school closing changes
Major changes coming for school closing process Currently, school boards must undertake a thorough public process when they are considering closing or consolidating schools. Ontario’s Ministry of Education is planning significant changes to the guidelines (see below) for the review process entitled “Accommodation Review” or ARC. The Ministry says that these changes to policy are to “address declining enrolment issues and […]
TDSB board committees
Trustee Committees TDSB Trustees meet at least nine times during the year for regular meetings of all trustees. There are also four standing committees and one permanent committee that meet and present reports at the regular Board meetings. Administration, Finance and Accountability Committee Trustee Michael Ford Trustee David Smith, Chair Trustee Chris Tonks, Vice-chair Trustee […]
Shaun Chen elected to chair the TDSB
TDSB elects Trustee Shaun Chen to chair newly elected board. Scarborough’s Sean Chen wants ‘to turn the page’ on past disputes involving Donna Quan and more. Chen defeated Chris Glover for the job Monday night. more…
Live link to board meetings
Watch the live webcast of TDSB board meeting’s from 7pm Dec 1st, Dec 10th 2014 and in monthly (see schedule).
$500m cut to education budget
Some schools in Ontario will be shut down as the Liberal government makes education funding cuts to help eliminate a $12.5-billion deficit in three years, Education Minister Liz Sandals admitted Tuesday. The planned cuts are included in the government’s 2015-16 education funding guide, which was obtained by the New Democrats and calls for permanent savings […]
The next CPE assembly on public education will be held on Monday November 24: 6-8pm. If your group or organization is Toronto-focused and demands full education funding, please join us. This monthly roundtable of public-education advocates, parent-community groups and school based workers from publicly-funded school boards reviews progress of our elected trustees, and together, plan the next steps of […]
results
Trustee Toronto District School Board – Ward 1 66 of 66 Polls Reporting Candidate Total votes % of total votes Michael Ford 10511 43.741% John Hastings 5371 22.351% Tahir Ahmad 2934 12.21% Sandy Zajac 1302 5.418% Dahir Galbete 1286 5.352% Kim King 1046 4.353% Richardo Harvey 914 3.804% Eli Sivalingam 666 2.772% Totals 24030 100% […]
Election day results by schoolboard ward
Election day is Monday October 27th! At Toronto.ca you can check official results
Measure elected trustees against CPE’s platform!
A 10 Point Program for Public Education in Toronto.
CPE-endorsed Trustee candidates
15 CPE-endorsed School Trustee candidates are poised for election in TDSB wards across Toronto Oct 27th pledging to give students & communities what they need to succeed! Each candidate backs fully funding public education. United with all board members they will advance a coordinated program for public education across Toronto. Chris Glover, ward 2 Etobicoke […]