March 29, 2024

Fired Cowichan trustees turn to community for by-election help

They won’t be going to Court, but are turning to the community to help get a by-election.
 
The Trustees on the Cowichan School Board were fired July 1st after failing to submit a balanced budget.

Although some trustees had considered challenging their dismissal in Court, they’ve decided doing so would take up a lot of time and money.

Former Board Chair Eden Haythornthwaite: “We’ve been approaching everyone we can think of and everyone from the BCTF to the Council of Canadians, to our MLA to the UBCM to various town councils, individuals, all of our partner groups, the local aboriginal organization, asking for them to write to the Minister requesting a by-election in Cowichan as soon as possible.”

They’ve been able to secure requests from all those groups, except the UBCM, which gets underway in a few days.
 
For his part, newly-appointed Education Minister Don McRae is not ruling out a by-election, but isn’t committing to one either.

CKNW Vancouver News

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