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human rights office 2 b cut?
Last month at the Board’s April 20th Equity Policy Advisory Committee [EPAC] meeting, TDSB Superintendent, Jim Spyropoulos, is reported to have announced that the TDSB would be cutting the Human Rights Office. This report is evidently disputed by Mr Spyropoulos. This has been clarified with CPE by Trustee Irene Atkinson and we are happy to update earlier […]
April showers target city’s most marginalized: 493.5 EA + 134 office positions slashed*
The question of re-considering TDSB layoffs for the 134 School Office Staff still has not taken place. The Union [representing the staffers] maintains that moving so many staff will cause serious disruption to the learning environment. Taking out 134 full-time equivalent positions ensures damage and chaos. Make no mistake: the restructuring that the Board has […]
TDSB cuts teachers, office staff to please province, balance budget
Photo: Kevin Van Paassen, Globe & Mail The Toronto District School Board voted to eliminate 200 high-school teaching positions, 134 school office staff and 17 elementary vice-principals at a special meeting late Wednesday. The cuts were meant to help the board cope with a projected $109-million shortfall in its nearly $2.7-billion budget. The Ontario […]
tdsb cuts: the deets
Senior staff at the TDSB have recommended that the school trustees approve the staffing levels of school-based staff for 2012-2013. Do you agree? Call your trustee today. Witness the board meeting Wednesday March 28th where you can hold your trustee’s “feet to the fire”. From reliable sources, CPE has obtained the altered staff allocations suggested […]
Trustee strikes out at staff cuts
.[Trustee Kaplan with Ward 5 Summit Heights school kids] Dear Parents and Educators in York Centre, On Tuesday, March 20, Trustees of the Toronto District School Board met together with senior TDSB staff to receive recommendations for school staff allocations for the 2012-13 school year. The backdrop to this meeting is the TDSB’s anticipated $85 million shortfall […]
@TDSB sharpens it’s knives
A presentation of the surprise staffing model for TDSB was tabled March 21st at the TDSB’s Human Resources and Professional Learning Committee. By the time proposals leaked out, it was too late for front loine workers or even the parents (whose children will be affected by this loss of service) to attend, the meeting is […]
gutting supports: 1st for the most vulnerable
Toronto March 20, 2012: [Monday] night, senior staff finally released “the numbers” for positions that they claim will be sufficient to staff the Toronto District School Board for the 2012-2013 school year. ”We believe that these cuts will negatively impact student achievement, special education and safety if implemented”, said CUPE 4400 President John Weatherup. Most […]
..News release _ Monday, February 20th TORONTO February 20, 2012 – Seasoned community activist and leading by-election candidate for school trustee in Ward 17, Mary Hynes, plans to spend Family Day nearby her school talking to fellow parents. “Our schools are the custodians of our kids. With all this economic turmoil, surely now is the […]
drop flyers; ensure new trustees!
Join Mary Hynes in Ward 17 & Sam Sotiropoulos Ward 20 today!. Contact the candidates for details about morning, after school and weekend literature drops. Our future is now in the hands of Don Valley-East and Scarborough-Agincourt voters. Profile: Mary T. Hynes – Trustee for Ward 17″ “Our children deserve a school, a community and a city that values them, their […]