The Editor,
Parents who might be concerned about how qualified and capable teachers are might also consider being as concerned about the same issues in regards to the people who are elected as school trustees.
There are quite a few distinctly different educational philosophies and opinions about what the role of public education should be and the ideal composition of a school board is one that has as much of an equal representation of all of them as possible.
And although it doesn’t occur nearly as often as it should, it would also be preferable if at least some of the trustees that are elected actually have a background in public education.
We do our children no favours if, on voting day, we simply select names at random from the list of school trustee candidates and have no idea what kind of educational philosophy and goals they will promote during their tenure.
Our children’s future is too precious to let this domain of the management of our public education system be determined by nothing more than a dart-throwing exercise on the part of voters.
Vote in an educated way about education. Twenty years from now, our children — you know, the ones who will be the professionals and tradespeople we will depend on in our old age — will thank us if we do.
Ray Arnold
Richmond
