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Supervision, Bill 33, and Your Trustees:
News and Articles

Provincial supervision will negatively impact Toronto school boards and education

Michelle Aarts & Kevin Morrison, Beach Metro – October 9, 2025

A column by two trustees describing how supervision replaces local accountability and constrains board governance across districts.

https://beachmetro.com/2025/10/09/in-my-opinion-provincial-supervision-will-negatively-impact-toronto-school-boards-and-education/

Renewal of school boards needed, not removal of trustees

Gerry Connelly, Linda Fabi, Joan Green & Ken Thurston (Opinion) The Trillium – October 10, 2025

A call to strengthen school boards instead of eliminating trustees, emphasizing the importance of local governance and accountability.

https://www.thetrillium.ca/opinion/opinion-renewal-of-school-boards-needed-not-removal-of-trustees-11328781

Ontario’s move to eliminate school trustees could stifle parents’ concerns, critics say

The Globe and Mail (Opinion / News)  - October 4, 2025
In June, the province appointed supervisors to oversee the finances and operations of four school boards, largely sidelining trustees and raising alarm that parents’ voices will be muted.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/.../ontarios-move-to-eliminate-school-trustees-could-stifle-parents-concerns-critics-say

Former premier Wynne says bigger political agenda behind removal of school trustees

Richard Southern & John Marchesan, CityNews – September 19, 2025

Former Premier Kathleen Wynne argues that recent trustee removals are part of a broader political strategy to centralize control over school boards, rather than purely governance reform.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/09/19/former-premier-wynne-school-board-trustees/

Public school board trustees challenge Ontario’s takeover of TVDSB that left them without a job

Kate Dubinski, CBC London – August 5, 2025

A report about how local trustees are legally contesting the provincial supervision of Thames Valley, arguing that the takeover undermines democratic accountability and displaced elected officials.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/public-school-board-trustees-challenge-ontario-s-takeover-of-tvdsb-that-left-them-without-a-job-1.7599958

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