The Nova Scotia government will move forward with a recommendation to dissolve the province's seven elected regional school boards and instead create one provincial advisory council made up of people appointed by the minister of education. The administrative apparatus of school boards will remain in place, for the moment, but there will eventually be some cuts through attrition. Hank Middleton is the president of the Nova Scotia School Boards Association. (Jean Laroche/CBC)The president of the Nova Scotia School Boards Association, Hank Middleton, called the move "a major change with long-term implications" and no guarantee of success. "It drives me crazy that the province of Joseph Howe and responsible government we're eliminating elected school boards."

Source: CBC News January 24, 2018 17:32 UTC