Board property off limits for campaigning, candidates warned

Beyond this situation, however, candidates cannot campaign or engage in election-related activities on school board property, he said.

Similar rules also exist for the use of municipally-owned property.

Incumbent trustees must also not use their position to give themselves an advantage over other trustee candidates, said Rainbow board chair Doreen Dewar.

They are still allowed to attend board functions, so long as they're ones they've habitually attended in the past, and aren't blatantly there to campaign for re-election, she said.