The Sooke School Board has two new faces added to its roster of trustees, Don Brown from the Belmont zone and Neil Poirier from Milnes Landing zone.

The familiar faces of Wendy Hobbs, Denise Riley, Dianna Seaton, Bob Phillips and Margot Swinburnson are all returning.

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For the returning trustees, Hobbs said everyone works very well together and is productive as a team. B次元官网网址淲hen a board works well together the district works well together.B次元官网网址�

The rapid growth of SD 62 will be one of the challenges Seaton said the trustees will be facing.

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Seaton is also hoping to bring more college courses to the district to help ease the transition to college for SD 62 students.

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The graduation rate have risen from 69.2 per cent up to 75.8 per cent in the past four years. The aboriginal graduation rates have risen from 38.2 per cent up to 72.9 per cent, Hobbs said.

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With the go-ahead to build to new high schools on the West Shore, Hobbs and the rest of the trustees are excited to get involved in the project.

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