Sixteen year-old Malvern student Georgia Koumantaros had already thanked the committee and stepped away from the mic on Oct. 22 when Sam Sotiropoulos, the school trustee she had just accused of making homophobic and transphobic remarks on Twitter, added an unexpected comment. “I almost figure she was doing more than expressing her own opinion,” said […]
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Trustee candidates tackle funding, class size
Aging portables, crowded kindergartens, under-used schools and playing nice with Queen’s Park. Judging by all the issues parents raised at a Sept. 30 debate at Community Centre 55, the next public school trustee for Beaches-East York has plenty to do after Toronto’s Oct. 27 election. Sheila Cary-Meagher, Marietta Fox, Navarius Mombo and Jen Sagar are […]
Election 2014: Candidates for TDSB trustee
Welcome to the first of three issues of Toronto municipal election coverage in Beach Metro Community News. In this issue, we are featuring local school trustee candidates for the public and Catholic school boards. Ward 16, the local ward of the Toronto District School Board, includes 23 elementary and three secondary schools in two City […]
