A month after ordering a northern Ontario school board to resolve what a report called overwhelming dysfunction, the provincial government says it’s taking control.

Education Minister Paul Calandra made the announcement on Monday, saying he was placing the Near North District School Board under provincial supervision.

“I will not stand by while a board’s incompetence directly impacts student achievement,” Calandra said in a release. “This decisive action should serve as a warning to any board that is failing in its responsibility to put students first.”

Calandra went on to say he’s putting school boards “on notice” that under the Supporting Children and Students Act that became law last month, he has the ability to assume control where there is “clear mismanagement.”

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