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#858 - 06/24/08 08:39 AM Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD#42
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Seven trustees form the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Board of Education. Two are elected in Pitt Meadows and five are elected in Maple Ridge. In my experience, there have always been between 10 and 15 people vying for the five seats in Maple Ridge. In Pitt Meadows, there have been as few as 3 citizens vying for two seats. I think the most has been four. At least two seats in Maple Ridge (Trustee Stepan Vdovine has announced he will seek a nomination to Vancouver's Vision party as one of their school trustee candidates and the board chair isn't running again) and one seat in Pitt Meadows (vacated earlier this year) are wide open. Quite a few people have already thrown their hats into the ring, including two former trustees who were defeated in previous elections. I cannot recall this many people declaring this early in the past. It is shaping up to be an interesting race. The Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows TIMES: Former trustee jumps into race
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#1036 - 09/05/08 10:55 AM School critic drops out [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Todd Hill, a previously declared candidate for a Maple Ridge trustee seat, has announced he won't be running. School critic drops out .
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#1075 - 09/19/08 04:22 PM Trustee resigns [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Trustee resigns Maria Rantanen, The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Times, September 19, 2008 School board trustee Rick Butler has resigned his position from the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Board of Education... To read why, click here.
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#1077 - 09/20/08 07:07 AM Re: Trustee resigns [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Heather Heather Administrator old hand Registered: 07/20/07 Posts: 897	Wow, where to start. First, if they hadn't turfed a trustee, Nel Joostema they'd still have another representative at least until November. This lady wanted to stay and complete her term of office but the Board Chair wanted her out and led a legal charge to make it so. Now this community has one that wanted to stay but was turfed out because she moved, and one who just up and quits with a very short time left to serve. What in the world? And now, no one is declaring? Even here in Chilliwack, only two (if memory serves) trustees have declared themselves and no one new has come forward tossing their hat in the ring. Maybe it's time to rethink these "Boards of Education." _________________________ SCIENTIA EST POTENTIA Knowledge is power
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#1141 - 10/04/08 12:02 PM Re: Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD#42 [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Trustees leaving SB seats Robert Mangelsdorf,Maple Ridge News, September 23, 2008 Of the five remaining school board trustees, only one has committed to running in the November municipal election... To read more click here.
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#1150 - 10/08/08 06:14 PM Take ballot seriously, says DPAC [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Take ballot seriously, says DPAC The Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Times, October 03, 2008 A school board trustee should be open-minded, have an honest, respectful character, be enthusiastic and passionate about education, have experience in the public school system as a parent or volunteer and demonstrate interest in school board level issues -- these are the top characteristics identified in a recent survey by the District Parent Advisory Council. Top issues identified in the survey included student achievement, services for students needing extra support, school safety, class size and parent involvement in school and district decision-making... To read more click here.
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#1155 - 10/10/08 01:30 PM Re: Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD#42 [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Trustee changes his mind Robert Mangelsdorf,Maple Ridge News, October 09, 2008 School board trustee Stepan Vdovine is taking a stab at re-election in Maple Ridge after losing his nomination bid to run for the Vancouver school board under the Vision Vancouver banner, reversing an earlier decision not run again here... To read the rest of the article click here.
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#1156 - 10/10/08 08:52 PM Re: Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD#42 [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	I'm not going around the province looking for these - everyone can check their own municipal website - but I live in this district, so here are the links for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows candidate lists. A total of 19 (!!) for seven school trustee positions. In Maple Ridge 15 are fighting over five seats with only two incumbents running. It is almost as crowded as the Maple Ridge council race, where 23 are fighting over six seats. Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows
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#1161 - 10/12/08 03:12 PM Re: Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD#42 [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	I am posting this here because it showed up on my google alert for school trustee elections and it is a bit different from the usual static election website. There are so many possibilities to use new media effectively during an election campaign. In particular, I believe this is a great way to reach younger voters: Publicly accessible facebook election campaign page for school trustee candidate Stepan Vdovine.
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#1185 - 10/20/08 10:18 PM Re: Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows SD#42 [Re: Katherine Wagner]
Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner enthusiast Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 253 Loc: British Columbia	Janet Steffenhagen has posted on her blog The Report Card about the BCSTA trustee candidate website and she uses Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows as an example... Note to candidates: Who are you??
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