Raising civic awareness during Local Government Week
This week the Upper Grand District School Board and partners at the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) worked to raise civic awareness among students by observing Local Government Week.
Many trustees arranged classroom sessions, through school principals and teachers, with Grade 5 social studies and Grade 10 civics students to discuss the important democratic role of school board trustee.
School board trustees are the oldest form of elected representation in Ontario. Since 1807, generations of community-minded citizens have made decisions on behalf of local, publicly funded schools, building the foundation of the system today.
The next municipal and school board elections in Ontario will occur on Oct. 22, 2018.
In advance of this, trustees can provide an important first-hand learning experience that fits well with the social studies and civics curricula.
