Balance of power between urban and rural trustees preserved on TVDSB
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A pitch to shake-up the electoral boundaries represented by public school board trustees was withdrawn.
A pitch to shake-up the electoral boundaries represented by public school board trustees was withdrawn.
On Tuesday, the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) discussed a motion that would have merged some City of London wards with adjacent rural areas in order to more evenly distribute the number of public school constituents represented by each trustee.
Currently, the board consists of 13 elected trustees representing:
The changes were proposed by Trustee Laura Gonzalez and seconded by Trustee Corrine Rahman.
“So that there is more representation based on electoral quotient,” explained Rahman. “We have the opportunity to provide better service.”
But their colleagues preferred the status quo, a six-six urban/rural balance of power.
“We have bigger issues with our rural partners, and we do not need to start making changes that are going to make a bigger divide,” warned Trustee Peter Cuddy.
