The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board is among five supervised boards mandated to establish “support offices” for students and families by January as part of a promised governance shakeup.

The new offices mark a step toward what Education Minister Paul Calandra has said is a plan to eliminate school board trustees “100 per cent” by year’s end, as part of a systemwide revamp under proposed Bill 33.

Calandra said the new student and family support offices will give families “clear answers and timely solutions when it comes to their child’s education.”

“We’re going to continue overhauling an outdated school board governance model so that more resources go into classrooms, teachers have better support and students have the best chance to succeed,” he said in a release.

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