Several Ontario school boards will need to find $350,000 in their budget to pay for the Ford government’s school supervisors.

In June, the province appointed supervisors to five school boards, including the Toronto District School Board, to rein in spending due to “mismanagement,” with Education Minister Paul Calandra zeroing in on their spending, flagging expenses like trips to Italy, late-night meals, watch straps and TV mounts.

The supervisors replaced trustees, who were making an average of $25,000 each a year. Those same supervisors are now charging the school boards upwards of $2,000 a day for a maximum of 3.5 days a week.

Calendra says he stands by the hefty salaries.

“I think it’s an appropriate amount of money given the challenges that all of these boards face,” he told report

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