May 10, 2002 The Close of Nominations for School Board Trustee Elections is today, May 10, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. for the 29 school trustee positions in the Eastern School District, Western School Board and the French Language School Board. Following the Close of Nominations, Elections PEI will list the nominated candidates on the Elections PEI website at www.gov.pe.ca/election. The candidates will be listed under one of the following three categories for each of the school trustees positions: 1. In school zones where elections are required, the nominated candidates' names will be listed; 2. In school zones where only one candidate has offered for nomination, the candidate will be declared elected by acclamation; 3. In school zones where there have been no offers for nomination, these zones will be listed for Ministerial Appointment which will be announced later by the Minister of Education, the Honourable Jeffrey Lantz. The list of Electoral Zones holding School Board Trustee elections will be published in the daily Island newspapers in the next few days.Media Contact: Merrill Wigginton