Heather Grieve (Submitted photo/SD73).
New Board Chair

Heather Grieve acclaimed as Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education chair

Nov 9, 2021 | 2:39 PM

KAMLOOPS — Heather Grieve and Meghan Wade were acclaimed as chair and vice-chair respectively of the Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education during the mid-term Inaugural board meeting held Monday (Nov. 8).

Grieve is serving her first term as a trustee, representing Kamloops. She was nominated by former Board Chair Rhonda Kershaw. Grieve has served on the Education Committee of the Whole, Student Advisory Committee, Human Resources Committee, and the Kamloops Thompson Teachers’ Association Joint Labour Committee.

Wade returns as vice-chair following a nomination by Chair Grieve. She’s serving her fourth term as a trustee. John O’Fee will remain as the SD73 representative on the provincial council of the BC School Trustees Association, while Cara McKelvey, nominated by Trustee Wade, was acclaimed as the Board representative for the BC Public Sector Employers’ Association.

The nine trustees will serve until the next general election on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.