We’ve all heard the stories about the candidates that are only seen or heard from at election time. I’ve heard stories about trustee candidates who, after the lawn signs come down, disappear into the EPSB “blue building” on Kingsway, not to be heard from until the next election cycle.
On my first pamphlet I stated that listening to the community (including the 70% of residents who don’t have children and don’t receive memos from the EPSB in their children’s backpacks) needs to be a key priority for school trustees.
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I get a lot of surprised expressions from folks when they see me, a trustee candidate knocking on doors and meeting as many voters as I can before election day. I can’t blame them. Typically, trustees don’t campaign, not like their municipal counterparts in the city council elections. They target a few teachers and parents around election time, hand out a few business cards, and rely on the school grapevine to do the rest. A candidate for trustee door knocking seems to be unheard of, at least in Ward F. 
