Ontario's Calandra: No Distractions for School Board Supervisors

0:00Ontario's Education Minister Paul Kalandra just laid down the law on those provincially appointed supervisors taking over troubled school boards. They won't be chatting with reporters at all. He wants them laser focused on student success and getting boards back on track. No distractions. This came up Tuesday during a funding announcement in London for new schools. The province is dropping $285 million in the area to build seven new ones and expand to others. Highlights include a $21 million Catholic elementary in Killworth for 424 kids plus childcare, a hundred million four, a big Catholic High School serving 2,000 students and over 43 million to replace a secondary school in St. Thomas. These moves stem from last spring when the province stepped in on boards like Tems Valley over deficits and shaky spending. Trustees got sidelined and Kalandra says none are ready to return yet. No firm timeline. He's cool with one year,

1:00two or even 10 if that's what it takes to fix things right. Earlier this month he wrote out major reforms province-wide, capping elected trustees and adding sharp oversight roles. Directors of education now become chief executive officers with business creds handling finances and ops, all aimed at efficiency and kids achieving. Meanwhile these changes signal a full reset for how English school boards run, keeping the heat on performance without the old drama. Supervisors are grinding now and the proof will show in stronger schools down the line. That's your update from Canada News Today, powered by AI.