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About Rachel Chernos Lin
Rachel Chernos Lin is TDSB Trustee for Ward 11.
Bessborough School in Leaside.
Schools

Advocating for school capacity in planning decisions

December 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

The Laird in Focus Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) is a development plan currently working its way through city government and described on the City’s website as “a vision and plan to guide growth …more

Leaside High Entrance.
Schools

Larger class sizes add pressure at Leaside schools

October 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

Having officially taken office only last December, I am now experiencing my first September as a school board trustee. With three kids of my own in three different TDSB schools this year, I had a …more

A crossing guard at Rolph Road school.
Schools

Back to School!

September 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

  As I sit down to work on this column, the start of school is still a few weeks away. Still, as my own kids remind me, back-to-school season has already begun! At the TDSB, …more

Schools

New boundary changes to affect Northlea EMS

June 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

Many readers will be familiar with the challenges faced by our local schools due to rapid intensification throughout midtown Toronto. Perhaps no TDSB school has faced more adversity than Eglinton Public school, whose chronic overcrowding …more

Rachel Chernos-Lin.
Schools

The new budget – Our Monthly Trustee Column

April 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

One of the responsibilities of TDSB trustees, as laid out in the Education Act, is to pass an annual balanced budget. The last two budgets were fairly straightforward; they were status quo budgets, and as …more

Photo Shutterstock.
Schools

Student and Parent Census highlights learnings for Leasiders

March 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

If you were a parent or student in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in 2016-2017, you may recall having completed the Student and Parent Census during the course of that school year. All in …more

Rachel with her family at the TDSB swearing-in ceremony.
Schools

Our new Trustee learns the ropes

February 1, 2019 Rachel Chernos Lin

It is just about two months I have been at my new job as Trustee for Don Valley West at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB – Ward 11). During this time, I have been …more

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Recent Posts
  • Advocating for school capacity in planning decisions
  • Leaside real estate ends year on a high note – detached homes rise by 9.5%
  • Important Laird and Eglinton development update
  • Let’s go a-caroling in Leaside
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2019
  • LPOA AGM highlights – broader focus, new name to come!
  • The new Ward 15 – a year in review
  • When will we move to protect Leaside’s character?
  • With Bayview’s Tutto Pronto, everything is ready for Leasiders
  • How do we honour Leaside’s past without being shackled to it?
  • Leaside Green: We’re dreaming of a green Christmas
  • LETTERS
  • Charmaine Sweets: a hidden treat on Vanderhoof
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