"the trustees said on the TDSB website explaining their decision. Sir John A. Macdonald's legacy includes the starving of Indigenous peoples on the plains, the Indian Act, the creation of residential schools and the hanging of Louis Riel. Egerton Ryerson is considered one of the primary architects of the residential school system."
"As one of his first major decisions, the minister-appointed Toronto District School Board supervisor axed a recommendation by school trustees to rename three schools due to concerns over controversial histories. Supervisor Rohit Gupta also increased some class sizes for special needs students despite recommendations by trustees to maintain existing caps, according to the July decisions posted online . Gupta, a former advisor to Metrolinx, was appointed as the TDSB supervisor by the province on June 27,"
Rohit Gupta, appointed June 27 as the provincial supervisor of the Toronto District School Board, rejected trustees' recommendation to rename three schools. He also increased some class sizes for special-needs students despite trustees recommending existing caps remain. The appointment followed one of five provincial takeovers tied to alleged financial mismanagement. Education Minister Paul Calandra signaled plans to possibly eliminate school board trustees provincewide by year-end. Trustees had targeted Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute, Ryerson Community School and Dundas Junior Public School for renaming because namesakes' legacies include colonial policies, residential schools and links to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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