Schools crumbling amid $1B repair shortfall
A quarter of TDSB schools are in critical condition, according to documents obtained by the Toronto Star. (20/01/16) see full article: http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/gta/2016/01/20/schools-crumbling-amid-1b-repair-shortfall.html CPE comment in letter to Star editor: To ensure a healthy learning environment, let alone a healthy democracy, funding of school boards such as the TDSB must be based on the actual needs […]
Hall’s 20 recommendations
The Barbara Hall panel report on TDSB governance contains these 20 recommendations: Recommendation 1: That the Minister of Education immediately take steps to appoint a supervisor to work collaboratively with the board of trustees, the director of education and senior staff to implement the recommendations of this report. Recommendations Regarding the Board of Trustees Recommendation […]
Hall report on TDSB governance
The Toronto District School Board should be placed under provincial supervision and then broken up if it can’t improve serious cultural problems after a year, former mayor Barbara Hall recommended in an advisory report. The board, Canada’s largest, can’t help itself without “external support,” Ms. Hall wrote in her report to the province, which was […]
Schools grossly underfunded
“The Ministry of Education needs $1.4 billion per year to maintain schools in a state of good repair. However, actual annual funding in the last five years has ranged from $150 million to $500 million.” – 2015 Auditor-General Report Take action, send a letter to your MPP. Fix our Schools!
Quan’s departure
Ontario coaxed TDSB director Donna Quan into new job, sources say. The Ontario government created a senior advisory role within its bureaucracy for the Toronto District School Board’s top-ranking staffer as part of a plan to address a leadership problem at the institution, sources say. Officials in the Ministry of Education have come under mounting […]
Jan 25th byelection
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has requested the City to conduct a by-election to fill the vacancy in the office of Trustee Ward 21 Scarborough – Rouge River (City Wards 41 and 42). The office was vacated by Shaun Chen when he was elected to the House of Commons on October 19, 2015. A by-election […]
Question MPs on fixing our schools
Ask your newly elected MP this question “Given that curling rinks and hockey arenas receive federal infrastructure money, how much will the government be prepared to invest in repairing and rebuilding Canadian public schools, a critical element of our country’s social infrastructure?” Of course, if you have the opportunity to speak with your MP in person, let them know you view public schools as important […]
A Tale of 4 Schools
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Trustees didn’t tamper with records,
TDSB trustees, board staff had a lot of questions over a Star freedom-of-information request, but did not tamper with documents, Ontario privacy commissioner says. Maria Mavroyannis, the TDSB’s former coordinator for freedom-of-information requests, had complained about trustee and staff interference over the release of an expense audit. By: Kristin Rushowy Education Reporter, Published thestar.com on […]