update: pricey maintenance
thestar.com July 26, 2012. The Toronto District School Board is revising its $3.6 million estimate to provide data for a Star investigation. How much the fee will drop is unclear, but a top official said the board is committed to finding a way to release the information. “I am confident we will find a solution,” board […]
school staffers want to talk
Ontario high school teachers are willing to return to the bargaining table if the province invites them, even as education unions denounce a controversial deal with Catholic teachers. The olive branch from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation came Friday — one day after Queen’s Park reached an agreement with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ […]
“dangerous precedent”
Kristin Rushowy / Robert Benzie thestar.com Ontario has reached a key two-year deal with Catholic teachers freezing wages and forcing three unpaid days off — but separate school boards are refusing to sign on over fears management has given up too much power over hiring. While the Liberals touted the 17-page agreement with the 45,000-member Ontario […]
Budget showdown averted but cuts could come during summer break.
At 7pm at 5050 Yonge /North York Centre subway/ Toronto’s public school board will pass a budget for the coming school year. It APPEARS that plans to cut the staff at TDSB’s Gender-Based Violence Prevention office have been delayed until August when the Ministry of Education will conduct a review to deliver $9m […]
Students get it: education ain’t a Liberal priority in QC nor ON
Montreal protesters are drawing attention to a growing trend: governments often skew decisions in favour of short-term priorities, often for industrial interests. (Credit: fatseth) By David Suzuki (author, broadcaster and contributor to our book, Playing Fast & Loose with Public Education When I heard about the student protests in Montreal, I swallowed the line that Quebec’s pampered youth pay […]
Ontario Archbishop chooses the wrong cause to play the martyr
This week, Cardinal Thomas Collins, the Archbishop of Toronto, issued a long statement protesting against the Liberal Ontario government’s announcement that its anti-bullying legislation, Bill 13, will include specific language protecting school groups supporting gay students. In an important reversal, the bill now states that the students must be allowed to call their clubs Gay-Straight […]
Countdown to June 13th: Which side are you on?
news item: WHERE TO CUT School Board BUDGET? How About “Just Say NO!” “After making around $50 million in cuts in April, primarily by chopping 134 FTE School Office Staff (around 200 members) and all 430 FTE Regular Program Educational Assistants, the Trustees have decided to go to their communities and speak to the ‘parents’ […]
Board will front Government austerity damage
TDSB announcing that it will begin Consulting Community on 2012/2013 Budget -Trustees will be holding ward forums on the 2012/2013 budget in the coming weeks. In order for the Board to comply with Ontario’s Education Act school trustees, states a Monday release from the TDSB, “must hold ward forums to hear from their communities about […]
Provincial BUDGET slashing by school board
Monday April 30, 2012 BUDGET committee 4:30 pm, Cte Rm A Agenda: Direct Funding Versus Expenditures Comparison 2010-11 to 2012-13, Projected ………………. 1 6. The Grants…………..Separate Document (BC:035C) 7. Private Matter……..Separate Document (BC:035B
TDSB this year: pre-scheduled meetings list
All TDSB board and committee meetings are held at 5050 Yonge St TTC: North York Centre. Meetings can be scheduled or canceled with short notice. Check here before attending. Agendas are available here. Select Agendas, then the appropriate meeting from the pull-down menu at the top of the page. Regular Board meetings held in […]