The Toronto District School Board has put out a series of maps outlining what the new boundaries of trustee wards could be after the provincial government’s snap decision to reduce 47 city councillors to 25 left school boards scrambling.

With only a month left until students are back in classrooms, school board trustees and officials have been pulled from summer vacation to frantically draw up these new maps so that boundaries dictating which schools are represented by a specific trustee correspond with the new municipal ward boundaries.

If they cannot approve one of the six new ward maps by Aug. 14 the provincial government will impose its own boundaries.

Each new map has a different priority — such as balancing the amount of students or schools in each ward — and that means different wards get combined to fit those priorities.

Option 1.1 tries to cut down on the variance between the number of schools in each of the new wards.

Wards affected: Nine in total

School variance: From 19 to 34 per ward

Student variance: From 7,915 to 16,887 per ward

Electoral population variance: From 59,408 to 171,966 per ward

Wards being combined: The new ward 8 would be a combination of Eglinton-Law and Toronto-St. Paul’s. The new ward 9 would be Davenport and Spadina-Fort York. The new ward 10 would be University-Rose and Toronto Centre.

Option 1.2 is similar to the first but focuses on improving the grouping of downtown neighbourhoods.

Wards affected: The same nine as 1.1

School variance: 19 to 43 per ward

Student variance: 6,470 to 16,887

Electoral population variance: 59,408 to 177,013

Wards being combined: The new ward 8 would be a combination of Eglinton-Lawrence and Toronto-St.Paul’s, but Davenport would combine with University-Rosedale, and Toronto-Centre and Spadina-Fort York would together make up wards 9 and 10 respectively.

Option 2 looks at how many students are in each ward as opposed to schools.

Wards affected: Eight

School variance: 17 to 47 per ward

Student variance: 7,915 to 16,887

Electoral population variance: 59,408 to 264,945

Wards being combined: The new ward 9 would be Davenport and Toronto-St.Paul’s, and the new ward 10 would combine three wards: University-Rosedale, Toronto-Centre and Spadina-Fort York.

Option 3.1 tries to spread out the distribution of the electoral population between the wards.

Wards affected: Eight

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School variance: 10 to 57 per ward

Student variance: 2,565 to 22,329

Electoral population variance: 60,940 to 136,921

Wards being combined: The new ward 4 would be Humber River-Black Creek and York South-Weston. The new ward 19 would be Don Valley East and Scarborough Centre. The new ward 22 would be Scarborough-Guildwood and Scarborough-Rouge Park.

Option 3.2 takes existing Learning Centres into account.

Wards affected: Nine

School variance: 10 to 57 per ward

Student variance: 2,565 to 22,504

Electoral population variance: 62,643 to 143,276

Wards being combined: The new ward 4 would be Humber River-Black Creek and York Centre. The new ward 19 would be Scarborough Centre and Scarborough Southwest. The new ward 22 would be Scarborough-Guildwood and Scarborough-Rouge Park.

Option 4 aims for the least amount of geographic change from the existing wards to the new ones.

Wards affected: Eight

School variance: 16 to 48 per ward

Student variance: 6,470 to 18,840

Electoral population variance: 59,408 to 177,013