A big ballot question mark

And Gale force winds of change

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LABOUR PAINS — The Ford government insists it is still deciding the future of school board trustees.

Asked point-blank if trustees will be on civic ballots when municipal elections are held this fall, Premier DOUG FORD and Education Minister PAUL CALANDRA were cagey.

As I reported yesterday, sources with first-hand knowledge of the government discussions told me that they expect trustees to be “on the ballot,” though there would be more governance reforms to the role.

That said: it’s a hot-potato subject over which the government has gone back-and-forth, so the situation is still in flux.

Ford and Calandra wouldn’t give much away at a press conference in Etobicoke Wednesday, with Calandra insisting he’s still readying a suite of options for cabinet to consider.

“We’ll come out with an answer on that shortly,” Ford promised.

Calandra added he’s not going to cede control of the eight school boards currently under provincial supervision “until they’re on the right path” — ev…