Prairie South School Division (PSSD) has added three new directors — and reappointed several others — to a committee that manages a bursary fund carried over from the former Moose Jaw school division.
During their recent board meeting, trustees voted to have Jeff Feeley, Mary Jukes, Al Kessler, Aline Kirk, Pam Ludwar, Doreen Majeran, Darcy Dumont, Amanda Olson, George Patterson, Ron Purdy and Greg Veillard serve on the Moose Jaw School District No. 1 Bursary Fund Inc. for 2024.
This is the first year that Kirk, Majeran and Dumont will serve on the committee. They replace outgoing members Patti Rodger, Jan Stewart, Claude Duke and John Livingston.
Purdy, PSSD’s business superintendent, said Majeran is a former education superintendent, Dumont is a community lawyer and Kirk was a manager in the division office.
“We have some good experience coming on,” he said. “We’ve actually got to the point now that it’s not exactly 50/50 (with urban and rural representatives). (But), we have a nice mix of urban and rural.”
According to a board report, the fund is a separate legal entity that the former Moose Jaw School Division No. 1 established to collect and invest money donated to provide scholarships to deserving students. PSSD’s board of education is now the sole member of the fund and must appoint directors.
The bursary fund has registered the business name of Prairie South Schools Bursary Fund so that it can be seen as more than just a City of Moose Jaw fund. The money held in trust by the school division for scholarships has been transferred to the bursary fund.
It is important to understand, said the report, that the transfer of funds does not change anything for any individual scholarship except where the money is housed and accounted for and the interest return it earns.
The report did not mention how much money is in the fund.
The next PSSD board meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 9.
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