Ontario's education minister says the way schools are governed in the province is "outdated" and that, as he pursues a review, he's open eliminating elected trustees altogether.

Already, Paul Calandra has appointed supervisors who have taken over five of Ontario's biggest school boards. Trustees have been shut out of their accounts, and those appointees have been tasked with making decisions to improve boards' financial situations and avoid deficits.

But Calandra has consistently told all 72 school boards in the province they are on notice and must direct money to classrooms. He has talked of more centralization and creating greater consistency from board to board.

"The ministry needs to step up to the plate moreso than it has over the last 40 years," he told hundreds of municipal polit

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