{"id":5872,"date":"2019-08-15T12:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/?page_id=5872"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:58:24","slug":"trustees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/about-us\/trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":{"mh_page_title":"","header_background_color":"background-grey","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"entry-layout","entry_link":"","container_class":["remove-margin","remove-padding-bottom","background-grey-dark"]},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-layout","title":"","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our schools each have a local School Governing Board, who provide crucial support, challenge, and inspiration to the Head, and act as a link between the schools and their local communities. 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