South Shore: URB Opts For Smaller School Board

Residents of the South Shore will elect fewer school board members when election time rolls around this fall. The province's Utility and Review Board has decided to cut four positions from the round-table, from 12 seats down to eight. The URB released its 19-page decision Monday, just a month after the regulatory board held a hearing in Bridgewater. School Board member Judith Sullivan-Corney believes it was a fair decision.



She adds, she doesn't believe the cut will hurt the future board.



Sullivan-Corney says she will continue to revise by-laws and policies, to ensure the new board has structures that support a focus on the role of governance. A new board will be elected in October.

The option approved by the URB includes:

• African Nova Scotian Representation
• First Nations’ Representation
• Electoral District 1 = the Region of Queens, including Maitland Bridge
• Electoral District 2 = Districts 5, 6, 7 and 9 in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
• Electoral District 3 = Town of Bridgewater
• Electoral District 4 = Districts 2, 8, 10, 11, and 12 in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
• Electoral District 5 = Districts 1, 3 and 4 in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, the Town of Lunenburg and the Town of Mahone Bay
• Electoral District 6 = the Municipality of the District of Chester