Do We Need School Board Reform? With Andrea Grebenc

Do We Need School Board Reform? With Andrea Grebenc

From The 905er Podcast by The 905er

October 21, 2025 · 44 min · Episode 347

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of elected school board trustees in Ontario's education system with guest Andrea Grebenc.

Here we are with part two of our series examining school board reforms. The Ford Government is keen on eliminating trustees from Ontario school boards. As of the recording of this episode, Minister of Education Paul Calandra has removed elected trustees from four school boards in the province. Appointing a supervisor to oversee decision-making at the board level. In our previous episode, we had Nokha Dakroub explain why she thought trustees ought to be appointed rather than elected in the province. For this episode, we have Andrea Grebenc, former Chair of the Halton District School Board, to explain why electing our School Board Trustees ought to remain an important part of our democracy. And to help ensure a better education system for all of our children. Our previous episode with Nokha is here: https://905er.ca/2025/10/do-we-need-school-board-reform-with-nokha-dakroub/ It takes money and time to do this podcast. We love doingwhat we do, but please consider supporting us if you can, so we can keepimproving and keep paying the bills. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can become a monthly or yearly patron on our website at 905er.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We didn’t like sharing your generosity with that other…

People in this episode

Host: The 905er

Guest: Andrea Grebenc

Topics covered

  • school board reform
  • education policy
  • democracy
  • trustees
  • Ontario

Keywords

  • school board
  • trustees
  • education reform
  • Ontario
  • democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ford Government, Halton District School Board

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