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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: School board chair booted by Ford government has warning for province
Description: At some point soon, the Ford government will reveal its plan for school trustees across the province.Education Minister Paul Calandra has made no secret of the fact that he’s considering eliminating school trustees altogether — and he’s promised to reveal his decision early this year.No news yet.In the meantime, the ministry is now in control of six school boards in Ontario, using words like “incompetence,” “mess” and “off the rails” to describe how things were going before the province seized the wheel.The Near North District School Board, which cover...