TCDSB trustee search
DON PEAT, SUN MEDIA Calling all Toronto Catholic board trustee wannabes. The TCDSB is inviting all willing and eligible candidates to submit applications to replace ousted trustee Christine Nunziata. Trustees voted to remove Nunziata from her Ward 6 seat after missing four board meetings and following repeated reports by the Sun of her years of […]
Synchronized protest
Parents synchronize efforts to protest pool closingsMoms and dads – some in swim goggles – plan to pack meeting, in a multiple-stage bid to keep the pools open JAMES BRADSHAW Globe and Mail April 10, 2008 Trustees of Canada's largest public school board are bracing for an onslaught of outraged parents at tonight's board meeting […]
mass walkout for pools
CityNews.ca April 10, 2008 Parents and students joined together in a loud protest to save their school pools on Thursday, but their collective voice did little to sway the cash-strapped Toronto District School Board. The TDSB made the surprise announcement last week that it was planning to shut down 34 of the swimming holes at […]
wave of protests
32 layoffs at school pools recommended23 pool closings a step closer as board committee backs cutting instructors despite wave of protestsApril 11, 2008 Louise Brown TORONTO STAR The fight to save school pools took on water last night. A Toronto District School Board committee recommended laying off 32 swim instructors this June, despite a tidal […]
Diving In To Save Pools
Toronto Parents Diving In To Save School PoolsThursday April 10, 2008 CityNews.ca Toronto parents and activists aren't about to take a dive when it comes to saving the city's school pools. When the Toronto District School Board confirmed in a surprise announcement last week it was planning to shut down 34 of the swimming holes […]
Here we go again!!!
Here we go again!!! Yet another attempt to shut down our School Swimming Pools. This time, the TDSB had issued a statement on their intent on swimming pool closures … How many times are we going to have to go through this? Almost bi-annually we are required to fight this issue. At which point will […]
rally for pools Thursday
media release Toronto Thursday, April 10, 2008 – “Toronto communities should not have to choose between swimming pools or ESL teachers” says Stephen Seaborn of the Campaign for Public Education (CPE). The coalition of community organizations, parents, teachers, education workers and students is alarmed at the “other priorities” argument put forward last week by the […]
Stop this Lunacy!
A letter to the province, city & school board from Oakwood Collegiate Parent CouncilApril 7, 2008 Re: Toronto Schools Close Pools Shame, shame and shame on you all and on every level of government you represent for your short sightedness, your refusal to invest in children’s health, children’s futures and the public education system. As […]
Hopping angry re pool cuts
Toronto Star Monday April 7, 2008 Letters to the Editor I am hopping angry about the mere thought of closing Toronto's school pools. I am the parent of a student at Riverdale Collegiate Institute, whose pool is slated to close at the end of the school year. I believe that in Ontario, we have a […]
Save School Pools!!!
To all of you who hold the future of our school pool programs in your hands: I am writing once again on this subject that doesn't go away. As an educator and a parent who grew up in Toronto and participated in swimming from an early age until I graduated from NTCI and went on […]