Friday, September 11, 2015

Release report on school board now


Why is the Minister of Education sitting on a report on the Toronto District School Board that should have been released last month?

After years of scathing auditors’ reports about misspending, reports of infighting among staff and trustees, and even police-patrolled meetings at the Toronto District School Board, worried parents and educators were due to see a report by August that would recommend solutions to the problems.

The school year is now underway but the report from former Ontario Human Rights Commission chair Barbara Hall has yet to be released, though Education Minister Liz Sandals has received it.

What are parents, educators and trustees to make of the fact the government seems to be sitting on a report that was supposed to “restore public confidence and ensure student achievement and well-being” at a board that’s responsible for $3 billion in spending, educates 232,000 students and runs almost 600 schools?  (more...)


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