Starla Anderson is a retired teacher; Deborah Nohr is a teacher and served as a school trustee from 2011 to 2018; and Carol Pickup is a former school board trustee and former Saanich councillor. All three are public-school advocates.
The initial plan was to sell 1.9 acres, but that was dropped to 1.28 acres after discussions between the board and the hospice society, with the remainder left for Bowker Creek improvements.
The Greater Victoria School District has an agreement to potentially sell 0.8 hectare of land adjacent to the south campus of Lansdowne Middle School — formerly known as Richmond Elementary School . . .