The board of trustees for the School District of Mystery Lake will be sticking with seven trustees.

The board discussed the possibility of reducing to five in an effort to save money, though only Trustee Ryan Land spoke in support of the reduction.

Trustee Guido Oliveira spoke against the resolution, saying that he currently cannot make a third of the scheduled committee meetings, and the reduction in numbers could mean he wouldn’t be able to make up to two thirds of the meetings.

Trustee Land responded to those comments by saying that attendance at committee meetings isn’t a luxury, but rather something that is expected when you’re elected by the public.

Vice Chairperson Janet Brady spoke against the reduction, saying all of the current trustees bring something different to the table, and that if they moved to five, they would lose valuable input.

Multiple trustees said they were on the fence when it came to the size of the board, though they voted against reducing as they said they weren’t ready to vote in favour.

Photo courtesy of Kyle Darbyson.