Trustee Greg Anderson Acclaimed as Grand Erie District School Board Chair for the 2019-20 School Year

For the second year in a row, Trustee Greg Anderson was acclaimed as Board Chair at Grand Erie District School Board’s Nomination Meeting on Monday night. Anderson, a City of Brantford Trustee, will serve as Grand Erie’s Chair of the Board for the third-straight year.

“I’m honoured that my Trustee colleagues have once again supported my leadership,” said Anderson. “Over the past two years, we have much to be proud of as we’ve remained focused on our Multi-Year Plan and our goal of Success for Every Student. As we continue to move ahead, I look forward to once again working with my colleagues and representing the Board in all of our communities across the system.”

Anderson, in his second term as a Trustee, was first elected during the 2014 Municipal election. Prior to running for office, Anderson had a dedicated career in education as a teacher, vice-principal and principal. He was a Superintendent of Education at Grand Erie for more than a decade before he retired in 2013. In 2016-17, Anderson was Vice-Chair of the Board before moving to Board Chair in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Trustee Rita Collver, who was Committee of the Whole Chair this past year, was acclaimed as Vice-Chair of the Board for 2019-20. Collver represents Norfolk County (Wards 3 and 7) as well as Brant County.

Other election results from Monday’s Nomination Meeting include:

• Trustee Susan Gibson (City of Brantford) was acclaimed as Committee of the Whole Chair;
• Trustee Carol Ann Sloat (City of Brantford) returns as Committee of the Whole Vice-Chair (acclaimed);
• Trustee Don Werden (Norfolk County) returns as Grand Erie’s Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) Director/Voting Delegate (acclaimed); and,
• Trustee Rita Collver was acclaimed as Grand Erie’s OPBSA Alternative Director/Alternative Voting Delegate.

Grand Erie District School Board represents more than 26,000 students in 58 elementary and 14 secondary schools within the City of Brantford and the Counties of Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk as well as secondary students from Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

We are an Eco-School

Did you know our school is an eco-school? Well we are, and that means that our school is making efforts every day to stay green. Some of the things our energy efficiency group is doing include implementing eco-friendly browsers, starting lights out lunches every Monday and Friday, creating signs for lights and monitors, and adding important information to our school website about being eco-friendly. We're also having a fun sweater day where we’re lowering the temperature of the school by two degrees and we will all wear sweaters. We’re also adding Ecosia to all our browsers. Ecosia is a company that plants a tree for every forty-five searches on the internet. Students are also making fifteen signs and posting them around the school, to remind people to turn off lights and monitors. Sweater day will be held on the 29th of November, and the 16th and 17th of December. Remember to check the school website for more cool information about how we are going eco-friendly, and the steps to become a platinum school, and to watch a video about implementing eco-friendly habits. Always remember to stay green!

From,

The Energy Efficiency Team of École Confédération