Jurisdictional Change for Trustees

There will be no additional seats added to the Rainy River District School Board this fall.

Instead, trustees elected to represent Fort Frances will also represent public school supporters in the Mine Centre area.

Education Director Jack McMaster says the board did investigate the possibility of adding a trustee.

"The new regulations that came out said you can request to add a trustee if your board amalgamated with a district authority in 2009-10," says McMaster. "We inquired because we amalgamated in 2008-09, but we were told 'no - the regs say 2009-10, it's 09-10."

The change in jurisdiction was required to reflect the 2008 amalgamation with the former Mine Centre School Board.