Catholic School Trustees

An open letter from Morgan Ste. Marie, chair of the Durham Catholic District School Board, detailing the losses that would follow elimination of local school board trustee positions.

After a few months of speculation about Ontario school board governance, a critical question must be asked: What will happen if we diminish the role of elected school board trustees?

It might have been appropriate to raise the white flag of Ugly Ville over the April 23 meeting of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

The International Pro-Life Flag will not fly over Toronto Catholic schools this May.

Reading the passages about gender theory written in the new Vatican document Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity) offered Francine Champagne, a former school trustee in Winnipeg, a feeling of vindication.

Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustee Mike Del Grande hopes that on April 23, almost 200 TCDSB schools and the Catholic Education Centre will get the go ahead to fly the international pro-life flag annually during May.

Francine Champagne had high hopes of helping children when she was elected as a trustee of Winnipeg’s Louis Riel School Division Board (LRSDB) in October 2022. They all came crashing down a few months later over a non-existent debate about library books and mild memes.