
The London Free Press: Thames Valley Board Eyes 124 Job Cuts To Reduce Projected $18M Deficit
The Thames Valley District school board is contemplating cutting 124 jobs to reduce its projected budget deficit to $7.6 million from $18 million forecast in February.

Inside Halton: ‘I’ve Never Seen This Board in This Position Before’: Halton District School Board Looking at Millions in Budget Cuts
HDSB in a deficit position and looking at decreases to student resources and supports.

CityNews: Mississauga Rally to Reverse Special Ed Cuts at Peel District School Board
Parents are demanding a reversal to special education cuts at the Peel District School Board. Afua Baah has the details on rally advocating for some of the most vulnerable children in the classroom.

CBC News: Ontario Needs to Tackle $16.8B School Repair Backlog: Advocates
Every time heavy rain hits Toronto's Humberside Collegiate Institute, parts of the high school shut down.

Windsor Star: Union Warns of Special Education Teacher Cuts at Windsor-Essex Schools
There will be substantial cuts next year in the number of special education teaching positions at the Greater Essex County District School Board, the head of teachers’ union warns.

Toronto Star: Ontario Students Will Suffer from Ford Government’s Education Funding Shortfalls, School Boards Warn
Ontario school boards say provincial education funding is not keeping up with inflation and are warning of looming cutbacks.

Ricardo Tranjan: “Ontario’s Core Education Funding Has Dropped by $1,500 Per Student Since 2018”
Government spending on public services is on the decline in Ontario. And so is transparency. I’m not referring to the murky Greenbelt land deals that turned housing policy into a police matter. I’m talking about the now-common practice of stashing money away in “contingency funds,” which allows the government to manipulate spending, revenues, and deficit figures, turning some financial statements into accounting fiction.

Ricardo Tranjan: “Ontario Has Lost 5,000 Classroom Educators Since 2018”
Instead of engaging in meaningful discussions about the future of education in Ontario, we find ourselves entangled in pointless quarrels over the latest out-of-touch remarks from the premier or the education minister. This year, it’s cell phones. Next year, it will be something else. There is always a distraction.

Fund Our Schools Campaign Continues To Call for Desperately Needed Increase in Provincial Funding for Education
The Fund Our Schools campaign in Toronto continues to call for a desperately needed increase in Provincial funding for education. On April 2nd, over a hundred workers, parents, and students gathered in front of the TDSB headquarters at 5050 Yonge to protest the cuts coming to the TDSB.

CityNews: “Toronto District School Board Facing Cuts Without More Funding From Province”
The TDSB is making a final plea to the Ford government for a new deal that will help dig them out of a 26.5 million dollar budget hole. But as Tina Yazdani reports, the education minister has accused the board of mismanaging its budget.