The current elections for Manitoba school trustees would not be happening if the provincial government's proposed education reform bill had passed into law.
Rebecca Chambers is running for the Ward 4 seat in Winnipeg School Division.
In addition to increasing awareness of school boards, Bill 64 might be motivating more people to put their names forward in this year's elections. "It's not a space that I'm super familiar with or super comfortable in, but it's something I'm willing to try," she said.As in the Winnipeg School Division, there are a higher than normal number of vacancies in divisions across the province due to the pandemic and Bill 64, says Alan Campbell, president of the Manitoba School Boards Association and a trustee in the Interlake School Division., with approximately 290 trustee positions up for grabs.
Many people whom Campbell met during the debates over Bill 64 don't necessarily have the time or ability to take on the job of a trustee."The underlying sentiment when you talk about this coming election is the fact that had Bill 64 succeeded there wouldn't be an election," he said.
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