The president of ETFO’s York Region Teacher Local says violence against the local’s elementary teachers has increased 452% since 2013.
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YRTL President Dave Clegg showed this photo of a member’s classroom at a citizen’s meeting in Newmarket.
“Student behaviour is at a level we’ve never seen before, and there are a whole host of theories as to why,” York Region Teacher Local President Dave Clegg told the meeting. “But schools are simply the mirror of society and this is a systemic, societal problem.”
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