Tues 6pm: Funding Matters

 Join teachers, parents, community for an information picket in conjunction with the North York West Consultation on the TDSB. Tues May 19, 6-7pm Lawrence Heights Community Centre.  Let’s [...]

$7m further cut at TDSB

The TDSB will be trimming another $7-million from its budget, on top of making $16.5-million in cuts to balance its budget.  Roughly 260 jobs had been eliminated, including about 50 [...]

Who voted to cut?

Eight Trustees opposed the cut of 23.5 special education support staff positions this fall.  In a motion passed by TDSB March 11, 2015 all staffing cuts were passed as proposed except item (g). [...]

Stop blaming the TDSB

Dear Premier Wynne, Minister Sandals, Deputy Minister Zegarac:  In your government’s February 4, 2015 response to Fix Our Schools, you tell us to discuss our concerns over safe, well maintained [...]

TDSB motion passes

Motion passed by TDSB Trustees Feb 10, 2015 1) That the Board approve the full package in response to the Ministry’s Directive #9; 2) That the Board approve the entire 10 year Long-Term Program [...]

Closing schools not the answer!

Schools are at the heart of most communities and to close them based on budget constraints is to rip at the fabric of neighbourhoods.  Closing schools is not the right response to declining [...]

It Just Doesn’t Add Up!

January 30, 2015  For Immediate Release  Toronto, Friday January 30, 2015  – The Ontario Government is cutting the provincial education budget by $500,000 (a half billion dollars) and then [...]