Tag: tdsb
11 months ago
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Gender-neutral school washrooms only serve to humiliate students

All the Toronto public school board, the trustees and the school achieved was to make a happy bunch of young students...

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about 1 year ago
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‘I’m angry’: Parents in disbelief as TDSB error excludes racialized, disabled, LGBTQ students fro...

Board blames third-party company for administrative mistake that caused some students to miss out on draw for high-de...

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over 2 years ago
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Another Parkdale Collegiate educator under investigation for saying the N-word a day before black...

This is the second instance of anti-Black racism reported at Parkdale C.I., and the third at a Parkdale-area TDSB sch...

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over 2 years ago
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TDSB elementary teacher charged with sex abuse had been reinstated after previous 2016 allegation

The 2016 charges against Gianni Jarman, 41, previously known as Gianni Pate, were dismissed after a preliminary inqui...

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about 3 years ago
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TDSB school was sent hate mail over anti-Black racism course. But for the teachers, it’s just ‘st...

A copy of a Star article about the school’s new course on deconstructing anti-Black racism was defaced with racist re...

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over 3 years ago
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TDSB school’s equity event ‘Zoom bombed’ after course on anti-Black racism makes headlines

Unknown users took over the screen during the screen blaring Guns and Roses music videos, including “Welcome to the J...

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over 3 years ago
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Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute is the third TDSB school to shut down amid COVID-19 outbreak

Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy and Thorncliffe Park Public School are also closed.

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over 3 years ago
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Chasing that ‘yes’: Students find resilience in the most trying of times

A young student ignores the bullies and throws herself into her studies. Another stubbornly refuses to take no for an...

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over 3 years ago
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‘You have people in crisis teaching people in crisis’: How COVID-19 upended the lives of millions...

Students across the province are grappling with a school year like no others.

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over 3 years ago
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Ontario urged to expand COVID testing in schools in wake of ‘scary’ results at Thorncliffe Park

New Democrat MPP Marit Stiles says ‘the issue is protecting staff and students by knowing the extent of COVID-19 cases’

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over 3 years ago
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Where have all the kids gone? In an unprecedented year, thousands of students haven’t turned up a...

This year’s overwhelming number of no-show students presents one more challenge in a year that’s already had far more...

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over 3 years ago
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TDSB says most high schools will make use of the hybrid model of in-class and virtual learning

With thousands of students opting to switch to virtual school this month, the Toronto board will use the model to pro...

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over 3 years ago
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‘None of the other kids feel safe.’ Hundreds of elementary school students forced into oversubscr...

Class size exceeds limits in 300 elementary school classes across the Toronto District School Board.

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over 3 years ago
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Diplomas are finally on the way for Ontario’s grads of 2020

The education ministry says the distribution of diplomas was delayed due to COVID-19, but most have now been sent to ...

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over 3 years ago
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TDSB scrambles to accommodate virtual learners as expanding online school becomes ‘untenable’

Memo sent to principals says virtual school was not “developed to support such a large number of students” and urges ...

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over 3 years ago
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‘It’s weird to say ‘you can’t see your nanny and granddad for Thanksgiving, but we’re adding seve...

Trish Culley, mom, is irritated the Toronto public school board is increasing her sons’ class sizes just as COVID-19 ...

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over 3 years ago
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Principals in Toronto and Peel schools get permission to dismiss class if there’s a case of COVID-19

Previously they had to wait for public health to make the official call.

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