TRANSCONA’S school board has given a veteran member his third strike in as many years, but he’s not out of a job.

Rod Giesbrecht, a longtime trustee in the River East Transcona School Division, has been suspended for three months for breaching the board’s code of conduct.

Giesbrecht was disciplined twice during the 2023-24 school year for admitting he spoke out of turn about confidential board matters.

His colleagues voted to suspend him without pay — the most severe consequence available — on Sept. 9.

“Being censured three times in a row is rare,” said Colleen Carswell, chair of the board in charge of governance related to upwards of 40 schools across northeast Winnipeg.

Giesbrecht and Carswell are among the longest-serving trustees in Manitoba with more than 20 and 30 years of exper

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