New leadership's been chosen for the Algoma District School Board.
Trustees have elected First Nation trustee Elaine Johnston as chair, replacing Sault Ste. Marie trustee Jennifer Sarlo, who'd been chair since 2011 and will stay on as a trustee.
From Serpent River First Nation, Johnston - who has been Vice Chair the last three years - has served on a number of committees - including Audit and Finance and Operations and Budget - and is currently chair of the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Trustee Council of the Ontario Public School Board Association - she'd previously chaired the Elliot Lake Hospital Board and was Chief of the Serpent River First Nation, as well as Vice Chair of the North Shore Tribal Council.
Trustees also picked a new Vice Chair, Greg Bowman, and electrical planner for Wesdome who has been Sault Ste. Marie Ward Three trustee since 2018 - he's served on the Parent Involvement and Awards Nomination committees, chaired the Operations and Budget committee, served as the board's voting delegate and a director of the Ontario Public School Board Association, and as Northern Ontario's representative for the association's Program Education Working Group.
The roles are elected yearly, around this time of year.