Tim Bennett is now the vice-president of the BC School Trustees’ Association (BCSTA).
The School District 57 trustee was acclaimed to the position on Thursday night during the Annual General Meeting held this year in Vancouver.
He has been on the association’s Board of Directors since 2018.
When incumbent BCSTA president Stephanie Higginson of Nanaimo announced she would not be seeking reelection, the present vice-president, Carolyn Broady of West Vancouver, put her hand up for
the position.
Bennett noted his positive working relationship with Broady was one of the reasons he felt confident in
letting his name stand.
“I think, this year in particular, that public education is at an interesting time in B.C.,” Bennett said.
“We are coming out of COVID response, our schools are starting to feel like those previous patterns of life are
returning, but we also know that COVID isn’t going anywhere. We have to find this balance. I want to be
a part of that, and initiatives like implementing the new curriculum recognizing our Indigenous history,
implementing the action plans around Bill 41 (the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act),
and all the regular day to day things that our sector is responsible for.”
The School District 57 Board of Trustees will next meet on Tuesday in Mackenzie.
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