Prairie South School Division’s board of education has assigned its trustees to certain school community councils (SCCs) for the 2023-24 year, giving parents a contact person should they have an issue.
The board officially approved the list of representatives during its recent October meeting.
Moose Jaw
The following trustees will sit on SCCs in Moose Jaw:
- École Palliser Heights: Mary Jukes and Lew Young
- Empire: Patrick Boyle and Jukes
- King George: Crystal Froese and Brett Hagan
- Prince Arthur: Boyle and Jukes
- Sunningdale, Boyle and Young
- Westmount: Froese and Young
- William Grayson: Froese and Hagan
- Central Collegiate: Froese and Hagan
- A.E. Peacock Collegiate: Boyle and Young
- Riverview Collegiate: Hagan and Jukes
Rural schools
The following trustees will sit on SCCs in the rural areas:
- Darcy Pryor: Central Butte, Chaplin, Craik, Eyebrow and Mortlach
- Shawn Davidson: Ecole Gravelbourg, Glentworth, Kincaid, Lafleche and Mankota
- John Bumbac: Assiniboia Seventh Avenue, Assiniboia Elementary, Assiniboia Composite High and Mossbank
- Giselle Wilson: Bengough, Coronach and Rockglen
- Robert Bachmann: Avonlea, Caronport, Lindale and Rouleau
Committees
The following trustees will sit on the following committees for this school year:
- Student outcomes, which examines issues with increasing student literacy and achievement, promoting academic achievement and closing gaps and enhancing student outcomes: Hagan, Jukes and Wilson
- Business, infrastructure and governance, which examines issues with business, public accountability, stewardship and the advancement of public education, including effective use of human resources, finances, transportation and venues: Bachmann, Boyle, Froese and Young
- Human resources, which reviews issues with school staffing, recruitment and retention, performance management and employee and labour relations: Bachmann, Davidson, Hagan and Pryor
- Partnerships and team-building, which looks at issues with advocacy, networking and enhanced relationships with stakeholders: Bumbac, Froese, Hagan and Jukes
- Transportation committee, which is an ad-hoc group composed of five rural or five urban trustees
- Communications committee, which is an ad-hoc group composed of Froese, Jukes, Pryor and Wilson
- Committee of the whole, which provides a forum — behind closed doors — for trustees to engage with planning sessions around issues such as, but not limited to, finance, venues/buildings, special projects and the provincial education plan
- Executive committee, which includes the chair, vice-chair and one other trustee
The next PSSD board meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 7.
