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School boards across northwestern Ontario agree on one thing: the upcoming school year will have fewer staff on the payroll. How the payroll changes though, will be different for each school board, with some keeping…
Ontario government ‘absolutely committed’ to full-day learning, education minister says
TORONTO – Ontario’s education minister said Friday that a full-day learning program will stay in place for four- and five-year-olds in the province, a commitment made after the government faced backlash for comments that put the future…
Please read the article by Jaime Myslik sourced from Wellington Advertiser about work-to-rule strike action beginning on November 26, 2019
https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/etfo-work-to-rule-strike-action-to-begin-nov-26/
Waterloo Region schools lose $125 per student as funding falls one per cent
WATERLOO REGION — Local schools have been given $3 million more by the provincial government but will have 1,200 more students to teach. This works out to a reduction of one per cent in basic operational funding…
Please read the article sourced from Press Progress about Doug Ford’s perspective on accepting bigger class sizes and job losses
https://pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-wants-ontario-teachers-to-accept-bigger-classes-and-thousands-of-job-losses-critics-say/
Schools buy into skateboards, flight simulators, and air conditioning
Local school boards are pledging more help for students who have special needs, more air conditioning for overheated kids, new help for kids who skateboard to school, and even flight simulators to study aviation. Public…