It may be hinterland to most folks but the Ministry of Education wants it covered.
Tuesday, the SD43 board agreed to take over responsibility of an undesignated trustee electoral area in the forested mountains northeast of Indian Arm.
Although it is unknown if people with school-aged children are living in the area, the ministry wants a trustee to represent the area to avoid possibly disenfranchising residents from voting in school board trustee elections.
In future, the areas will be represented by the trustee for electoral area 4, or the villages of Anmore and Belcarra. Currently, that post is held by Trustee Kerri Palmer Isaak, who is also the board chair.
“I promise to represent them,” Palmer Isaak said, although she admitted she didn’t know if anybody lives in the area.
