A new local trustee's been appointed for the local English public school board.
The Algoma District School Board's appointed Susan Johnson to fill the seat for its Northern area, which includes Michipicoten (Wawa), Chapleau, and Hornepayne, left vacant after the death of longtime trustee Russell Reid in June.
A resident of Hawk Junction, Johnson's noted to be a former educator - having been a teacher of Grades 1, 2, and 8 for over thirty years, first with the Michipicoten School Board, then ADSB after amalgamation - as well as a director on the board of the Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District from 2018 to 2021.
Johnson will serve out the remainder of the term, which ends in mid-November 2026.