Relieving us of our duties is the only way to bring accountability back to a school board that has been failing students

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On June 27, the Ontario government placed the Toronto District School Board under provincial supervision, vesting the powers of the Board of Trustees into a ministry-appointed supervisor.

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Some trustees have argued that this will lead to cuts and the loss of “local democracy.”

But as a fellow trustee, I believe not only that supervision is not a threat, but that relieving us of our duties is the only way to bring accountability back to a school board that has been failing students and families for far too long.

Indeed, since I started my term on the board in November 2022, it has become evident that the current Trustee governance model is inherently broken. A culture of........

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