TORONTO, June 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ahead of the Toronto District School Board’s final budget meeting on Wednesday afternoon, concerned Ontarians issued a rallying cry to Premier Ford: Stop the Cuts and Fund Our Schools.
Since Premier Ford took office in 2018 he and former Minister for Education Stephen Lecce have cut school budgets by $1,500 per student per year. For the last six years this has forced school boards across the province to exhaust their reserve funds especially during the pandemic. Faced with extreme shortfalls in funding, trustees have been tasked with the impossible – cut essential services and resources to balance the budget.