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RSS FeedsSchool trustees are spending your billions. Maybe you should vote for them
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19 october 2018 21:48:51

 
School trustees are spending your billions. Maybe you should vote for them
(The Star Travel)
 


Teenagers shoot hoops on new half-courts, near a re-sodded soccer field. Chatty seniors sit on new benches at the sides. And about 150 community members, including elders and toddlers, dance to Tibetan music on a recently paved full basketball court.They’ve gathered this evening outside Parkdale Collegiate Institute on Jameson Ave., nestled amid highrise rental buildings in Toronto’s west end. This is more than a school. In this low-income neighbourhood, home to many newcomers and immigrants, it is a community hub. The school grounds used to be crumbling, rotting and poorly lit. But last year, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) approved an $800,000 enhancement project with input from students, parents and residents. It is an example of what school board trustees do, overseeing big budgets of taxpayer money, and how their decisions impact the community. And it underscores the importance for voters, even those without children, to understand the role of trustees as they head to the polls Oct. 22. The reality is that many voters leave that part of the ballot blank. Yet, the demographic diversity of trustees, in some municipalities, makes them a much better representation of the population they serve when compared with other elected officials. “School boards and trustees do matter,” says Myer Siemiatycki, a politics professor at Ryerson University. “They’re spending your money, they’re shaping your future, they’re defining your neighbourhood … School boards are major-league government — some people think it’s not really government, or if it is, then it’s minor-league.”Ontario’s 72 school boards are governed by trustees. They are the community’s advocates for public education and help the board fulfil its duties under the Education Act, which include coming up with a multi-year strategic plan, adopting policies to support that vision and approving a balanced budget. In Tor ...


 
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