Student achievement and well-being
Her website lists strong learning results and school settings where every student can grow, belong and thrive.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · Home01 / Introduction
About Jennifer Di Francesco
Jennifer Di Francesco appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto Catholic District School Board in Ward 1. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 21, 2026 and a campaign website, jennifer4ward1.com. Ward 1 covers City ward 1, Etobicoke North.
Her campaign website says she has served on school parent councils for more than 10 years, was Ward 1 representative on the Catholic Parent Involvement Committee for seven years and rose from representative to Vice-Chair to Chair, spent two years on the board’s Special Education Advisory Committee and made at least six formal presentations to the TCDSB. It credits her with a motion that led the board to recognize October as ADHD Awareness Month. It says Joseph Martino, the current Ward 1 trustee, endorses her. Those are her own statements and voche.me opened no board minutes to check them.
On her Know Your Vote T.O. page she answered all four questions in her own words. She writes that she has more than 10 years of involvement through parent council and two board committees and would challenge budgets and staffing decisions, ask for transparent reports, push for manageable class sizes and needs-based staffing, and press for fair and timely access to special education, language and arts programs. The Know Your Vote T.O. team checks that answers meet its content standards and does not check that they are true.
02 / The issues
Priorities & positions
Campaign-source summarySummarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
Better special education supports
Her website lists earlier intervention, appropriate accommodations and clearer communication with families.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · HomeMeaningful parent voice
Her website says parents and guardians deserve a real seat at the table when decisions affect their children.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · HomeAccountability and transparency
Her website lists clear communication, accessible representation and decisions the community can understand.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · HomeNurturing Catholic education
Her website lists Catholic education grounded in faith, dignity, service, community and care for one another.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · HomeResearch status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, the home page of her campaign website, her Know Your Vote T.O. page, the City Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results, The Local’s Ward 1 page updated as of September 21, 2026 and The Local’s article of August 24, 2026 on trustee candidates. Her committee roles, awards and priorities come from her campaign website and are written as her own account in the sentences that carry them.
The City Clerk’s 2022 results for the Toronto Catholic District School Board list Joseph Martino elected in Ward 1 with 2,148 votes and Robert Pella second with 2,147. The City Clerk’s recount notice of April 20, 2023 confirms those counts after a court-ordered partial recount. The Local’s Ward 1 page, updated as of September 21, 2026, says Martino has been the TCDSB trustee for Ward 1 since 1986 and is a candidate for councillor in City Ward 1. He is not among the three Ward 1 trustee candidates on the City’s list. The TCDSB’s trustee pages loaded only a browser check and its meeting site answered with an access error, so no board record was read. The Local reports that the province took over the TCDSB in June 2025 and that, while the board is under provincial supervision, the job of Catholic board trustees is limited to denominational matters. The City Clerk’s 2022 results list no entry under the name Jennifer Di Francesco. voche.me found no board page that compares the 2022 and 2026 TCDSB ward boundaries, so the 2022 results above belong to the ward numbered 1 in 2022.
Gaps. No TCDSB record of her committee roles was read, because the board’s pages could not be opened. Her Instagram page showed a profile header with no readable posts. Her Facebook and X accounts were not opened. No recorded vote is cited. The questionnaire has not been sent.
City of Toronto · list of certified candidatesKnow Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Di Francesco, TCDSB Ward 1Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · HomeCity Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal electionThe Local · Ward 1 Etobicoke North candidates, updated September 21, 2026The Local · Who Wants to Be a Toronto School Trustee?, August 24, 2026
03 / Background
Experience & community
Parent council and Catholic Parent Involvement Committee roles
Her website says she has been a school parent council member, secretary and Chair, Ward 1 representative on the Catholic Parent Involvement Committee for seven years (representative, then Vice-Chair, then Chair), and a member of the board’s Special Education Advisory Committee for two years. voche.me read no board minutes.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · HomeParent volunteer awards
Her website lists a 2021 parent volunteer award from OAPCE, a parent group the site names without further description, and the Catholic Parent Involvement Committee’s Parent Volunteer of the Year award for 2024 to 2025. voche.me has not checked these with the bodies named.
Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · Home04 / Questions & answers
Questions for the candidate
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
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Is this an official page for Jennifer Di Francesco?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jennifer Di Francesco's own campaign.
Does Jennifer Di Francesco currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Jennifer Di Francesco.
How many sources does this Jennifer Di Francesco profile cite?
This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Jennifer Di Francesco's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jennifer Di Francesco in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Jennifer Di Francesco is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Toronto Catholic District School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.
Sources & transparency
- City of Toronto · list of certified candidates Checked
- Know Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Di Francesco, TCDSB Ward 1 Checked
- Jennifer Di Francesco campaign website · Home Checked
- City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election Checked
- The Local · Ward 1 Etobicoke North candidates, updated September 21, 2026 Checked
- The Local · Who Wants to Be a Toronto School Trustee?, August 24, 2026 Checked
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