Burlington's Catholic school trustees will be paid $9,000 a year when their new term starts Sunday, Nov. 15. That is down 30% from the $12,875 each member gets this year, under the Halton Catholic District School Board's new pay policy. The board runs Catholic elementary and high schools across Halton.
The current amount is built from two parts: a $5,900 base and a $6,975 amount tied to how many students the board serves. The new term replaces both with a flat figure. The vice-chair drops to $9,500, the $9,000 base plus $500, from $16,272, a cut of about 42%.
| Role | Year from Nov. 15, 2025 | New term |
|---|---|---|
| Trustee | $12,875 | $9,000 |
| Vice-chair | $16,272 | $9,500 |
Extras go too. No attendance or distance amounts, which boards could pay for showing up to meetings and travelling to them, will be paid in any year of the new term. Student trustees, the high school students who sit on the board, aren't covered by the policy.
A similar $9,000 limit reaches Halton's public board as well. As written into the Halton District School Board's policy, every member, including the chair and vice-chair, gets the lesser of $9,000 or the base and enrolment total the board set for 2025-2026. That board's current schedule pays its chair $24,806.64 and its vice-chair $20,643.89, so under the rule both fall to no more than $9,000, a cut of more than half.
Bill 101, the Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026, from Education Minister Paul Calandra, has received royal assent. It gives the minister power to set policies on board expense policies and requires that the number of members on district school boards be set between 5 and 12.
Burlington's three newly elected Catholic trustees, who take office Nov. 15, are Allison McKenzie for Wards 1 and 2, Bernice Carvalho for Wards 3 and 6, and Tim O'Brien for Wards 4 and 5.
