This is the lead in to The Current's look at school boards in Ontario and Canada.  

"With Ontario considering getting rid of elected trustees and school boards, questions are being raised about the role of boards. Across Canada, there isn’t a clear answer with some provinces moving to eliminate boards, and others fighting to keep them." 

(Most in Canada have retained their locally elected trustees.   The talk revolves around "democratic legitimacy"  and the "tension"  particularly in urban centres when there is a sitting conservative government.)  

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16191195-should-school-boards-thing-past 

"Democracy is under attack and we can't be Trumped within our own province."

WE need to keep them.   Spread the word and the link.