Peel District School Board issues layoff notices to almost 200 high-school teachers

The Peel District School Board has issued layoff notices to almost 200 high-school teachers partly in response to class-size increases announced by the provincial government.

The Ontario government recently announced that average class sizes would increase by one student in grades 4 to 8, and to 28 students from 22 in high school.Education Minister Lisa Thompson has stressed that there would be no layoffs and that teaching positions would be lost only through attrition.

“It was an exceptionally difficult last several days. We’re talking about programming and teaching staff that we’ve invested into as an organization. We’re talking about energy that teaching staff bring to their classroom,” Mr. Robertson said in an interview on Tuesday. “The loss of that is very difficult.”

“As we have said from the beginning, not a single teacher will lose their job as a result of the changes in class sizes,” Ms. Iafelice said in an e-mail statement. “It is typical for school boards to issue surplus notices while they work through their budget process. We are committed to releasing the GSN [Grants for Student Needs] by the end of the month which will assist boards in their budget preparations.

globetoronto Why are you calling them 'layoffs' when that is not true? It's called surplus and this happens every April, even under Wynne. Stop pushing a fake narrative because you hate Ford.

globetoronto Sad. But we knew who the conservatives are and people still voted for them. Any teacher that voted conservative in the last provincial election deserves a ‘dumb’ sticker and should be forced to put it on their forehead.

globetoronto Redundancy notices going out in Simcoe. Not surplus( still have a job) but redundancy. JOB LOSS ms Lisa “ liar” Thompson.

l_stone globetoronto There will be no Job losses ?

globetoronto Move to BC. You'll be welcome, there are jobs and we have a better climate and way more fun.

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globetoronto I'm socked...

electrcshepherd globetoronto Love the creepy bean pole born again Christian boy standing guard behind her! Creeeeeepy!

globetoronto Shocking!

globetoronto Omg. What is this government doing.

globetoronto More and more excuses, like the layoff notices are “fake” well when the teachers apply for EI, you won’t be able to deny it then

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globetoronto Disgusting and not only unnecessary, but harmful to students.

l_stone globetoronto Doug Ford's no reduction in teaching staff , just waiting for attrition

globetoronto I'm wondering now, especially with the accompanying picture . . . Is samoosterhoff planning to launch a home-schooling franchise business of some sort soon? onpoli PromisesMade... Squirrel!

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