Rookie trustee Ravi Parmar is the new chairman of the Sooke School District.

He replaces trustee , who resigned from the position for personal reasons.

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Parmar, 22, was first elected as school trustee in November 2014.

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Parmar said he wants the district to keep moving forward by increasing graduation completion rates and ensuring children have a great school experience.

Parmar is a full-time political science student at the .

He is passionate about the because he graduated from Belmont five years ago after migrating to Canada with his family in the 1990s.

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