Toronto: Thomas K Thomas re-elected as the Regional Director of OCSTA (Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association) from the Dufferin-Peel region.
The election was held in the OCSTA’s Annual General Meeting & Conference which took place April 24-26, 2014 at the Hilton Hotel and Suites in Niagara Falls.
OCSTA is managed by a board of directors consisting of a president, a vice-president, a past president and 15 additional trustees elected from 12 regions.
OCSTA’s 15 Regional Directors are elected by trustees in each membership region of the province. All trustees are encouraged to contact their regionally elected OCSTA Directors to make them aware of issues that might be brought forward to the full Board of Directors.
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The newly elected Executive Board of the OCSTA are: Marino Gazzola [ President], Kathy Burtnik [ Vice-President], Nancy Kirby [Past President], Kevin Kobus [Executive Director].
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For more than 80 years, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) has safeguarded and promoted the interests of Catholic education in Ontario.
They are the central source of information about government funding and initiatives affecting Catholic education.
As the sole representative of Ontario’s 29 English Catholic District School Boards, OCSTA represents the needs and perspectives of Catholic school boards to the provincial government and, when necessary, the federal government.
They are the central provider of professional services to 237 trustees elected by Catholic ratepayers every four years. The Association is managed by a board of directors made up of 18 Catholic school trustees, representing regions from across the province.
Report by: WNN