barb Seymour took over as vice chair. Graham and Seymour will be in the positions on an interim basis until the NWSD’s organizational meeting in November.

“Brian put in a long time,” NWSD Director of Education Duane Hauk said. “In June he decided to retire after 29 years of being a trustee. He did so much for the students, the staff. [He’s] just an exceptional member.”

The board will be advertising Gaboury’s vacant position for Subdivision 3, which includes St. Walburg, Frenchman Butte and Paradise Hill. There will be a short nomination period, which will be open until Sept.  6. If there is more than one candidate, the election will take place Oct. 11.

The board members and superintendents also met today to work on their overall work plan for the year, Hauk said.

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“The school year board calendar is a month by month outline of the work to be done,” he said. “This includes different events to attend, different reports to be given, whether it be through facilities, or technology, [or] HR student services. They’re split up throughout the year.”

Hauk said excitement for this year’s upcoming school year is already building at the division level.

“We’ll start on Aug. 28 when we meet with our administrators,” he said. “We’ll welcome our new teachers with a mentorship program on that day as well, and we get right into staff meetings, professional development (PD) and convention that week.”

Hauk said this year at the North West Teachers Association convention in St. Walburg, world-renowned education professional and speaker Rick Wormelli will be speaking. He has spoken around the world and appeared in various media, including Good Morning America and National Geographic.

kathy.gallant@jpbg.ca  

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