school population rise but schools close
At a final public meeting in Ward 14 the TDSB’s staff response to the Pupil Accommodation Review Committee’s recommendations was made known. Regent Park/Duke of York Jr. P.S. is to be closed and made surplus. It will go to a Planning and Priorities Committee meeting on Nov. 9th. Then on to the Board for […]
School closures update
A Save our Schools Commentary As a city with continued anticipated growth over this decade Toronto will need all its existing elementary and secondary schools by the end of the decade. The school closings slowed in 2010. School trustees at the public board openly stated that Accommodation Review Committee activity had been deliberately stalled until […]
EXPLORING SCHOOLS AS COMMUNITY HUBS
Investigating application of the community hub model in context of the closure of Athabasca School, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and other small schools Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to research the concept and model of community hubs, specifically schools that have become community hubs, and to investigate the hub model as an alternative to the […]
school enrolment rising in TO
After a dramatic drop of more than 20,000 students over the past decade, Toronto public school board enrolment is picking up and expected grow by almost 40,000 by 2035. If the enrolment projections prove accurate, by that time the board will technically have enough students to fill all of its current elementary schools. […]
public system private money
Fees, Fundraising and Equity in Education Recently, Social Planning Toronto released a much anticipated report at the University of Toronto which points out that school fees and fundraising activities create unequal opportunities for students in schools and between schools, and make our public school system less inclusive and accessible. “With a fundraising element, the public […]
breaking news:
twitter.com/cpe_TO (CampaignForPublicEducation) Joel_Dick tweets: “Worried about ur local school being closed? I’ll talk with education activist @stephanoTO Thursday at 6:45am on @ckln_fm” 3 minutes ago
board eyes poor school on prime land
School board eyes poor school on prime land On June 14th close to 80 community members, parents, children and teachers gathered in Toronto’s oldest residential neighbourhood (Ward 14 downtown) to learn that community-based schools were to be shuffled and reconfigured if a committee and staff recommendation to close a key school were to be adopted. […]
Detroit: OCCUPATION AT HIGH SCHOOL!
STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS SIT-IN TO DEMAND THAT NO DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSES by Danny WeilEducation Apr 15, 2011 Following in the civil rights tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, Catherine Ferguson students — along with their babies and toddlers, teachers and supporters — have begun a peaceful occupation of Catherine Ferguson […]
Staff moves expeditiously: TDSB This Week
In less than 48 hours after a volatile April 13th board of trustee’s meeting, Toronto District School Board staff had positioned a committee of the board to expedite the Director’s much-debated “Schools of Choice” agenda. In this exclusive commentary to CPE one longtime delegate to our monthly CPE assembly of organizations, Katie McGovern, reports: My […]
Schools to be “reviewed” in Rexdale very soon
A “PARC” for Rexdale in Etobicoke North Parents report that Ward 2 Trustee Chris Glover pulled a motion to approve the Rexdale parents’ proposal for an expanded, elected Pupil Accommodation Review Committee from the TDSB agenda at lthe April 13th Board meeting. According to reports by parents, Trustee Glover had agreed to put the Rexdale parents’ motion […]