What made you think about even doing this to begin with?

Well, I just thought it was so unfair that students weren't allowed to vote in school trustee elections because they are directly and the most affected by the decisions made by trustees and the board.

Students should have the right to vote because the decisions that the trustees make impacts their lives.

And depending on which school trustees, they'll make different decisions.

So when did you first realize then that kids your age can't vote for trustees?

Well about two years ago there was a by-election because someone who was a school trustee in Ward 1 was transphobic and so they had to find a new person and i was like okay when can i vote dad and my parents had to tell me i can't vote until i'm 18 and i thought that was so Not fair, not fair.

So about last year, I started a petition with my co-organizer, Helen, and we've sort of like talked to people about this issue.

We've gone to the school board of LRSD School Division And we've talked about our petition there.