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ADSB names chair/vice-chair

The chair of the Algoma District School Board has been acclaimed at the inaugural meeting of the board.

Board communication coordinator, Fran Walsh, says Jennifer Sarlo has been elected for another term as the chair.

She says Sarlo was first elected as vice-chair in 2009 and then as chair, serving yet another term heading up the board.

Walsh adds Brent Rankin, another long-time trustee on board, who has been elected as vice-chair.

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Profiles
Chair Jennifer Sarlo

Sarlo served as an alternate member of the Ontario Public School Board Association’s (OPSBA’s) Policy Committee.  In her years with the board, she has also taken an active role in the School Effectiveness Visits and has been on the New Schools Steering Committee.  She has been a member of the Finance and Operations Committee, the Discipline Committee and the External Audit Committee.

Prior to being elected to the board, Sarlo was the Chair of ADSB’s School Council Coordinating Committee now known as the Parent Involvement Committee.  She was also the Chair of Grand View Public School’s School Council.  She has always been very supportive and involved in the elementary and high schools her children attended (Grand View, Korah and White Pines).  Jennifer is also an involved and respected member of her community and her church.

Sarlo addressed the board following her acclamation:

“I am honored to continue to serve the Algoma District School Board as its Chair. Thank you Trustee Susan Myers for your nomination and thank you, fellow Trustees, for your confidence and continued support. I look forward to working with Vice-Chair Brent Rankin and I want to thank Russell Reid for his ongoing guidance as our former Vice-Chair.

“I’m very thankful for the growth of our new Trustee members.  Your unique experiences have brought new perspectives to our table, always with students at the forefront. I do consider it a privilege to sit as Chair of this Board.”

Vice-Chair Brent Rankin

Rankin has been motivated by the desire to try and make a difference in the education of all Algoma District students and to bring unique perspectives and issues from Central Algoma to the Board table.

He has run a small family business, including being an editor of a community newspaper and co-manages an auto parts store.  He has been involved in municipal politics since 1981, having been deputy-mayor for one term, and mayor for a total of five terms. He has been on a number of other boards and committees over the years, including the Algoma District Homes for the Aged Board, the Algoma Manor Development Committee, the East Algoma Community Development Corporation, the Algoma Kinniwabi Travel Association, the Thessalon Library Board and the Sault Area Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Council.

He shared that he has lots of ideas that may help to further advance the board and he looks forward to supporting and working with Chair Sarlo.

OPSBA Committee Appointments

The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) requests that each board appoint a Director to the OPSBA Board of Directors and a Voting Delegate to the Annual General Meeting of OPSBA. Boards are also requested to appoint alternates for these positions. These appointments are for one-year terms.

At the Inaugural Meeting, the Board confirmed the appointment of Trustee Sheryl Evans-Price as Director to OPSBA Board of Directors and Voting Delegate for the Annual General Meeting of Ontario Public School Boards’ Association for 2020.

The Board confirmed the appointment of Chair Jennifer Sarlo as the Alternate for the Director to OPSBA Board of Directors and voting Delegate to Ontario Public School Boards’ Annual General Meeting for 2020.

 

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